UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 27,2020
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-33892 | 26-0303916 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification | ||
Incorporation) | Number) |
One AMC Way
11500 Ash Street, Leawood, KS 66211
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(913) 213-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Class A common stock | AMC | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
New Second Lien Notes Indenture
On July 31, 2020, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), in connection with the settlement of its previously announced private offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of its outstanding 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes”), 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Subordinated Notes”), 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes”) and 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Subordinated Notes” and, together with the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, the 2025 Subordinated Notes and the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes, the “Existing Subordinated Notes”) for newly issued 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New Second Lien Notes”), issued approximately $1.46 billion aggregate principal amount of New Second Lien Notes pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “New Second Lien Notes Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee (the “New Second Lien Notes Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the “New Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent”). Pursuant to the Exchange Offers, the aggregate principal amounts of the Existing Subordinated Notes set forth in the table below were validly tendered and subsequently accepted. Such accepted Existing Subordinated Notes will be retired and cancelled.
Series of Existing Subordinated Notes | Total Aggregate Principal Amount Validly Tendered |
Percentage of
Outstanding Existing Subordinated Notes Validly Tendered |
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6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 | £ | 496,014,000 | 99.20 | % | ||||
5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 | $ | 501,683,000 | 83.61 | % | ||||
5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 | $ | 539,395,000 | 90.65 | % | ||||
6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 | $ | 344,283,000 | 72.48 | % |
The New Second Lien Notes will bear cash interest at a rate of 10% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, beginning on December 15, 2020. Subject to the limitation in the next succeeding sentence, interest for the first three interest periods after the issue date may, at the Company’s option, be paid in PIK interest at a rate of 12% per annum, and thereafter interest shall be payable solely in cash. The Company’s ability to pay PIK interest with respect to the third interest period after the issue date is subject to certain liquidity thresholds. For all interest periods after the first three interest periods, interest will be payable solely in cash at a rate of 10% per annum. The New Second Lien Notes will mature on June 15, 2026.
The New Second Lien Notes will be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2023, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their aggregate principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, plus an applicable make-whole premium. On or after June 15, 2023, the New Second Lien Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at a redemption prices equal to (i) 106.000% for the twelve-month period beginning on June 15, 2023; (ii) 103.000% for the twelve-month period beginning on June 15, 2024 and (iii) 100.000% at any time thereafter, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including the redemption date. If the Company or its restricted subsidiaries sell assets, under certain circumstances, the Company will be required to apply the net proceeds to redeem the New Second Lien Notes at a price equal to 100% of the issue price of the New Second Lien Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the redemption date. Upon a Change of Control (as defined in the New Second Lien Notes Indenture), the Company must offer to purchase the New Second Lien Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of purchase.
The Company’s obligations under the New Second Lien Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee obligations under the Company’s First Lien Credit Facilities, First Lien Notes, New First Lien Notes, Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Convertible First Lien Notes (in each case, as defined in the New Second Lien Notes Indenture or herein). The New Second Lien Notes and the related guarantees are secured on a second-priority basis by substantially all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ tangible and intangible assets (the “Collateral”) that secure obligations under the First Lien Credit Facilities, First Lien Notes, New First Lien Notes, Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Convertible First Lien Notes, including pledges of the capital stock of certain of the Company’s and the guarantors’ wholly-owned material subsidiaries (but limited to 65% of the voting stock of any foreign subsidiary), subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens.
The New Second Lien Notes Indenture contains covenants that restrict the ability of the Company to: incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of its capital stock or make other restricted payments; make certain investments; or transfer certain assets; create liens on certain assets to secure debt; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets; enter into certain transactions with its affiliates; and allow to exist certain restrictions on the ability of its subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments to the Company. The New Second Lien Notes Indenture also contains certain affirmative covenants and events of default.
The New Second Lien Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from the applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
The foregoing summary of the New Second Lien Notes Indenture and New Second Lien Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Second Lien Notes Indenture and the form of New Second Lien Note attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively and are incorporated herein by reference.
New First Lien Notes Indenture
On July 31, 2020, pursuant to the subscription rights and oversubscription rights grated to each eligible holder in the Exchange Offers, the Company issued $200 million aggregate principal amount of 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New First Lien Notes”) pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “New First Lien Notes Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee (the “New First Lien Notes Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the “New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent”).
The New First Lien Notes will bear interest at a rate of 10.500% per annum, payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15, beginning on December 15, 2020. The New First Lien Notes will mature on April 24, 2026.
The New First Lien Notes will be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2022, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their aggregate principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, plus an applicable make-whole premium. On or after June 15, 2022, the New First Lien Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at redemption prices equal to (i) 105.250% for the twelve-month period beginning on June 15, 2022; (ii) 102.625% for the twelve-month period beginning on June 15, 2023 and (iii) 100.000% at any time thereafter, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including the redemption date. In addition, at any time on or prior to June 15, 2022, the Company may, subject to certain limitations specified in the New First Lien Notes Indenture, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the New First Lien Notes at a redemption price equal to 110.500% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings. If the Company or its restricted subsidiaries sell assets, under certain circumstances, the Company will be required to use the net proceeds to redeem the New First Lien Notes at a price equal to 100% of the issue price of the New First Lien Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the redemption date. Upon a Change of Control (as defined in the New First Lien Notes Indenture), the Company must offer to purchase the New First Lien Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
The Company’s obligations under the New First Lien Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee obligations under the Company’s First Lien Credit Facilities, First Lien Notes, New Second Lien Notes, Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Convertible First Lien Notes. The New First Lien Notes and the related guarantees are secured on a first-priority basis by the Collateral that secure obligations under the First Lien Credit Facilities, First Lien Notes, New Second Lien Notes, Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Convertible First Lien Notes, including pledges of the capital stock of certain of the Company’s and the guarantors’ wholly-owned material subsidiaries (but limited to 65% of the voting stock of any foreign subsidiary), subject to certain thresholds, exceptions and permitted liens.
The New First Lien Notes Indenture contains covenants that restrict the ability of the Company to: incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of its capital stock or make other restricted payments; make certain investments; or transfer certain assets; create liens on certain assets to secure debt; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets; enter into certain transactions with its affiliates; and allow to exist certain restrictions on the ability of its subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments to the Company. The New First Lien Notes Indenture also contains certain affirmative covenants and events of default.
The New First Lien Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
The foregoing summary of the New First Lien Notes Indenture and New First Lien Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New First Lien Notes Indenture and the form of New First Lien Note attached hereto as Exhibits 4.3 and 4.4, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture
On July 31, 2020, pursuant to the previously announced Commitment Letter, dated as of July 10, 2020 (the “Commitment Letter”), by and among the Company, Silver Lake Alpine, L.P. and Silver Lake Alpine (Offshore Master), L.P., the Company issued $100 million aggregate principal amount of 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes”) pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the “Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent”).
The terms of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture are substantially identical to the New First Lien Notes and the New First Lien Notes Indenture. The Company’s obligations under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee obligations under the Company’s First Lien Credit Facilities, First Lien Notes, New First Lien Notes, New Second Lien Notes and the Convertible First Lien Notes. The Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the related guarantees are secured on a first-priority basis by the Collateral that secure obligations under the First Lien Credit Facilities, First Lien Notes, New First Lien Notes, New Second Lien Notes and the Convertible First Lien Notes, including pledges of the capital stock of certain of the Company’s and the guarantors’ wholly-owned material subsidiaries (but limited to 65% of the voting stock of any foreign subsidiary), subject to certain thresholds, exceptions and permitted liens.
The Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
The foregoing summary of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture and the form of Additional Silver Lake First Lien Note attached hereto as Exhibits 4.5 and 4.6, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Amended and Restated Convertible Notes Indenture and Amended and Restated Investment Agreement
On July 31, 2020, the Company (i) entered into an amended and restated indenture (the “A&R Convertible Notes Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Convertible Notes Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the “Convertible Notes Collateral Agent”), which amends and restates the indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Convertible Notes Trustee (the “Convertible Notes Indenture”), governing the Company’s 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Convertible Notes”) and (ii) issued $600 million aggregate principal amount of 2.95% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Convertible First Lien Notes”) to certain affiliates of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. (“Silver Lake”) and certain co-investors in exchange for the outstanding Convertible Notes.
The terms of the Convertible First Lien Notes and the A&R Convertible Notes Indenture are substantially the same as the Convertible Notes and Convertible Notes Indenture, except that the (i) maturity date of the Convertible First Lien Notes was extended to May 1, 2026, (ii) a first-priority lien on the Collateral was granted to secure the Convertible First Lien Notes, (iii) an asset sale covenant was included in the A&R Convertible Notes Indenture, (iv) the definition of Permitted Indebtedness was revised to permit the incurrence of the New First Lien Notes, the New Second Lien Notes and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and to provide for the future incurrence of an additional $100 million of indebtedness and (v) certain conforming changes giving effect to the amendments listed in (i) through (iv) were also made.
On July 31, 2020, in connection with the issuance of the Convertible First Lien Notes, the Company, affiliates of Silver Lake and certain co-investors entered into an amended and restated investment agreement (the "A&R Investment Agreement"), which amends and restates the investment agreement, dated as of September 14, 2018 (the "Investment Agreement"), by and among the Company and affiliates of Silver Lake. The terms of the A&R Investment Agreement are substantially the same as the Investment Agreement, but have been revised to contemplate the exchange of the Convertible Notes for the Convertible First Lien Notes.
The foregoing summary of the A&R Convertible Notes Indenture, and the Convertible First Lien Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the A&R Convertible Notes Indenture and the form of Convertible First Lien Note attached hereto as Exhibits 4.7 and 4.8, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
On July 31, 2020, the Company, the guarantors party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Facilities (the “First Lien Credit Facilities Collateral Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent under the First Lien Notes (the “First Lien Notes Collateral Agent”), the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the New Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Convertible First Lien Notes Collateral Agent (together with the First Lien Credit Facilities Collateral Agent, the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the New Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, collectively, the “Collateral Agents”) entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement to govern the relative priorities of the Collateral Agents and their respective security interests in the Collateral and certain other matters related to the administration of security interests in the Collateral.
The foregoing summary of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
First Lien Intercreditor Joinder Agreement
On July 31, 2020, the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the First Lien Credit Facilities Collateral Agent, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Convertible First Lien Notes Collateral Agent entered into the Joinder No. 1 to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to which the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Convertible First Lien Notes Collateral Agent joined the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the First Lien Credit Facilities Collateral Agent and the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, as collateral agents thereunder, and became bound by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, which governs the relative priorities of the Collateral Agents party thereto and their respective security interests in the Collateral and certain other matters related to the administration of security interests in the Collateral.
The foregoing summary of the Joinder No. 1 to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Joinder No. 1 to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Supplemental Indentures
On July 27, 2020, the Company entered into (i) a fourth supplemental indenture (the “2025 Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) to the indenture governing the 2025 Subordinated Notes, (ii) a second supplemental indenture (the “2027 Second Supplemental Indenture”) to the indenture governing the 2027 Subordinated Notes and (iii) a second supplemental indenture to the indenture governing the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes and the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes (the “2024/2026 Second Supplemental Indenture” and together with the 2025 Fourth Supplemental Indenture and 2027 Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Supplemental Indentures”). The Supplemental Indentures give effect to certain proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to each of the indentures governing the Existing Subordinated Notes. The Proposed Amendments became effective as of the settlement of the Exchange Offers on July 31, 2020. Each Supplemental Indenture, among other things, (i) releases the existing subsidiary guarantees of the Existing Subordinated Notes and, (ii) eliminates substantially all of the restrictive covenants, certain affirmative covenants and certain events of default contained in the indentures governing the Existing Subordinated Notes, and (iii) makes other conforming changes to internally conform to the Proposed Amendments.
The foregoing summary of the 2025 Fourth Supplemental Indenture, 2027 Second Supplemental Indenture and 2024/2026 Second Supplemental Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the respective Supplemental Indentures attached hereto as Exhibits 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On July 31, 2020, pursuant to the previously announced Backstop Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2020 (the “Backstop Agreement”), between the Company and certain holders of the Existing Subordinated Notes (the “Backstop Parties”), the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of its Class A common Stock (“Common Stock”) to the Backstop Parties and entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Backstop Parties with respect to the Common Stock.
Subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, among other things, within 20 business days following July 31, 2020, the Company will file a shelf registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act for the offer and sale of the Common Stock on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable.
The foregoing summary of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement attached as Exhibit 4.12 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement
On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the Company’s exisiting Credit Agreement with Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”), pursuant to which certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, including covenants limiting indebtedness, liens, investments, asset sales and restricted payments were amended to match corresponding provisions under the New First Lien Notes Indenture, the New Second Lien Notes Indenture and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture and to ensure that the terms and conditions of the New First Lien Notes, the New Second Lien Notes and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes (subject to certain exceptions) are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the respective noteholders thereof than the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement (when taken as a whole) are to the lenders thereunder. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement Amendment, certain of these provisions will be operative until the repayment, satisfaction, defeasance or other discharge of the obligations under the New First Lien Notes, the New Second Lien Notes and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes or an effective amendment of, other consent or waiver with respect to, or covenant defeasance pursuant to the New First Lien Notes Indenture, the New Second Lien Notes Indenture and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, as a result of which such provisions are of no further force or effect therein.
The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement Amendment attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
To the extent required by Item 2.03 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On July 31, 2020, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock in a private placement pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Company issued the Common Stock in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company relied on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by the Backstop Parties in the Backstop Commitment Agreement. The shares of Class A common stock were issued as consideration for the backstop commitment provided by the Backstop Parties.
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On July 27, 2020, the Company announced the expiration and final results of its Exchange Offers and related solicitation of consents. A copy of the press release announcing the expiration and final results, which describes the expiration in greater detail, is hereby incorporated by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
10.1 | First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, by and among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agents, dated as of July 31, 2020. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
Date: July 31, 2020 | By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman |
Sean D. Goodman | ||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
AND
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
AS TRUSTEE AND NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
10%/12% CASH/PIK TOGGLE SECOND LIEN SUBORDINATED SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | Definitions and Incorporation by Reference | 1 |
Section 1.01. | Definitions | 1 |
Section 1.02. | Other Definitions | 40 |
Section 1.03. | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 40 |
Section 1.04. | Rules of Construction | 41 |
Section 1.05. | Limited Condition Transactions | 41 |
Section 1.06. | Certain Compliance Determinations | 42 |
ARTICLE II | The Notes | 43 |
Section 2.01. | Amount of Notes; Issuable in Series | 43 |
Section 2.02. | Form and Dating | 44 |
Section 2.03. | Execution and Authentication | 44 |
Section 2.04. | Registrar and Paying Agent | 44 |
Section 2.05. | Paying Agent To Hold Money and PIK Notes in Trust | 45 |
Section 2.06. | Holder Lists | 45 |
Section 2.07. | Replacement Notes | 45 |
Section 2.08. | Outstanding Notes | 45 |
Section 2.09. | Temporary Notes | 46 |
Section 2.10. | Cancellation | 46 |
Section 2.11. | Defaulted Interest | 46 |
Section 2.12. | CUSIP Numbers or ISINs | 47 |
Section 2.13. | Computation of Interest | 47 |
Section 2.14. | Issuance of PIK Notes; Notice of PIK Interest | 47 |
ARTICLE III | Redemption | 48 |
Section 3.01. | Notices to Trustee | 48 |
Section 3.02. | Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed | 48 |
Section 3.03. | Notice of Redemption | 48 |
Section 3.04. | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 49 |
Section 3.05. | Deposit of Redemption Price | 49 |
Section 3.06. | Notes Redeemed in Part | 50 |
Section 3.07. | AHYDO Redemption | 50 |
Section 3.08. | Asset Sale Redemption | 50 |
ARTICLE IV | Covenants | 51 |
Section 4.01. | Payment of Notes | 51 |
Section 4.02. | Additional Limitations on Refinancing Existing Subordinated Notes | 51 |
Section 4.03. | Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 51 |
Section 4.04. | Maintenance of Properties | 51 |
Section 4.05. | Limitation on Indebtedness and Certain Equity Securities | 52 |
Section 4.06. | Limitation on Restricted Payments and Prepayments of Junior Financing | 57 |
Section 4.07. | Limitation on Liens | 61 |
Section 4.08. | Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates | 62 |
Section 4.09. | Negative Pledge | 63 |
Section 4.10. | Future Guarantors | 64 |
Section 4.11. | Change of Control | 64 |
Section 4.12. | Provision of Financial Information | 67 |
Section 4.13. | Statement as to Compliance | 67 |
Section 4.14. | Waiver of Certain Covenants | 68 |
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Section 4.15. | [Reserved] | 68 |
Section 4.16. | Asset Sales | 68 |
Section 4.17. | After-Acquired Collateral | 71 |
ARTICLE V | Successors | 71 |
Section 5.01. | Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation and Sale of All or Substantially All Assets | 71 |
Section 5.02. | Successor Substituted | 72 |
ARTICLE VI | Defaults and Remedies | 72 |
Section 6.01. | Events of Default | 72 |
Section 6.02. | Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment | 73 |
Section 6.03. | Other Remedies | 74 |
Section 6.04. | Waiver of Past Defaults | 74 |
Section 6.05. | Control by Majority | 75 |
Section 6.06. | Limitation on Suits | 75 |
Section 6.07. | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 75 |
Section 6.08. | Collection Suit by Trustee | 75 |
Section 6.09. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 75 |
Section 6.10. | Priorities | 76 |
Section 6.11. | Undertaking for Costs | 76 |
Section 6.12. | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 76 |
ARTICLE VII | Trustee | 76 |
Section 7.01. | Duties of Trustee | 76 |
Section 7.02. | Rights of Trustee | 77 |
Section 7.03. | Individual Rights of Trustee | 78 |
Section 7.04. | Trustee’s Disclaimer | 78 |
Section 7.05. | Notice of Defaults | 78 |
Section 7.06. | Reports by Trustee to Holders | 78 |
Section 7.07. | Compensation and Indemnity | 78 |
Section 7.08. | Replacement of Trustee | 79 |
Section 7.09. | Successor Trustee by Merger | 80 |
Section 7.10. | Eligibility; Disqualification | 80 |
Section 7.11. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 80 |
ARTICLE VIII | Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance | 80 |
Section 8.01. | Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance | 80 |
Section 8.02. | Conditions to Defeasance | 81 |
Section 8.03. | Application of Trust Money | 82 |
Section 8.04. | Repayment to Company | 82 |
Section 8.05. | Indemnity for Government Obligations | 82 |
Section 8.06. | Reinstatement | 82 |
ARTICLE IX | Amendments | 82 |
Section 9.01. | Without Consent of Holders | 82 |
Section 9.02. | With Consent of Holders | 84 |
Section 9.03. | [Reserved] | 85 |
Section 9.04. | Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers | 85 |
Section 9.05. | Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 85 |
Section 9.06. | Trustee To Sign Amendments | 86 |
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ARTICLE X | Subordination | 86 |
Section 10.01. | Agreement To Subordinate | 86 |
Section 10.02. | Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy | 86 |
Section 10.03. | Default on Senior Obligations | 87 |
Section 10.04. | Payment Permitted | 88 |
Section 10.05. | Subrogation | 88 |
Section 10.06. | Relative Rights | 88 |
Section 10.07. | Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company | 88 |
Section 10.08. | Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent | 89 |
Section 10.09. | Distribution or Notice to Representative | 89 |
Section 10.10. | Article Ten Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate | 89 |
Section 10.11. | Trust Moneys Not Subordinated | 89 |
Section 10.12. | Trustee Entitled To Rely | 90 |
Section 10.13. | Trustee To Effectuate Subordination | 90 |
Section 10.14. | Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Obligations | 90 |
Section 10.15. | Reliance by Holders of Senior Obligations Upon Subordination Provisions | 90 |
ARTICLE XI | Guarantee | 90 |
Section 11.01. | Subsidiary Guarantee | 90 |
Section 11.02. | Execution and Delivery | 91 |
Section 11.03. | Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge | 92 |
Section 11.04. | Right of Contribution | 92 |
Section 11.05. | No Subrogation | 92 |
ARTICLE XII | Subordination of Guarantees | 93 |
Section 12.01. | Agreement To Subordinate | 93 |
Section 12.02. | Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy | 93 |
Section 12.03. | Default on Senior Obligations of a Guarantor | 94 |
Section 12.04. | Subrogation | 94 |
Section 12.05. | Relative Rights | 94 |
Section 12.06. | Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Guarantor | 95 |
Section 12.07. | Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent | 95 |
Section 12.08. | Distribution or Notice to Representative | 96 |
Section 12.09. | Article Twelve Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate | 96 |
Section 12.10. | Trustee Entitled To Rely | 96 |
Section 12.11. | Trustee To Effectuate Subordination | 96 |
Section 12.12. | Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Obligations of Guarantors | 96 |
Section 12.13. | Reliance by Holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor Upon Subordination Provisions | 96 |
ARTICLE XIII | Collateral | 97 |
Section 13.01. | Security Documents | 97 |
Section 13.02. | Senior Intercreditor Agreement, Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and Junior Intercreditor Agreement | 98 |
Section 13.03. | Release of Collateral | 98 |
Section 13.04. | Suits to Protect the Collateral | 99 |
Section 13.05. | Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents | 100 |
Section 13.06. | Purchaser Protected | 100 |
Section 13.07. | Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee | 100 |
Section 13.08. | Certain Limits on Collateral | 100 |
Section 13.09. | Notes Collateral Agent | 101 |
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ARTICLE XIV | Miscellaneous | 107 |
Section 14.01. | [Reserved] | 107 |
Section 14.02. | Notices | 107 |
Section 14.03. | Communication by Holders with Other Holders | 107 |
Section 14.04. | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions | 107 |
Section 14.05. | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions | 108 |
Section 14.06. | When Notes Disregarded | 108 |
Section 14.07. | Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar | 108 |
Section 14.08. | Legal Holidays | 108 |
Section 14.09. | Governing Law | 109 |
Section 14.10. | No Recourse Against Others | 109 |
Section 14.11. | Successors | 109 |
Section 14.12. | Separability Clause | 109 |
Section 14.13. | Reliance on Financial Data | 109 |
Section 14.14. | Multiple Originals | 109 |
Section 14.15. | Table of Contents; Headings | 109 |
Exhibit A | Provisions Relating to Initial Notes |
Appendix I to Exhibit A | Form of Initial Notes |
Exhibit B | Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S |
Exhibit C | Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors |
Exhibit D | Form of Supplemental Indenture to Add Guarantors |
Exhibit E | Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit F | Form of Security Agreement |
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INDENTURE dated as of July 31, 2020, among AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Notes Collateral Agent”).
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional notes that may be offered from time to time in one or more series subsequent to the Issue Date as provided for in this Indenture (the “Additional Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01. Definitions.
“2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of November 8, 2016 pursuant to which the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes and the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and, U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes” means the Company’s 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of £250,000,000 and any additional notes denominated in pounds sterling issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2025 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of June 5, 2015 pursuant to which the 2025 Subordinated Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“2025 Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $600,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes” means the Company’ 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $595,000,000 and any additional notes denominated in U.S. Dollars issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2027 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of March 17, 2017 pursuant to which the 2027 Subordinated Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“2027 Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 issued pursuant to the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $475,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Pro Forma Entity for any period, as the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its Subsidiaries which will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means the Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness having First Lien Priority (but without regard to the control of remedies) relative to the Notes with respect to the Collateral permitted by this Indenture other than the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, the First Lien Notes Obligations, the New First Lien Notes Obligations, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations and the Convertible Notes Obligations; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or entered into such other intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, respectively, taken as a whole).
“Additional First Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations and any trustee, authorized representative or agent of such Additional First Lien Obligations.
“Additional Second Lien Obligations” means the Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness having Second Lien Priority (but without regard to the control of remedies) relative to the Notes with respect to the Collateral permitted by this Indenture; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Second Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Additional Second Lien Obligations and any trustee, authorized representative or agent of such Additional Second Lien Obligations.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture in the original aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 and any additional notes issued after the Issue Date pursuant to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as such initial Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Issue Date pursuant to which the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes will be issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes.
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, (i) as of any redemption date, the weekly average for each Business Day during the most recent week that has ended at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or in the case of satisfaction and discharge, two Business Days prior to the deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent) of the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or, if such statistical release is not so published or the applicable information is not applicable thereon, any publicly available source of similar market data as selected by the Company in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2023 (if no maturity is within three months before or after June 15, 2023, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), 0.50%.
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Applicable Premium” means, at any redemption date, the excess of (A) the present value at such redemption date of (1) the redemption price of the Notes on June 15, 2023 (as set forth in paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes) plus (2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on the Notes through June 15, 2023 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate, over (B) the principal amount of the Notes on such redemption date.
“Asset Sale” means:
(i) | the sale, transfer, lease, license or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including of any Equity Interest owned by it; or |
(ii) | the issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division) (other than issuing directors’ qualifying shares, nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law and other than issuing Equity Interests to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”) (each of (i) and (ii), a “Disposition”); |
in each case, except:
(a) | Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including allowing any registration or application for registration of any Intellectual Property that is no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, to lapse or go abandoned or be invalidated); |
(b) | Dispositions of inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business; |
(c) | Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property or (iii) such Disposition is allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, for like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business; |
(d) | Dispositions of property to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division); |
(e) | (A) the Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any Disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture, (B) Permitted Investments, (C) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06 or (D) Liens permitted by Section 4.07, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (e); |
(f) | any issuance, sale, pledge or other Disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
(g) | Dispositions of Cash Equivalents; |
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(h) | Dispositions of (A) accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties) and (B) receivables and related assets pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing; |
(i) | leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business and that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; |
(j) | transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such Casualty Event; |
(k) | [reserved]; |
(l) | Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures 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; |
(m) | Dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A) acquired in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise required by a Governmental Authority in connection with an acquisition permitted hereunder; |
(n) | transfers of condemned property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar powers to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of property arising from foreclosure or similar action or that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such real property as part of an insurance settlement; |
(o) | Dispositions of property for Fair Market Value having an aggregate purchase price (i) not to exceed the greater of (A) $200,000,000 and (B) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Disposition with respect to Dispositions of property other than any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) and (ii) not to exceed $10,000,000 with respect to Dispositions of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof); |
(p) | the sale or discount (with or without recourse) (including by way of assignment or participation) of other receivables (including, without limitation, trade and lease receivables) and related assets in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing; |
(q) | the unwinding of any Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations; and |
(r) | Dispositions of any assets for not less than the Fair Market Value of (A) sales of Big Rapids 4 Theatre, Mesquite 10 Theatre, New Ulm 3 Theatre, Newnan 10 Theatre, Plaza 8 Theatre, Panama City 10 Theatre, Pines 1 Theatre, Narrows 8 Theatre, Vernon Hills 8 Theatre, Springfield 1 Theatre, Seth Childs 12 Theatre, vacant land adjacent to 19919 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Mesquite TX 75149 and (B) sale of interests in National CineMedia, LLC common units and National CineMedia, Inc. common shares. |
“Available Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the use thereof for the application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract binding on the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Available RP Capacity Amount” means, without duplication, the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(B), clauses (vi), (viii), and (xii) of Section 4.06(b) minus the sum of the amount of the Available RP Capacity Amount utilized by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 4.06(a)(B), clauses (vi), (viii) and (xii) of Section 4.06(b), (b) make investments pursuant to clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and (c) make payments with respect to any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 4.06(c)(iv).
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“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors, or any arrangement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board of Directors duly authorized to act under this Indenture.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York, or the city in which the Trustee’s office is located are authorized or required to be closed, or, if no Note is outstanding, the city in which the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is a Capitalized Lease; and the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby at any time shall be the amount of the liability in respect thereof that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018, subject to the proviso in the definition of GAAP; for the avoidance of doubt, any obligation relating to a lease that would have been accounted for by such Person as an operating lease as of December 31, 2018 shall be accounted for as obligations relating to an operating lease and not as Capital Lease Obligations.
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, including preferred stock, any rights (other than debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or options to acquire such capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture.
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on December 31, 2018, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) | dollars, euro, pounds, Australian dollars, Swiss Francs, Canadian dollars, Yuan, Pesos or such other currencies held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business; |
(b) | readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States, the United Kingdom or such member nation of the European Union is pledged in support thereof; |
(c) | time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is a lender under the First Lien Credit Facilities or (ii) has combined capital and surplus of at least (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank meeting the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) above being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; |
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(d) | commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; |
(e) | repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company (including any of the lenders under the First Lien Credit Facilities) or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of (i) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (ii) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks, in each case, for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States or (ii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a Fair Market Value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations; |
(f) | marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either (i) having assets in excess of (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks or other U.S. financial institutions and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks or other non-U.S. financial institutions or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service); |
(g) | securities with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof); |
(h) | investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s; |
(i) | instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in euro or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction; |
(j) | investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through (i) of this definition; |
(k) | auction rate securities issued by any domestic corporation or any domestic government instrumentality, in each case rated at least “A-1” (or its equivalent) by S&P or at least “P¬1” (or its equivalent) by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition (or with interest rates or dividend yields that are re-set at least every 35 days); |
(l) | qualified purchaser funds regulated by the exemption provided by Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which funds possess a “AAA” rating from at least two nationally recognized agencies and provide daily liquidity; |
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(m) | with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and |
(n) | investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (m) above. |
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (a) any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management or treasury services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds, (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements and (c) other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of, after the date of this Indenture, any of the following events:
(1) | any “person” or “group” as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act other than one or more Permitted Holders is or becomes the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; |
(2) | the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or |
(3) | the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock (x) to be acquired by such Person or group pursuant to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement or (y) solely as a result of veto or approval rights in any joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement, investor rights agreement or other similar agreement, (ii) if any group (other than a Permitted Holder) includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by such group or any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred, (iii) a Person or group (other than Permitted Holders) will not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Equity Interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Person’s parent and (iv) the right to acquire Voting Stock (so long as such Person does not have the right to direct the voting of the Voting Stock subject to such right) or any veto power in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Voting Stock will not cause a party to be a beneficial owner.
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the redemption date to June 15, 2023, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a maturity most nearly equal to June 15, 2023.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (ii) of the definition of Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, the average of three, or such lesser number as is obtained by the Company, Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the redemption date.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:
(a) | without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period: |
(i) | total interest expense and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, (A) any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations or such derivative instruments, (B) bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, (C) cash dividend payments in respect of preferred stock (including any JV Preferred Equity Interests) and any Disqualified Equity Interests and (D) other items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (i) through (xiii) thereof, |
(ii) | provision for taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital, including federal, foreign and state income, franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including in respect of repatriated funds) including (A) penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations and (B) other fees, taxes and expenses to maintain corporate existence, |
(iii) | depreciation and amortization (including amortization of intangible assets, Capitalized Software Expenditures, internal labor costs and amortization of deferred financing fees, OID or costs), |
(iv) | other non-cash charges (including the excess of GAAP rent expense over actual cash rent paid during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purpose) (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) such Person may elect not to add back such non-cash charges in the current period and (B) to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charges in the current period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), |
(v) | the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary deducted (and not added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income) excluding cash distributions in respect thereof, |
(vi) | (A) the amount of payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, including any cash consideration for any repurchase of equity, in each case to the extent permitted in this Indenture and (B) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities paid to directors, including of the Company or any direct or indirect parent thereof, |
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(vii) | losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing, |
(viii) | cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (d) below for any previous period and not added back, |
(ix) | any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are non-cash or otherwise funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or Net Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests), |
(x) | any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature, and |
(xi) | expenses consisting of internal software development costs that are expensed but could have been capitalized under alternative accounting policies in accordance with GAAP, |
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(b) | without duplication, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative and any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any of the foregoing, in each case projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) (any such projected benefit, a “Projected Benefit”), including any Projected Benefit (including restructuring and integration charges) in connection with, or incurred by or on behalf of, any joint venture of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether accounted for on the financial statements of any such joint venture or the Company) with respect to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative whether initiated before, on or after the Issue Date, within 24 months after such Specified Transaction, restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative (which Projected Benefit shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such Projected Benefit had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A) such Projected Benefit is reasonably quantifiable and factually supportable, (B) no Projected Benefit shall be added pursuant to this clause (b) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such Projected Benefit that are included in clause (a) above (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken), (C) the share of any such Projected Benefit with respect to a joint venture that are to be allocated to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed the total amount thereof for any such joint venture multiplied by the percentage of income of such venture expected to be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period and (D) the aggregate amount of Projected Benefits added pursuant to this clause (b) for any Test Period when taken together shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (giving pro forma effect to the relevant transaction and determined after to giving effect to any Pro Forma Adjustments pursuant to this clause (b)); |
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(c) | amount of Consolidated EBITDA (estimated in good faith by the Company) attributable to any completed New Project that has completed less than a full Test Period of operations, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such New Project had been completed on the first day of the relevant Test Period; |
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(d) | without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period: |
(i) | non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period), |
(ii) | the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary added (and not deducted in such period from Consolidated Net Income), |
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) whether such acquisition occurred before or after the Issue Date to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis, and
(II) there shall be (A) excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, at the Company’s election only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), including any division, product line, theatre, screen or other facility used for operations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, which was closed for business or disposed of during such period (other than any theatre closed in the ordinary course of business within 120 days of lease expiration) (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis and (B) included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period in which a Sold Entity or Business is disposed, an adjustment equal to the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment with respect to such Sold Entity or Business (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposal).
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“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a material portion of the Collateral on a senior priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations (excluding, in any event, all Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means the sum of (a) cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Leases), net of cash interest income, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements plus (b) the amount of cash dividends or distributions made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of JV Preferred Equity Interests and other preferred Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 4.05(d), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under hedging agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, (iii) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing, (v) all non-recurring cash interest expense or “additional interest” for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (vi) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect to any acquisition or any other Investment, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (vii) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, (viii) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (ix) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (x) any interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect parent entity resulting from push down accounting, (xi) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (xii) any pay-in-kind interest expense or other non-cash interest expenses and (xiii) any payments made in respect of any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018).
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication:
(a) | extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities’ or offices’ opening costs, start-up costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions, costs incurred in connection with any New Project (including costs incurred in connection with unconsummated theatre acquisitions) and other strategic or cost saving initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions consummated prior to or after the Issue Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to the closure or disposition of any theatre or a screen within a theatre, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or offices, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgements thereof), |
(b) | the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, |
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(c) | Transaction Costs, |
(d) | the net income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) by such Person to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof during such period, |
(e) | any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment, any earnout, contingent consideration obligation or purchase price adjustment) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with 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 merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805 and gains or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460), |
(f) | any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, hedging agreements or other derivative instruments, |
(g) | accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on existing earn-outs) or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, |
(h) | all Non-Cash Compensation Expenses, |
(i) | any income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, |
(j) | any income (loss) from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such investment), |
(k) | any gain (loss) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or income (loss) from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), |
(l) | any non-cash gain (loss) attributable to the mark to market movement in the valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815-Derivatives and Hedging or mark to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments in such Test Period; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period, |
(m) | any non-cash gain (loss) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances and other balance sheet items, |
(n) | any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures (provided, in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made), |
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(o) | any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down (including related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, film television costs and investments in debt and equity securities), and |
(p) | solely for the purpose of calculating Section 4.06(a)(B), the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior Governmental Approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein. |
There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period the effects from applying acquisition method accounting, including applying acquisition method accounting to inventory, property and equipment, loans and leases, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue (including deferred costs related thereto and deferred rent) required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the any acquisition or Investment consummated prior to (or after) the Issue Date and any acquisitions or other Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) the amount of proceeds received, due or otherwise estimated in good faith to be received from business interruption insurance, liability or casualty events insurance or reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification, insurance and other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or any disposition of any asset permitted hereunder (occurring prior to or after the Issue Date (net of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so reimbursed within a two-year period) and (ii) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period.
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien on a material portion of the Collateral (excluding, in any event, all Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Senior Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt (other than any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the amount that would be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of all third party Indebtedness for borrowed money (including purchase money Indebtedness), unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, Capital Lease Obligations, third party Indebtedness obligations evidenced by notes or similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Swap Obligations), in each case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding, in any event, the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method or pushdown accounting in connection with any acquisition or other Investment); provided, in determining the amount of Consolidated Total Debt for the purpose of this definition, the amount of Consolidated Total Debt consisting of a revolving line of credit shall be deemed to be the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company ending during the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date, divided by four (4).
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) Available Cash.
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“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Convertible Notes” means the Company’s 2.95% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $600,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the Convertible Notes and any additional notes issued in exchange for the Convertible Notes to give effect to the Convertible Notes Amendment.
“Convertible Notes Amendment” means an amendment or exchange pursuant to which the maturity of the Convertible Notes is extended to May 1, 2026 and a first-priority lien on the Collateral is granted to the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent to secure the Convertible Notes Obligations.
“Convertible Notes Collateral Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent with respect to the Convertible Notes Indenture and its successors and permitted assigns.
“Convertible Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of September 14, 2018 pursuant to which the Convertible Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Convertible Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes Indenture, the Guarantees relating to the Convertible Notes and the security documents relating to the Convertible Notes.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 3 Second Street, Suite 206, Jersey City, NJ 07311, Attention: Account Administrator – AMC.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more (i) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, including, without limitation, the First Lien Credit Facilities, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (iii) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers 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.
“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or the passage of time or both, would be, an Event of Default.
“Delaware LLC” means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Designated Junior Representative” means any duly authorized representative of any holders of Secured Notes Obligations, which representative is named as such in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or such other intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms as the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, taken as a whole) or any joinder thereto.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed, sold or otherwise disposed of or returned in exchange for consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents in compliance with Section 4.16.
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“Designated Senior Representative” means any duly authorized representative of any holders of Senior Obligations, which representative is named as such in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or such other intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms as the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, taken as a whole) or any joinder thereto.
“Discharge” means, with respect to any debt facility, the date on which such debt facility and the Senior Obligations or Secured Notes Obligations or other Second Lien Obligations thereunder, as the case may be, are no longer secured by Collateral pursuant to the debt documents governing such debt facility. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.
“Discharge of Senior Obligations” means the Discharge of the Senior Obligations as defined in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that a Discharge of Senior Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a refinancing of such Senior Obligations with additional Senior Obligations secured by certain Collateral which has been designated in writing by the applicable collateral agent (under the operative documents of the Senior Obligations so refinanced) or by the Company, in each case, to each other collateral agent as a “Senior Obligation” for purposes of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
(a) | matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise; |
(b) | is convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or |
(c) | is redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or is required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Affiliates, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof; |
in each case, on or prior to the date 91 days after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i) an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an “asset sale,” “condemnation event,” a “change in control” or similar event shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Notes and Secured Notes Obligations that are accrued and payable, (ii) if an Equity Interest in any Person is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of such Person or as a result of such employee’s termination, death, or disability and (iii) any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interest shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interest.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
“Equity Offering” means a public or private sale for cash by the Company or of a direct or indirect parent of the Company (the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Company) of common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights with respect to such Person’s common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), other than public offerings with respect to such Person’s common stock, preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.
“European Subsidiary” means AMC Theatres of UK Limited and AMC UK Holding Limited and each of their respective subsidiaries that conduct the European (including the United Kingdom, western Europe, and the Baltic and Nordic regions) theatrical exhibition operations of the Company as of March 31, 2020.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day, for purposes of determining the dollar equivalent of any amount denominated in a currency other than dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into dollars as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such day as set forth on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be determined by the Company in good faith, or, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the applicable issuing bank under the First Lien Credit Facilities through its principal foreign exchange trading office, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the applicable issuing bank may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Excluded Assets” means:
(1) any fee-owned real property (i) that does not constitute a Material Real Property, (ii) located in a jurisdiction that imposes a mortgage recording tax or similar fee and/or (iii) located in an area determined by FEMA to have special flood hazards;
(2) all leasehold interests in real property;
(3) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction, but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction);
(4) any asset if, to the extent that and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Notes Obligations is prohibited by any Requirements of Law (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable Requirements of Law) or would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction;
(5) margin stock and, to the extent prohibited by, or creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) under the terms of any applicable Organizational Documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, Equity Interests in any Person other than the Company and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(6) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Company;
(7) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto;
(8) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject thereto (including pursuant to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement) to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(9) in excess of 65% of the voting Equity Interests of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) any FSHCO;
(10) receivables and related assets (or interests therein) (a) sold to any Receivables Subsidiary or (b) otherwise pledged, factored, transferred or sold in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(11) commercial tort claims with a value of less than $15 million and letter-of-credit rights with a value of less than $15 million (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by a UCC filing);
(12) Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(13) any aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines or helicopters, or any equipment or other assets constituting a part thereof;
(14) any and all assets and personal property owned or held by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary);
(15) any Equity Interest in Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and
(16) any proceeds from any issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited to be incurred under this Indenture that are paid into an escrow account to be released upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events, including cash or Cash Equivalents set aside at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, to the extent such cash or Cash Equivalents prefund the payment of interest or premium or discount on such Indebtedness (or any costs related to the issuance of such indebtedness) and are held in such escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose.
“Excluded Contribution Amount” means a cumulative amount equal to (without duplication):
(a) | the Net Proceeds of new public or private issuances of Qualified Equity Interests in the Company or any parent of the Company which are contributed to (or received by) the Company after the Issue Date, plus |
(b) | capital contributions received by the Company after the Issue Date in cash or Cash Equivalents (other than in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest) and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind contributions, plus |
(c) | the net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interest issuances issued after the Issue Date and which have been exchanged or converted into Qualified Equity Interests, plus |
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(d) | returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind amounts received by Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made after the Issue Date using the Excluded Contribution Amount (not to exceed the amount of such Investments); |
provided that the Excluded Contribution Amount shall not include any amounts used to incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxv), any amounts used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(vi) or any amounts used to make Investments pursuant to clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any of the following: (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, (b) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (c) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (i) applicable Requirements of Law or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on April 22, 2019 or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long in respect of any such contractual prohibition such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), in each case from guaranteeing the Secured Notes Obligations or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee, or for which the provision of a Subsidiary Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax consequence (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to the Company or one of its subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company), (e) any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a CFC, (g) any FSHCO, (h) each Receivables Subsidiary and (i) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance companies or other special purpose subsidiaries designated by the Company from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not constitute an Excluded Subsidiary. A Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary if, and for so long as, it Guarantees any Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Facilities, the First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Convertible Notes or Existing Subordinated Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any other document, a Subsidiary that ceases to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company as a result of (A) a transfer of its Equity Interests to any Affiliate of the Company or (B) a non-bona fide transaction shall not be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary by virtue of clause (a) of this definition of “Excluded Subsidiary.”
“Existing Subordinated Notes” means the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, the 2025 Subordinated Notes, the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes and the 2027 Subordinated Notes.
“Fair Market Value” means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, such value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.
“FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the first lien/second lien intercreditor agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“First Lien Credit Agreement Collateral Agent” means Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Facilities, and its successors and assigns.
“First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the First Lien Credit Facilities.
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“First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the First Lien Credit Facilities.
“First Lien Credit Facilities” means the revolving credit facility and the term loan facilities under that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013, (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 13, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2020 and that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020), among the Company, the lenders and other parties party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and any related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit, guarantees and other documents, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, replacements, exchanges or refinancings thereof, in whole or in part, and any financing arrangements that amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, restate, refund, replace, exchange or refinance any part thereof, including, without limitation, any such amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, refunding, replacement, exchanged or refinancing financing arrangement that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed or issued thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders, investors, holders or otherwise.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto giving effect to any joinders thereto, each dated as of the Issue Date, pursuant to which the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent became parties thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% First Lien Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the First Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $500,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the First Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the First Lien Notes Indenture.
“First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of April 24, 2020 pursuant to which the First Lien Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent (the “First Lien Notes Collateral Agent”), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the First Lien Notes, the First Lien Notes Indenture, the Guarantees relating to the First Lien Notes and the security documents relating to the First Lien Notes.
“First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among U.S Bank National Association, as collateral agent with respect to the First Lien Notes, Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent with respect to the First Lien Credit Facilities, the Company, the guarantors party thereto and each additional agent from time to time party thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“First Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is equal in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
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“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (1) the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, (2) the First Lien Notes Obligations, (3) the Convertible Notes Obligations, (4) the New First Lien Notes Obligations, (5) the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations and (6) each Series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that has no material assets other than Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness in one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that the Company may elect, as evidenced by a written notice of the Company to the Trustee to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of any provision hereof, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein and (b) the amount of any Indebtedness or other balance sheet items or income statement items under GAAP with respect to Capital Lease Obligations and any other leases shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligations and otherwise in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 (and, in any event, shall exclude the impact on rent expense resulting from the adoption of ASC 842).
“Government Securities” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of, or obligations guaranteed by, 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 or redeemable at the issuer’s option.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Guarantee” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(a) | to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation 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 |
(b) | entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); |
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provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee on the Issue Date and any other Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided
that upon the release or discharge of such Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts or similar obligations payable in the ordinary course of business and any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid within 60 days after being due and payable), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; provided that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller, (iii) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (iv) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Company solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP, (v) accrued expenses and royalties, (vi) asset retirement obligations and other pension related obligations (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days and (vii) any obligations under any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to Section 13.02 hereof.
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“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (i) intercompany advances arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and (ii) intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of, such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (B) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred to in this clause (B) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Restricted Subsidiary issues any Equity Interests, in either case, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or other disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Equity Interests of and all other Investments in such Person retained. For purposes of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Financial Officer.
“Issue Date” means July 31, 2020.
“Junior Financing” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
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“Limited Condition Transaction” means any acquisition or Investment not prohibited by this Indenture, in each case whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
“Liquidity” means (a) the aggregate amount of undrawn commitments under the revolving credit facility under the First Lien Credit Facilities (excluding any amounts that if drawn would reasonably be expected as of the immediately succeeding quarter end to result in a breach thereunder) plus (b) Available Cash.
“Management Investors” means current and/or former directors, officers, partners, members and employees of any Parent Entity, the Company and/or any of their respective subsidiaries who (directly or indirectly through one or more investment vehicles) held Equity Interests in the Company on April 22, 2019.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on (a) the business or financial condition of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Indenture or (c) the rights and remedies of the Holders.
“Material Real Property” means each fee owned parcel of real property owned by the Company or any Guarantor having a book value equal to or in excess of $15,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Indenture with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (a) the Measurement Date for real property owned as of the Measurement Date, (b) the date of acquisition for real property acquired after the Measurement Date or (c) the date on which the entity owning such real property becomes a Guarantor after the Measurement Date, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company.
“Material Subsidiary” means (a) each wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 5.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter or that is designated by the Company as a Material Subsidiary and (b) any group comprising wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clause (a) but that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter
“Maturity” means, with respect to any note, the date on which the principal of such note becomes due and payable as provided in such note or this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Maturity Date” means the date specified in the Notes as the fixed date on which the principal of the Notes is due and payable.
“Measurement Date” means April 22, 2019.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Mortgaged Property” means each parcel of Material Real Property and the improvements thereon with respect to which a Mortgage shall be granted pursuant to Section 4.17.
“Multiplex” means any theatre owned by the Company or its Subsidiary which has ten or less screens for viewing movies.
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“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the proceeds received in respect of such event in cash or Cash Equivalents, including (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earn-out (but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds that are actually received and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments that are actually received, minus (b) the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such event (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant, accountant and other customary fees), (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale (including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback or similar proceeding), (A) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any Asset Sale to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction, (B) the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Notes) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, (C) the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (C)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (D) the amount of any liabilities directly associated with such asset and retained by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable, including any withholding taxes estimated to be payable in connection with the repatriation of such Net Proceeds), and the amount of any reserves established by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, that are associated with such event, provided that any reduction at any time in the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt by the Company at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of such reduction.
“New Project” means (a) each facility, theatre or other project which is either a new facility, a new theatre or an expansion, renovation, relocation, remodeling or other improvement or modernization of an existing theatre or facility owned by a Company or the Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (b) each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market.
“New First Lien Notes” means the $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.5% First Lien Secured Notes due 2026 issued by the Company on the Issue Date.
“New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent with respect to the New First Lien Notes Indenture and its successors and permitted assigns.
“New First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Company, the guarantors, the Trustee and the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to which the New First Lien Notes will be issued, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“New First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the New First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes Indenture, the Guarantees relating to the New First Lien Notes and the security documents relating to the New First Lien Notes.
“Non-Cash Compensation Expense” means any non-cash expenses and costs that result from the issuance of stock-based awards, partnership interest-based awards and similar incentive based compensation awards or arrangements.
“Non-Payment Default” means a default with respect to any Senior Obligations (other than a Payment Default) pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to Section 4.06(a)(B), Section 4.06(a)(B)(1) or the Excluded Contribution Amount, as applicable, that was not previously applied pursuant to clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” Section 4.06(b)(viii) or Section 4.06(c)(iv).
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“Notes Collateral Agent” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the holders of the Notes under the Security Documents and any successor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest, fees, or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest, fees, or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law and including, for the avoidance of doubt, PIK Interest), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness; provided, that any of the foregoing (other than principal and interest) shall no longer constitute “Obligations” after payment in full of such principal and interest.
“Odeon Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 between Odeon Cinemas Group Limited, Odeon Cinemas Limited, the guarantors party thereto, Lloyds Bank PLC, as the agent, security trustee and security agent, the lenders party thereto and the other parties party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Officer” means the chief executive officer, chief marketing officer, chief financial officer, president, vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary, or other similar officer, manager or a director of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel to the Company licensed in any State of the United States of America and applying the laws of such State or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Parent Entity” means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of the Company.
“Payment Default” means any default in payment (whether at stated maturity, upon scheduled installment, by acceleration or otherwise) of principal of, premium, if any, or interest in respect of any Senior Obligations beyond any applicable grace periods.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) | Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP; |
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(b) | Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or construction contractors’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case so long as such Liens do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(c) | Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items set forth in the foregoing clause (i); |
(d) | Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices; |
(e) | easements, encumbrances, rights-of-way, reservations, restrictions, restrictive covenants, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes building codes, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions, and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects or other irregularities in title and survey exceptions affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; |
(f) | Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(g). |
(g) | Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments, provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Company or such subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent such obligations are permitted by Section 4.05; |
(h) | rights of set-off, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by of the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions in relation to the maintenance of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments; and |
(i) | Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or any similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. |
“Permitted European Investment” means any retained Investment in a European Subsidiary (or any retained Investment in the assets or business operations of a European Subsidiary), which Investment results from the sale or transfer (including by way of merger, combination, asset sale or otherwise) of a portion of the ownership interests in one or more European Subsidiaries (or the assets thereof), provided that such sale or transfer of such ownership interests (or the assets thereof) was made (a) to a Person (or group of Persons) that was not at such time an Affiliate of the Company, (b) in compliance with Section 4.16 and (c) for consideration to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not in the form of Senior Obligations.
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“Permitted Holder” means (i) Wanda Group, (ii) Silver Lake, (iii) the Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees, and (iv) any “group” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision of which any of the foregoing are members and any member of such group; provided that, in the case of such group and any member of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.
“Permitted Investments” means the following:
(a) | Investments that were Cash Equivalents at the time made; |
(b) | loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) (provided that the amount of such loans and advances made in cash to such Person shall be contributed to the Company in cash as common equity or Qualified Equity Interests) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii); provided that at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount outstanding in reliance on this clause (iii) shall not exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 1% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time; |
(c) | Investments (i) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Guarantor (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division), (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in any other Restricted Subsidiary that is also not a Guarantor, (iii) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division) (A) in any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Company or any Guarantor after the Issue Date in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in reliance on this clause (c) (other than any Investment made in a Restricted Subsidiary to fund an acquisition not prohibited by this Indenture) shall not exceed the greater of (A) $150,000,000 and (B) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment; provided that the total amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) that are not in the form of Cash and Cash Equivalents (including loans and contributions thereof) shall not exceed $10,000,000 and Investments pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) shall only be used by such Restricted Subsidiary to finance its operations, (B) in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, constituting an exchange of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary for Indebtedness of such Subsidiary or (C) constituting Guarantees of Indebtedness or other monetary obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors (provided that any actual payment by a Guarantor on account of such Guarantee would constitute an Investment in such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor at the time such payment is made), (iv) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors so long as such Investment is part of a series of substantially simultaneous Investments that result in the proceeds of the initial Investment being invested in one or more Guarantors and (v) by any Restricted Subsidiary in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, consisting of the contribution of Equity Interests of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor so long as the Equity Interests (or, as applicable, at least 65% of the voting Equity Interests) of the transferee Restricted Subsidiary is pledged to secure the Secured Notes Obligations. |
(d) | Investments consisting of prepayments to suppliers in the ordinary course of business; |
(e) | Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; |
(f) | Investments (i) existing on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii) Investments existing on July 10, 2020 by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment as otherwise permitted under this Indenture; |
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(g) | Investments in Swap Agreements permitted under Section 4.05; |
(h) | promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Asset Sales permitted under Section 4.16 or any other disposition not constituting an Asset Sale; |
(i) | Investments in a Person if as a result of such Investment, (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business) to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; |
(j) | [reserved]; |
(k) | Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices; |
(l) | Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers, from financially troubled account debtors or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment; |
(m) | loans and advances to a Parent Entity (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to a Parent Entity (or such parent) in accordance with Section 4.06; |
(n) | other Investments and other acquisitions; (A) so long as at the time any such Investment or other acquisition is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments made in reliance on this clause (A) together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (A) after the Issue Date (including the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness assumed in connection with any such other acquisition), shall not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment or other acquisition, (B) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, in an amount not to exceed the amount under Section 4.06(a)(B) that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment, (C) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment and (D) in an amount not to exceed the Available RP Capacity Amount; |
(o) | [reserved]; |
(p) | advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business; |
(q) | Investments and other acquisitions to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Company; provided that (i) such amounts used pursuant to this clause (q) shall not increase the Excluded Contribution Amount or be applied to increase any other basket hereunder and (ii) any amounts used for such an Investment or other acquisition that are not Equity Interests of the Company shall otherwise be permitted pursuant hereunder; |
(r) | Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation; |
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(s) | non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Holders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired; |
(t) | Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, consolidation, dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted (other than by reference to this clause (t)) under Sections 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.09 and 5.01, respectively, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (t); |
(u) | [reserved]; |
(v) | contributions to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Company; |
(w) | to the extent that they constitute Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses or leases of other assets, Intellectual Property, or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business; |
(x) | Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; |
(y) | any Investment in a Similar Business; provided that at the time any such Investment is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments made in reliance on this clause (y) together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (y) after the Issue Date, shall not exceed the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment; |
(z) | Investments constituting Permitted European Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all other Permitted European Investments (whether made pursuant to this clause (z) or any of clauses (a) through (cc) of this definition of “Permitted Investments”) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not exceed $300,000,000; |
(aa) | Investments in Subsidiaries in the form of receivables and related assets required in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing (including the contribution or lending of cash and cash equivalents to Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of such assets from the Company or other Restricted Subsidiaries or to otherwise fund required reserves); |
(bb) | Investments consisting of advances or extensions of credit on terms customary in the industry in the form of accounts or other receivables incurred or pre-paid film rentals, and loans and advances made in settlement of such accounts receivable; and |
(cc) | Investments consisting of refundable construction advances made with respect to the construction of motion picture exhibition theatres in the ordinary course of business. |
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, in the event that a proposed Investment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (a) through (cc) above (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Investment (or portion thereof) between such clauses (a) through (cc) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this definition;.
“Permitted Junior Securities” means equity securities or subordinated securities of the Company or any successor obligor provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment or other dispositive restructuring plan that, in the case of any such subordinated securities, are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Obligations that may at the time be outstanding to at least the same extent as the Notes are subordinated as provided in this Indenture.
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“Permitted Liens” means:
(i) | Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was, at the time such Indebtedness is deemed to be incurred, permitted or deemed to be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i); |
(ii) | Permitted Encumbrances; |
(iii) | Liens existing on the Issue Date (excluding Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to (x) the Credit Facilities and/or (y) the Notes issued on the Issue Date) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (A) such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (ii) proceeds and products thereof, and (B) the obligations secured or benefited by such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien are permitted by Section 4.05; |
(iv) | Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.05(b)(vi) or Section 4.05(b)(xxviii); provided that (A) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, repair, replacement, construction or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, except for accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof, and any lease of such property (including accessions thereto) and the proceeds and products thereof and (C) with respect to Capital Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for accessions to or proceeds of such assets) other than the assets subject to such Capital Lease Obligations; provided, further, that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender; |
(v) | leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others that do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) secure any Indebtedness; |
(vi) | 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; |
(vii) | 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) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; |
(viii) | Liens (A) on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in a Permitted Investment to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or otherwise in connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such Investment or any disposition permitted under this Indenture (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such Investment or disposition), (B) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under this Indenture, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien or (C) with respect to escrow deposits consisting of the proceeds of Indebtedness (and related interest and fee amounts) otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 4.05 in connection with customary redemption terms relating to escrow arrangements, and contingent on the consummation of any Investment, disposition or Restricted Payment permitted under this Indenture; |
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(ix) | Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case permitted under Section 4.05; |
(x) | Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of the Company or any Guarantor, Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and Liens granted by the Company or any Guarantor in favor of the Company or any other Guarantor; |
(xi) | Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including by the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary), in each case after the date hereof; provided that (A) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions, proceeds and products thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 4.05(b)(vi) or 4.05(b)(viii); |
(xii) | any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and rights of landlords thereunder; |
(xiii) | Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; |
(xiv) | Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under clause (e) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”; |
(xv) | Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; |
(xvi) | Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; |
(xvii) | ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located; |
(xviii) | Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto; |
(xix) | Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(b) (xxiii) and Section 4.05(b)(xxix); provided that, such Liens do not secure Consolidated First Lien Debt and the applicable holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral shall rank equal to or junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes; |
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(xx) | other Liens; provided that at the time of incurrence of the obligations secured thereby (after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such obligations) the aggregate outstanding face amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (xx) shall not exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then last ended; provided further that, such Liens do not secure Senior Obligations; |
(xxi) | Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted hereunder (including Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions); |
(xxii) | Liens on receivables and related assets incurred in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings; |
(xxiii) | (A) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof and (B) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business; |
(xxiv) | Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law; |
(xxv) | Liens on equipment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located; |
(xxvi) | security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of such Person in the ordinary course of business; |
(xxvii) | Liens securing the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Notes issued as a result of a PIK Payment; |
(xxviii) | Liens securing the New First Lien Notes issued on the Issue Date; |
(xxix) | Liens securing the Convertible Notes issued on the Issue Date; |
(xxx) | Liens securing the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes issued on the Issue Date; |
(xxxi) | (A) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (B) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures; |
(xxxii) | with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the title policy covering such Mortgaged Property and the matters disclosed in any survey delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent with respect to such Mortgaged Property; and |
(xxxiii) | Liens securing Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxii) (solely with respect to the Permitted Refinancing of (x) Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clauses (iii)(1)(B), (iii)(1)(G), (iii)(2), (vi), (viii), (xv), (xxvii), (xxviii) and (xxix) of Section 4.05(b) or (y) Indebtedness that is secured based on clause (xx) above (without duplication of any amount outstanding thereunder)); provided that (1) no such Lien extends to any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that did not secure the Indebtedness being refinanced other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed to or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and, (B) in the case of any property or assets financed by Indebtedness or subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness, in each case, permitted by Section 4.05 the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property to secure such Indebtedness and related obligations, any such after-acquired property and (C) the proceeds and products thereof, accessions thereto and improvements thereon, (2) if such Liens are consensual Liens that are secured by the Collateral, then the holders of such Indebtedness or their authorized representative shall enter into or become party to the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable and (3) each such Lien shall be of the same priority level as the existing Lien securing such Indebtedness being refinanced. |
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“Permitted Receivables Financing” means receivables securitizations or other receivables financings (including any factoring program) that are non-recourse to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except for (a) recourse to any Foreign Subsidiaries that own the assets underlying such financing (or have sold such assets in connection with such financing), (b) any customary limited recourse or, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, (c) any performance undertaking or Guarantee, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, and (d) an unsecured parent Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a parent company of a Foreign Subsidiary of obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries, and, in each case, reasonable extensions thereof); provided that, with respect to Permitted Receivables Financings incurred in the form of a factoring program, the outstanding amount of such Permitted Receivables Financing for the purposes of this definition shall be deemed to be equal to the Permitted Receivables Net Investment for the last Test Period.
“Permitted Receivables Net Investment” means the aggregate cash amount paid by the purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program in connection with their purchase of accounts receivable and customary related assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such accounts receivable and related assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program which are payable to any Person other than a Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).
“Permitted Transferees” means, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Person’s Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Person’s heirs, legatees, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Company.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period, any adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA made in accordance with clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of that term.
“Pro Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder required by the terms of this Indenture to be made on a Pro Forma Basis, that (a) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (b) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test, financial ratio or covenant: (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (A) in the case of a disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any subsidiary of the Company or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (B) in the case of an acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction” or any New Project shall be included, (ii) any retirement of Indebtedness, (iii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to any fixed dollar basket or Consolidated EBITDA grower basket or under any revolving Credit Facility) and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination and (iv) Available Cash shall be calculated on the date of the consummation of the Specified Transaction after giving pro forma effect to such Specified Transaction (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness the incurrence of which is a Specified Transaction or that is incurred to finance such Specified Transaction); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test, financial ratio or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” (and subject to the provisions set forth in clause (b) thereof) and give effect to events (including cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies) that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the adjustments comprising the “Pro Forma Adjustment.”
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“Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment” means, for any Test Period that includes all or a portion of a fiscal quarter included in any eight full consecutive quarter period immediately following the disposal of any Sold Entity or Business, the pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA projected by the Company in good faith as a result of contractual arrangements between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with such Sold Entity or Business at the time of its disposal or within such eight quarter period and which represent an increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA which is incremental to the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for the most recent Test Period prior to its disposal.
“Pro Forma Entity” means any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests in the Company or any parent of the Company other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Special Purpose Entity established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and any other subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) involved in a Permitted Receivables Financing which is not permitted by the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing to guarantee the Obligations or provide Collateral.
“redemption date” means the date on which Notes are redeemed pursuant to Article Three of this Indenture (including the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date and the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable) or paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes.
“Redeemable Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms, by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be required to be redeemed prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Notes or is mandatorily redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity (except for any such Capital Stock that would be required to be redeemed or is redeemable at the option of the holder if the issuer thereof may redeem such Capital Stock for consideration consisting solely of Capital Stock that is not Redeemable Capital Stock), or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity at the option of the holder thereof.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any three nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary dealers of Government Securities.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue with respect to the Notes, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date.
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“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business (which may consist of securities of a Person, including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary).
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, official administrative pronouncements, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained Declined Proceeds” means the Net Proceeds in respect of any Asset Sale not required to be applied to make a prepayment or to be reinvested under Section 4.16.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale Leaseback” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed of.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (1) Secured Notes Obligations and (2) each series of Additional Second Lien Obligations.
“Second Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is junior in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral supporting Senior Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Secured Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents relating to the Notes.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Notes Collateral Agent.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the First Lien/Second Intercreditor Agreement, the other intercreditor agreements entered into in connection with this Indenture, other security agreements relating to the Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states) applicable to the Collateral, each for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Debt Documents” means the credit, guarantee and security documents governing the Senior Obligations.
“Senior Indebtedness” means:
(1) | all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the First Lien Credit Facilities, the First Lien Notes, the Convertible Notes, the New First Lien Notes, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Notes (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments; |
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(2) | (a) all Swap Obligations (and all guarantees thereof) and (b) Cash Management Obligations (and guarantees thereof); provided that such Swap Obligations and Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture; |
(3) | any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and |
(4) | all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3); provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include: |
(a) | any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(b) | any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person; |
(c) | any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(d) | any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in right of payment 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. |
“Senior Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Senior Obligations” means, collectively, (1) the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, (2) the First Lien Notes Obligations, (3) the Convertible Notes Obligations, (4) the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations, (5) the New First Lien Notes Obligations and (6) each series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
“Senior Representative” means (i) in the case of any First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations or the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the First Lien Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, (ii) in the case of the First Lien Notes Obligations, the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, (iii) in the case of the Convertible Notes Obligations, the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, (iv) in the case of the New First Lien Notes Obligations, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, (v) in the case of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, and (vi) in the case of any Additional First Lien Obligations and the Additional First Lien Secured Parties thereunder, each collateral agent, administrative agent and/or trustee (as applicable) under any Additional Senior Documents, in each case, together with its successors in such capacity in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations that is named as such in the applicable joinder agreement to the First Lien/Second Lien Collateral Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that, or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter; provided that solely for purposes of the Events of Default described in Section 6.01(h) and (i), each Restricted Subsidiary forming part of such group is subject to an Event of Default under one or more of such clauses.
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“Silver Lake” means Silver Lake Alpine, L.P., Silver Lake Alpine (Offshore Master), L.P., their Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates (other than Company and its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company).
“Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
“Special Purpose Entity” means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities and impose requirements intended to preserve its separateness from the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any investment, disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation, New Project or other event that by the terms of this Indenture requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis.”
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the administrative agent or issuing bank under the First Lien Credit Facilities, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date one Business Day prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that such administrative agent or issuing bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the administrative agent or issuing bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any note or any installment of interest thereof, means the date specified in such note as the fixed date on which the principal of such note or such installment of interest is due and payable.
“subsidiary” of any person means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company other than for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” unless the Company shall have designated in writing to the Trustee an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes and this Indenture by a Guarantor and any supplemental indenture applicable thereto, and, collectively, all such Guarantees. Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form prescribed in this Indenture.
“Surviving Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).
“Swap” means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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“Swap Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
“Test Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been (or were required to have been) delivered pursuant to Section 4.12(a), provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.12(a) the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended March 31, 2020.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Transaction Costs” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by, or attributable to, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the funding of $2,000,000,000 of term loans under the First Lien Credit Facilities on April 22, 2019 and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by that certain Credit Agreement (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 13, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2020 and that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020), among the Company, the lenders and other parties party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, (b) the “Transactions” as defined in the First Lien Credit Facilities immediately prior to April 22, 2019, (c) the redemption in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and premium of Carmike Cinemas, Inc.’s 6.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, assumed by the Company, and the Company’s 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022, (d) the Exchange Offers, (e) the Convertible Notes Amendment, (f) the amendment to the First Lien Credit Facilities dated as of April 23, 2020, (g) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (h) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Costs).
“Trust Officer” means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“U.S. Dollars,” “United States Dollars,” “US$” and the symbol “$” each mean currency of the United States of America.
“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Note Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
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“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as provided below, and (b) any Subsidiary of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately before and after such designation on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recent Test Period, no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Company therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) investment therein and any such designation shall only be permitted to the extent such Investment would be permitted under clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.” The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value at the date of such designation of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary.
As of the Issue Date, each of Centertainment Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation and AMC Theatres of UK Limited is hereby designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the Investments existing as of July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in each of Centertainment Development, Inc. and AMC Theatres of UK Limited shall be permitted under clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”
“Vehicles” means all railcars, cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.
“Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
“Wanda Group” means Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese private conglomerate and any of its Affiliates.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section |
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“Acceptable Commitment” | 4.16 | |
“Action” | 13.09 | |
“Additional Notes” | Preamble and Exhibit A | |
“Advance Offer” | 4.16 | |
“Advance Portion” | 4.16 | |
“AHYDO” | 3.07 | |
“AHYDO Catch-up Payment” | 3.07 | |
“Applicable Proceeds” | 4.16 | |
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption” | 3.08 | |
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date” | 3.08 | |
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event” | 4.16 | |
“Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period” | 4.16 | |
“Cash Interest” | 2.14 | |
“CERCLA” | 13.09 | |
“Change of Control Offer” | 4.11 | |
“Change of Control Payment” | 4.11 | |
“Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.11 | |
“Commitment Application Period” | 4.16 | |
“covenant defeasance option” | 8.01 | |
“Depository” | Exhibit A | |
“European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount” | 4.16 | |
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption” | 3.08 | |
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event” | 4.16 | |
“Event of Default” | 6.01 | |
“Excess Proceeds” | 4.16 | |
“Global Note” | Exhibit A | |
“Guarantor Obligations” | 11.01 | |
“legal defeasance option” | 8.01 | |
“Legal Holiday” | 14.08 | |
“OID” | 4.05 | |
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” | 4.16 | |
“Paying Agent” | 2.04 | |
“Permitted Refinancing” | 4.05 | |
“PIK Election” | 2.14 | |
“PIK Interest” | 2.14 | |
“PIK Notes” | 2.14 | |
“PIK Payment” | 2.14 | |
“QIB” | Exhibit A | |
“Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness” | 4.02 | |
“Refinancing Indebtedness” | 4.05 | |
“Registrar” | 2.04 | |
“Restricted Payments” | 4.06(a) | |
“Second Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.11 | |
“Security Document Order” | 13.09 | |
“Securities Custodian” | Exhibit A | |
“Surviving Entity” | 5.01 | |
“withdrawal deadline” | 4.11 |
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“TIA”), the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
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The following Trust Indenture Act term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:
“obligor” on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no obligation or requirement under the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable to the Company or any Guarantor.
Section 1.04. 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) “including” means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness; and
(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.05. Limited Condition Transactions.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Indenture which requires the calculation of any financial ratio;
(ii) determining whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or any subset of Defaults or Events of Default); or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Indenture (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets or by reference to Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount);
in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), with such option to be exercised on or prior to the date of execution of the definitive agreements related to such Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Company could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.
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For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations; however, if any ratios improve or baskets increase as a result of such fluctuations, such improved ratios or baskets may be utilized. If the Company has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of the incurrence ratios subject to the LCT Election on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
Section 1.06. Certain Compliance Determinations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or utilization of any basket contained in this Indenture, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets, the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Senior Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to all Specified Transactions that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made and to the extent the proceeds of any new Indebtedness are to be used to repay other Indebtedness (including by repurchase, redemption, retirement, extinguishment, defeasance, discharge or pursuant to escrow or similar arrangements) no later than 60 days following the incurrence of such new Indebtedness, the Company shall be permitted to give Pro Forma Effect to such repayment of Indebtedness.
(b) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test, the amount of Consolidated EBITDA and/or Consolidated Total Assets), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time such action is taken (subject to Section 1.05), such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in such financial ratio or test occurring after the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision in any covenant (including any constituent definition thereof) of this Indenture that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of any determination under this Indenture expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the Spot Rate (or, if such determination is calculated under the First Lien Credit Facilities at the Exchange Rate, such Exchange Rate) (rounded to the nearest currency unit, with 0.5 or more of a currency unit being rounded upward); provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, disposition or Restricted Payment in a currency other than dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred or disposition or Restricted Payment made; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 1.06 shall otherwise apply to such provisions, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred or disposition or Restricted Payment made at any time under such provisions. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt, amounts in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 4.12 (or, prior to the first such delivery, the most recent internally available financial statements).
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ARTICLE II
The Notes
Section 2.01. Amount of Notes; Issuable in Series.
As provided for in Exhibit A hereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. All Notes shall be substantially identical in all respects other than issue prices, issuance dates, first interest payment amount, first interest payment date and denominations. Additional Notes may be issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and any PIK Notes; provided, such Additional Notes and PIK Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes unless such Additional Notes or PIK Notes, as applicable, are fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, further, that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.05 and Section 4.07. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate the Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $1,462,285,000. With respect to any Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for PIK Notes and Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Initial Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A), there shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to Section 2.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Notes:
(a) whether such Notes shall be issued as part of a new or existing series of Notes and the title of such Notes (which shall distinguish the Notes of the series from Notes of any other series);
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which shall be calculated without reference to any Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the same series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A or any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the issue price and issuance date of such Notes, including the date from which interest on such Notes shall accrue; and
(d) if applicable, that such Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositories for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by any such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.3 of Exhibit A in which any such Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and any transfer of such Global Notes in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depository for such Global Note or a nominee thereof.
If any of the terms of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or the trust indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the series.
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Section 2.02. Form and Dating.
Provisions relating to the Notes are set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes of each series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication and any PIK Notes shall be substantially in the form of Appendix I to Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and institutional “accredited investors” as that term is defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act shall include the form of assignment set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (other than Initial Notes offered on the Issue Date) shall include the form of certificate set forth in Exhibit B. The Notes of each series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage; provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes of each series set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver (i) Additional Notes and (ii) PIK Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate for the authentication and delivery of such Additional Notes or PIK Notes, as applicable, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order of the Company shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Notes if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture.
Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more registrars for so long as the Notes are held in registered form, and one or more co-registrars. The initial Paying Agent will be GLAS Trust Company LLC.
The initial Registrar and transfer agent for the Notes will be GLAS Trust Company LLC. The Registrars and the transfer agents will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Notes in the form of Definitive Notes (as defined in Exhibit A) outstanding from time to time, if any, and will make payments on and facilitate transfers of Definitive Notes on behalf of the Company. Each transfer agent shall perform the functions of a transfer agent.
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The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar in respect of the Notes.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.
Section 2.05. Paying Agent To Hold Money and PIK Notes in Trust. By no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which any principal of or interest on any Note is due, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent for such Note a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due and/or, if the Company is entitled to pay PIK Interest with respect to an interest payment period as provided for in Section 2.14, increase the principal amount of the Notes to pay any PIK Interest pursuant to a written direction delivered to the Trustee specifying the increase in the Global Note, or in the limited circumstances where the Notes are no longer held in global form, issue PIK Notes to pay any PIK Interest pursuant to an Authentication Order with respect to the PIK Interest to be issued on the applicable interest payment date, when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company or any Guarantor in making any such payment. If the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
Section 2.06. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of each of the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Company and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated security is surrendered to a Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent for such Note, the Registrar for such Note and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of Company.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
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If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and such Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.09. Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Notes.
Section 2.10. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Registrar and any Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver cancelled Notes to the Company upon a written direction of the Company. Except as expressly permitted herein, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
If the Company or any Guarantor acquires any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.10. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a registration of transfer or exchange of such Notes.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Securities Custodian with respect to such Global Note to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such defaulted interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 14.02, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such defaulted interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable.
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The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers or ISINs. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” number, “ISIN” or other similar number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and 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 shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number, ISIN or other similar numbers.
Section 2.13. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 2.14. Issuance of PIK Notes; Notice of PIK Interest.
(a) Subject to the limitation in the next succeeding sentence, interest for the first three interest payment periods following the Issue Date may, at the Company’s option (a “PIK Election”), be paid by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or if, and in the limited circumstances where, the Notes are no longer held in global form, by issuing Notes (“PIK Notes”) (rounded up to the nearest $1.00) under this Indenture, having the same terms and conditions as the Notes (“PIK Interest”) (in each case, a “PIK Payment”) at a rate of 12% per annum; provided, however that for the third interest payment period, if immediately after giving effect to such interest payment on a pro forma basis, the Company’s Liquidity as of the record date for the third interest payment period is (i) equal to or greater than $400 million, then the Company shall pay interest in cash (“Cash Interest”) for such interest period at a rate of 10% per annum, (ii) between $200 million and $400 million, then the Company shall have the option of (A) paying Cash Interest for such interest period at a rate of 10% per annum or (B) paying a combination of Cash Interest at a rate of 5% per annum and PIK Interest at a rate of 6% per annum for such interest period or (iii) equal to or less than $200 million, then the Company shall have the option of (A) paying Cash Interest for such interest period at a rate of 10% per annum or (B) paying PIK Interest for such interest period at rate of 12% per annum. For all interest periods after the first three interest periods, interest will be payable solely in cash.
(b) PIK Interest on the Notes, if elected to be paid, will be payable (x) with respect to Notes represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depository or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding global Note by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) and (y) with respect to Notes represented by certificated notes, by issuing PIK Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee will, at the request of the Company, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding global notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the global Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be dated as of the applicable interest payment date and will bear interest from and after such date. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on the Maturity Date and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Issue Date. Any certificated PIK Notes will be issued with the description “PIK” on the face of such PIK Note, and references to the “principal” or “principal amount” of the PIK Notes shall include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of any PIK Payment.
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(c) PIK Interest will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. The calculation of PIK Interest will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate, and such calculation and the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the payment of accrued interest (including interest that would be PIK Interest when paid) in connection with any redemption of Notes as described in paragraph 6 of the Notes, Section 3.07 or Section 3.08 and Section 4.11 shall be made solely in cash. PIK Interest on the Notes will be paid in denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.
(d) If the Company makes a PIK Election for either of the first two interest payment periods, then the Company shall deliver a written notice to the Trustee and the Holders prior to the fifteenth calendar day immediately prior to the applicable interest payment date for the respective interest payment period, which notice shall state the form of interest payment with respect to such interest period and the total amount of interest to be paid on the applicable interest payment date. For the third interest payment period, if the Company makes a PIK Election, then the Company shall deliver a written notice to the Trustee and the Holders within five Business Days after the record date for such interest payment date, which notice shall state the total amount of interest to be paid on the applicable interest payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid as PIK Interest and shall set forth a calculation of the Company’s Liquidity, which calculation shall be certified in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee and the Holders.
ARTICLE III
Redemption
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes or is required to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 or 3.08 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the redemption price and that such redemption is being made pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes or Section 3.07 or 3.08 hereof, as applicable.
The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 2 Business Days before the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption to the Holders unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository, shall select the Notes to be redeemed pro rata, and if the Depository prescribes no method of selection, then, by lot or by any other method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, selects shall be in amounts of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000, (but in any event not less than $2,000). Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed. The Trustee shall not be liable for selection made by it under this Section 3.02.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a date for optional redemption of Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes, the Company shall send a notice of redemption electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository. Notice of any optional redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering. Any redemption and notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, consummation of any related Equity Offering. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed. 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.
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The notice shall identify the Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers if any) and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, or if a Note is to be redeemed in part only, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(g) 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; and
(h) any conditions to such redemption.
At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section 3.03 at least 2 Business Days before the redemption date, unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date, and at the redemption price or purchase price, as applicable, stated in the notice, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. The notice, if sent in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date). Subject to Section 3.05, on and after the redemption date, unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless such redemption remains conditioned on the occurrence of a future event that has not occurred. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to noon, New York City time, on the redemption date or purchase date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date or purchase date) on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
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Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Notes.
Section 3.07. AHYDO Redemption. On the first interest payment date following the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273- 2) of the Notes, the Company shall redeem a portion of the principal amount of each then outstanding Note in an amount equal to the AHYDO Catch-Up Payment for such interest payment date with respect to such Note. The “AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means the minimum principal prepayment sufficient to ensure that as of the close of such interest payment date, the aggregate amount which would be includible in gross income with respect to such Note before the close of such interest payment date (as described in Section 163(i)(2)(A) of the Code) does not exceed the sum (as described in Section 163(i)(2)(B) of the Code) of (i) the aggregate amount of interest to be paid on such Note (including for this purpose any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment) before the close of such interest payment date plus (ii) the product of the “issue price” of such Note and its yield to maturity, with the result that the Notes are not treated as having “significant original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1)(C) of the Code. It is intended that no Note will be an “applicable high yield discount obligation” (an “AHYDO”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. The computations and determinations required in connection with any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment will be made by us in our good faith reasonable discretion and will be binding upon the holders absent manifest error. Unless otherwise provided herein, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall comply with Section 3.01 through Section 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Asset Sale Redemption.
(a) Upon an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall apply the applicable portion of the Excess Proceeds (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) or (2), as applicable, of Section 4.16(b)), if any, to redeem the Notes (an “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption”) on or before the 20th Business Day following the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event (the “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date”) or as otherwise required by the applicable procedures of the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date.
(b) Upon a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall apply the applicable portion of the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount (as determined in accordance with Section 4.16(c)) to redeem the Notes (a “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption”) on or before the 15th day (or if such day is not a Business Day on the immediately succeeding Business Day) following the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event (the “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date”) or as otherwise required by the applicable procedures of the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date.
(c) In either of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee or the Registrar in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository, as applicable, not more than 5 days prior to the redemption date pro rata, and if the Depository prescribes no method of selection, then by lot or by any other method the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that Notes will not be redeemed in an amount less than the minimum authorized denomination of $2,000. Notice of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, as applicable, shall be sent to the Holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 5 days prior to the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The Trustee shall not be liable for selection made by it under this paragraph (c).
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(d) Unless otherwise provided herein, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall comply with Section 3.01 through Section 3.07 hereof.
ARTICLE IV
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of, premium, if any, and Cash Interest on the Notes, in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and Cash Interest and PIK Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date (i) the Trustee or the Paying Agent, in the case of Cash Interest, holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and (ii) the Trustee has received delivery of an Authentication Order on or prior to the date the payment is due of any PIK Notes to be authenticated and delivered or written direction as provided in Section 2.14(d) for any increased principal amount of the applicable Global Notes in amount equal to all PIK Interest then due.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefore in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Additional Limitations on Refinancing Existing Subordinated Notes. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, refinance, refund, renew, extend or otherwise modify any of the Existing Subordinated Notes (or any Indebtedness incurred as a Permitted Refinancing of (x) the Existing Subordinated Notes or (y) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a subsequent refinancing of the Existing Subordinated Notes (clauses (x) and (y) collectively, “Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness”)) or repay, purchase or redeem any of the outstanding principal or interest on any of the Existing Subordinated Notes or any Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, except in connection with an exchange of such Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, with notes issued by the Company that have (a) an interest rate less than or equal to the interest rate of the Notes, (b) at least the first three regular interest payments are payable by increasing the principal amount of such notes (provided that the third regular interest payment may include the cash payment option provided for in the Notes), (c) call protection provisions that are no more favorable to the holders of such notes than the Notes and (d) a maturity date no earlier than the maturity date of the Notes at an all-in exchange rate of less than or equal to $0.55 of such notes for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, being exchanged. The restrictions in the prior sentence shall not apply to (i) cash purchases of the Existing Subordinated Notes at a purchase price less than or equal to $0.41 for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or (ii) optional redemptions or repurchases at a discount of the Existing Subordinated Notes within one year of the final maturity date of the Existing Subordinated Notes to be redeemed.
Section 4.03. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay its obligations in respect of taxes before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.04. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.05. Limitation on Indebtedness and Certain Equity Securities.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness if after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis the Senior Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 5.50 to 1.0.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.05(a) shall not apply to:
(i) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the sum of (x) $2,250.0 million less the principal amount of Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Facilities repaid pursuant to Section 4.16(c) plus (y) the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) if, and solely to the extent that, 75% of Consolidated EBITDA is at least $700.0 million, the difference of 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period minus $700.0 million plus (z) an additional amount such that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such additional amount and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the First Lien Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 3.00 to 1.00, provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under clause (i)(z), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (i) shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) of the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio”;
(ii) Indebtedness represented by the Notes (but excluding any Additional Notes) and any Notes issued as a result of a PIK Payment;
(iii) Indebtedness (1) outstanding on July 10, 2020 (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) or (ii) above), that is (A) intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date, (B) Indebtedness under the Odeon Credit Agreement, (C) Indebtedness under the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, (D) Indebtedness under the 2025 Subordinated Notes, (E) Indebtedness under the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes, (F) Indebtedness under the 2027 Subordinated Notes or (G) Indebtedness under the First Lien Notes and (2) issued substantially concurrently with the issuance of the Notes that is (A) Indebtedness under the Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600.0 million, (B) Indebtedness under the New First Lien Notes or (C) Indebtedness under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million;
(iv) Guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture; provided that (A) such Guarantee is otherwise permitted under this Indenture, (B) no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Notes and (C) if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Notes, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Notes on terms at least as favorable to Holders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(v) Indebtedness of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Subsidiary or the Company to the extent not otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture; provided that all such Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor owing to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be subordinated to the Notes (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to material adverse tax consequences);
(vi) (A) Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness (including Indebtedness in respect of mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings)) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets (whether through the direct purchase of property or any Person owning such property); provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement;
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(vii) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Agreements (other than Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes);
(viii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) after the date hereof as a result of an acquisition or Investment, in each case not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the assumption of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment, the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 8.00 to 1.00; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment;
(ix) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Receivables Financing;
(x) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured promissory notes issued by the Company or any Guarantor to current or former officers, directors and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 4.06;
(xii) Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price or other similar adjustments (including earnout or similar obligations) incurred in connection with any acquisition, Investment or disposition, in each case not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture;
(xiii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition or Investment permitted under this Indenture;
(xiv) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, (including Indebtedness owed on a short term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries);
(xv) Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any European Subsidiary; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (xv) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time less, in the case of Indebtedness of an European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xv), the amount of Applicable Proceeds used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(3) pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.16(c); provided further that in the case of Indebtedness of any European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xv), (i) the incurrence of such Indebtedness results in net cash proceeds to such European Subsidiary in an amount equal to at least 95% of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) unless such European Subsidiary is a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Company or any Guarantor;
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(xvi) Indebtedness consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(xviii) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance, bankers acceptance facilities and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(xix) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company that (a) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Secured Notes Obligations on terms and conditions no less favorable, in any material respect, to holders of the Secured Notes Obligations than the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, (b) will not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date, (c) has no scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the Maturity Date and (d) has covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive, or mandatory prepayment or repurchase provisions no more onerous or expansive in scope on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those set forth in this Indenture; provided, that (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (ii) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 8.00 to 1.00 after giving effect to the incurrence or issuance of such Indebtedness;
(xx) [reserved];
(xxi) Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument permitted by this Section 4.05 in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or such other instrument;
(xxii) any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (a “Permitted Refinancing”) of all or any portion of Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.05(a) or any of clauses (ii), (iii), (vi), (viii), (xv), (xix), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxvii), (xxviii) and (xxix) of this Section 4.05(b) (the Indebtedness incurred in respect of such Permitted Refinancing, “Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided that:
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing revolving commitments unutilized thereunder to the extent that the portion of any existing and unutilized revolving commitment being refinanced was permitted to be drawn immediately prior to such refinancing and such drawing shall be deemed to have been made;
(B) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(a) and clauses (ii), (iii)(A), (vi), (viii), (xix), (xxvii) or (xxviii) of this Section 4.05(b), Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (other than customary bridge loans);
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(C) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended;
(D) with respect to Indebtedness incurred under the Existing Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(iii), or any such Indebtedness incurred as a Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness, any such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof shall also be subject to the restrictions described under Section 4.02;
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that a Permitted Refinancing may constitute a portion of an issuance of Indebtedness in excess of the amount of such Permitted Refinancing; provided that such excess amount is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Section 4.05. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that a Permitted Refinancing includes successive Permitted Refinancings of the same Indebtedness.
(xxiii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor ranking equal or junior in right of payment to the Notes incurred to refinance Existing Subordinated Notes in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000; provided that any such refinancing shall be subject to the restrictions described in Section 4.02;
(xxiv) [reserved];
(xxv) additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, measured at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, not to exceed 200% of the aggregate amount of direct or indirect equity investments in cash or Cash Equivalents in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests received by the Company or any Parent Entity (to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests) to the extent not included as an Excluded Contribution Amount or applied to increase any other basket hereunder;
(xxvi) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor outstanding in reliance on this clause (xxvi) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $50,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
(xxvii) (A) Indebtedness incurred to finance an acquisition or Investment not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture up to an aggregate principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment is either (i) equal to or less than 5.50 to 1.00 or (ii) equal to or less than the Senior Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time or (y) both the First Lien Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment is equal to or less than the First Lien Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio, respectively, immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time, provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under clause (xxvii)(y), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (xxvii) shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) of the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio” and clause (a) of the definition of “Secured Leverage Ratio”;
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(xxviii) Indebtedness in the form of Capital Lease Obligations arising out of any Sale Leaseback;
(xxix) (A) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor consisting of (i) secured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures (x) shall be secured by Liens having an equal or junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Notes Obligations and (y) shall rank equal or junior in right of payment to the Secured Notes Obligations) or (ii) secured loans (which loans (x) shall be secured by Liens having an equal or junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Notes Obligations and (y) shall rank equal or junior in right of payment to the Secured Notes Obligations) up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 8.00 to 1.00 after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, provided that the holders of such Indebtedness or their authorized representative shall have become party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(xxx) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee to satisfy and discharge the Notes or exercise the Company’s legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance options set forth in Article Eight in each case, in accordance with this Indenture; and
(xxxi) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (i) through (xxx) above.
(c) [reserved].
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue any preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Equity Interests, except (A) in the case of the Company, preferred Equity Interests that are Qualified Equity Interests and (B) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, (i) preferred Equity Interests or Disqualified Equity Interests issued to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) preferred Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) issued to and held by joint venture partners after the Issue Date (“JV Preferred Equity Interests”); provided that in the case of this clause (ii), any such issuance of JV Preferred Equity Interests shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness and subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 4.05.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in this Section 4.05, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the First Lien Credit Facilities shall be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (i) above; provided further that if any such portion of such Indebtedness could, based on the financial statements for such Test Period, have been incurred in reliance on Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix), such portion of such Indebtedness shall automatically be reclassified as having been incurred under the applicable provisions of Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix) (in each case, subject to satisfying any other applicable provision of Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix) and, in the case of any such portion of such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, to availability under the cap applicable therein to the incurrence of such Indebtedness by a non-Guarantor); provided further, however, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Existing Subordinated Notes shall be deemed to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(iii) and shall not be permitted to be reclassified.
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(f) If Indebtedness originally incurred in reliance upon a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or the First Lien Leverage Ratio under Section 4.05(b)(i) is being refinanced under such clause or the Secured Leverage Ratio under Section 4.05(b)(xxix) is being refinanced under such clause and such refinancing would cause the maximum amount of Indebtedness thereunder to be exceeded at such time, then such refinancing will nevertheless be permitted thereunder and such additional Indebtedness will be deemed to have been incurred, and permitted to be incurred, under such Section 4.05(b)(i) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix), as applicable, so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness being refinanced plus amounts permitted by the next sentence. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i) and Section 4.05(b)(xxix) shall be permitted to include additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, dividends and fees, costs and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount (“OID”) or similar fees) in connection with such Refinancing.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, after the Issue Date and prior to January 1, 2022, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur or assume any Indebtedness (i) that constitutes Additional First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i)(z) or (ii) that is senior in right of payment to the Notes in reliance on Section 4.05(a), Section 4.05(b)(i)(z) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix).
(h) Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests for purposes of this Section 4.05.
Section 4.06. Limitation on Restricted Payments and Prepayments of Junior Financing.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or make, directly or indirectly:
(i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests; or
(iii) any Restricted Investment;
(such payments or any other actions described in clauses (i) through (iii) above are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:
(A) in the case of a Restricted Payment under any of clauses (i) and (ii) above (other than with respect to amounts attributable to subclause (1) of clause (B) below), no Event of Default described under Section 6.01 shall have occurred or be continuing, provided that with respect to amounts attributable under subclause (1) of clause (B) below, no Event of Default described under Section 6.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) shall have occurred or be continuing; and
(B) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments declared or made after the Issue Date (including the proposed Restricted Payment) does not exceed the sum of (without duplication):
(1) $50,000,000; plus
(2) [reserved]; plus
(3) (i) cumulative Consolidated EBITDA for each quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter commencing January 1, 2021 through the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, minus (ii) 1.70 multiplied by cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period; plus
(4) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind amounts received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made after the Issue Date using the amount under this clause (B) (not to exceed the amount of such Investments); plus
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(5) Investments of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary made after the Issue Date that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries up to the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation or merger or consolidation; plus
(6) the Net Proceeds of a sale or other disposition of any Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date (including the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; plus
(7) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, dividends or other distributions or returns on capital received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus
(8) the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Issue Date.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.06(a):
(i) the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of any such Restricted Payment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, such Restricted Payment is made to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(ii) Restricted Payments to satisfy appraisal or other dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer of assets or acquisition that is not prohibited by this Indenture;
(iii) the Company may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company;
(iv) [reserved];
(v) repurchases of Equity Interests in the Company (or Restricted Payments by the Company to allow repurchases of Equity Interest in any direct or indirect parent of the Company) deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or other incentive interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or warrants or other incentive interest;
(vi) Restricted Payments to redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights or other equity-linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests) (or make Restricted Payments to allow any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests) held by current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, other Permitted Transferees, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, profits interest, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary repurchases, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (vi) after the Issue Date, together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” in lieu thereof, shall not exceed the sum of (a) the greater of $20,000,000 and 2% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period in any fiscal year of the Company (net of any proceeds from the reissuance or resale of such Equity Interests to another Person received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), (b) the amount in any fiscal year equal to the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, and (c) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests) and, to the extent contributed to the Company, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests are contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests and are not Cure Amounts (as defined in the First Lien Credit Facilities) and have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of the Excluded Contribution Amount or are otherwise applied to increase any other basket hereunder; provided that any unused portion of the preceding basket calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above for any fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the Issue Date occurred and each fiscal year thereafter) may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years; provided, further, that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(vi) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(vi);
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(vii) [reserved];
(viii) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments, the Company may make additional Restricted Payments, (A) in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to a Parent Entity made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (A), not to exceed an amount at the time of making any such Restricted Payment and together with any other Restricted Payment made utilizing this clause (A) after the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Restricted Payment and (B) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied; provided that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(viii) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(viii);
(ix) redemptions in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests; provided that such new Equity Interests contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to Holders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby;
(x) (a) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and (b) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(xi) the Company may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any acquisition (or other similar Investment) not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(xii) the declaration and payment of Restricted Payments may be made to pay dividends and make distributions to, or repurchase or redeem shares from, the Company’s equity holders in an annual amount equal to 6.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company from the date of the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock through but not including the Issue Date; provided that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(xii) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(xii);
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(xiii) payments made or expected to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective controlled Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or Permitted Transferees) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
(xiv) [reserved];
(xv) [reserved];
(xvi) [reserved]; and
(xvii) the declaration and payment of dividends in respect of JV Preferred Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 4.05 to the extent such dividends are included in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense.
(xviii) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of Sections 4.06(a)(A) and (B) or any of clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) above (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) between Section 4.06(a) and clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.06.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, prior to January 1, 2022, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payments described in Section 4.06(a)(i) or 4.06(a)(ii) in reliance on Section 4.06(a) or clauses (viii) and (xii) of Section 4.06(b).
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, after the Issue Date the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) make an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.06(a), clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) or clauses (a) through (cc) of the definition of Permitted Investments other than an Investment in existence on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Investments or (b) make any non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investment pursuant to Section 4.06(a), clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) or clauses (a) through (cc) of the definition of Permitted Investments in any European Subsidiary, when taken together with all other Investments in European Subsidiaries made after the Issue Date, are in excess of $10,000,000. The restriction in clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall not apply to Investments that are “deemed” Investments pursuant to the definition of Investments.
(c) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or pay, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Financing, except:
(i) payments of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as, in the form of payment and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of any Junior Financing prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(ii) refinancings of Junior Financing Indebtedness with proceeds of other Junior Financing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.05;
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(iii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(iv) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity: (A) in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to a Parent Entity made pursuant to clause (m) of “Permitted Investments” in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (A) not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment, (B) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (or, in the case of the use of subclause (1) of Section 4.06(a)(B), no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (h) or (i)), in an amount not to exceed the amount under Section 4.06(a)(B) that is Not Otherwise Applied, (C) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied and (D) in an amount not to exceed Available RP Capacity Amount; and
(v) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity; provided that after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (A) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00 and (B) there is no continuing Event of Default.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the event that any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Financing (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of Sections 4.06(a)(A) and (B) or clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.06(c) (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such payment (or portion thereof) between Section 4.06(a) and clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.06(c) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.06; provided that for the most recently ended Test Period following the making of any Junior Financing under this Section 4.06 (other than Section 4.06(c)(v)), if all or any portion of such Junior Financing could, based on the financial statements for such Test Period, have been made in reliance on Section 4.06(c)(v), such Junior Financing (or the relevant portion thereof) shall automatically be reclassified as having been made in reliance on Section 4.06(c)(v).
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend or modify any documentation governing any Junior Financing, in each case if the effect of such amendment or modification (when taken as a whole) is materially adverse to Holders.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.06 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Company will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or assume any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless, in the case of Initial Liens on any asset or property that is not Collateral, the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or, in the event the Lien relates to Junior Financing, are secured on a senior basis to) the obligations so secured.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.07 shall provide by its terms that such Lien be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien. In addition, in the event that an Initial Lien is or becomes a Permitted Lien, the Company may, at its option and without consent from any Holder, elect to release and discharge any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph in respect of such Initial Lien.
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Section 4.08. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions respect thereto with, any of its Affiliates, except:
(i) (A) transactions with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (B) transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than the greater of $30,000,000 and 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period prior to such transaction;
(ii) on terms substantially as favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
(iii) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions;
(iv) issuances of Equity Interests of the Company to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
(v) employment and severance arrangements (including salary or guaranteed payments and bonuses) between the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection with the Transactions;
(vi) payments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent payments are permitted by Section 4.06;
(vii) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers and employees of a Parent Entity (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(viii) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined by the Company in good faith);
(ix) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.06 (or Investments made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”);
(x) customary payments by the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions, divestitures or financings) and any subsequent transaction or exit fee, 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 such Person in good faith;
(xi) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing) of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof;
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(xii) dispositions of Equity Interests in an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder;
(xiii) Affiliate repurchases of the loans and/or commitments under the First Lien Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under agreements governing the First Lien Credit Facilities, of the Notes, and the holding of such loans, the Notes and the payments and other related transactions in respect thereof;
(xiv) transactions in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(xv) loans, Investments and other transactions by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under this Indenture;
(xvi) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Company or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of a Parent Entity but for such Parent Entity’s or a Subsidiary’s ownership of Equity Interests in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent not otherwise prohibited hereunder; and
(xvii) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable.
Section 4.09. Negative Pledge.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease that prohibits or limits the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Holders with respect to the Secured Notes Obligations.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by:
(a) (i) Requirements of Law, (ii) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i), (iii) this Indenture, (iv) the Security Documents, (v) any documentation relating to any Permitted Receivables Financing, (vi) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxix), the Convertible Notes Indenture, the First Lien Notes Indenture, the New First Lien Notes Indenture, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture, the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture, the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture or Indebtedness arising under any other indentures, agreements or similar documents evidencing senior or subordinated notes or other debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Indenture, (vii) any documentation governing Indebtedness pursuant to the Odeon Credit Agreement, (viii) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxviii) and (ix) any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness referenced in clauses (i) through (vii) above; provided that with respect to Indebtedness referenced in (A) clauses (ii) and (vii) above, such restrictions shall be no materially more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in this Indenture or, in the case of Junior Financing, are market terms at the time of issuance and (B) clause (vi) above, such restrictions shall not expand the scope in any material respect of any such restriction or condition contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(b) customary restrictions and conditions existing on the Issue Date and any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement expands the scope of any such restriction or condition;
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(c) restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is or are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(d) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof;
(e) restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness not prohibited by this Indenture to the extent such restriction applies only to the property securing by such Indebtedness;
(f) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) restrictions or conditions in any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05 that is incurred or assumed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to the extent such restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in this Indenture or are market terms at the time of issuance and are imposed solely on such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries;
(h) restrictions on cash (or Cash Equivalents) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Encumbrances);
(i) [reserved];
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted by Section 4.05 and applicable solely to such joint venture and entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Company has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations.
Section 4.10. Future Guarantors. If after the Issue Date, (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary forms, acquires or designates any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding any Excluded Subsidiary) or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, then the Company will cause such Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary and joinders to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and applicable Security Documents or new intercreditor agreements and security documents, together with any filings and agreements to the extent required by the Security Documents to create or perfect the security interests for the benefit of the Holders in the Collateral of such Subsidiary, within 90 days of the date of the relevant formation, acquisition, designation or cessation, pursuant to which such Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes on a senior subordinated secured basis. Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Subsidiary without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee as it relates to such
Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Section 4.11. Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.03, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to purchase all outstanding Notes (as described in this Indenture) at a purchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount (or such higher amount as the Company may determine (any Change of Control Offer at a higher amount, an “Alternate Offer”)) (such price, the “Change of Control Payment”) plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
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Within 60 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, electronically or by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice to each Holder of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state:
(1) that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); provided, that the Change of Control Payment Date shall be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date such notice is sent) as any or all such conditions referred to in clause (8) below shall be satisfied or waived;
(3) that any Notes not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment plus accrued and unpaid interest on all properly tendered Notes, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) until the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the date such notice is sent (or such later time and date as the Company may decide in its sole discretion) (such time and date, the “withdrawal deadline”), that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the withdrawal deadline, as electronic transmission (in PDF), a facsimile transmission or letter or other communication in accordance with the procedures of the Depository setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that if less than all of such Holder’s Notes are tendered for purchase, such Holder will be issued new Notes (or, in the case of Global Notes, such Notes shall be reduced by such amount
of Notes that the Holder has tendered) and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof);
(8) if such notice is sent prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control or such other conditions specified therein and describing each such condition, and, if applicable, stating that, in the Company’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the notice is mailed or delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or that such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Company reasonably believes that any or all such conditions (including the occurrence of such Change of Control) will not be satisfied or waived by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and
(9) such other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.11, that a Holder must follow.
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If a notice relating to a Change of Control Offer that is subject to one or more conditions precedent (other than the occurrence of a Change of Control) is later rescinded as described in clause (8) above as a result of the failure of such condition(s) to be satisfied or waived (or as a result of the Company reasonably believing that such will be the case), the offer described in such notice will not be deemed a valid “Change of Control Offer” for purposes of this Section 4.11.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if (i) a third party approved in writing by the Company 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 validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer, (ii) a notice of redemption to the Holders of the Notes has been given pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to Section 3.03 herein or (iii) in the event that upon the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company defeases or discharges the Notes as provided for under Article Eight herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party approved in writing by the Company making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice (except that such notice may be delivered or mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date or purchase date if the notice is subject to one or more conditions precedent as described therein and such date is delayed until such time as any and all such conditions are satisfied or waived), given not more than 60 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem (with respect to the Company) or purchase (with respect to a third party) all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of the Second Change of Control Payment Date, including, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date, subject to the right of Holders of record of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling on or prior to the Second Change of Control Payment Date.
If an offer is made to repurchase the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this covenant, the Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations, including Section 14(e) of, and Rule 14e-1 under, the Exchange Act, conflict with the change of control provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the change of control provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
A Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may be made at the same time as consents are solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes and/or the Subsidiary Guarantees so long as the tender of Notes by a Holder is not conditioned upon the delivery of consents by such Holder. In addition, the Company or any third party approved in writing by the Company that is making the Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may, subject to applicable law, increase or decrease the Change of Control Payment (or decline to pay any early tender or similar premium) being offered to Holders at any time in its sole discretion, so long as the Change of Control Payment is at least equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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Section 4.12. Provision of Financial Information.
(a) The Company shall file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and Holders of Notes with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections; provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such information, documents and reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filings but shall still be obligated to provide such information, documents and reports to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. Delivery of any such information, documents and reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness, or content of such reports. The Trustee shall further not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with its covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC or posted to any website or participate in any conference calls.
(b) In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company shall furnish to prospective investors, upon their request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act for so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
(c) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries and such Unrestricted Subsidiaries if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the annual and quarterly information required above shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes thereto or in an “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.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the obligations in this Section 4.12 may be satisfied by a parent of the Company; provided that to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Company, such information is accompanied by consolidating information, which may be unaudited, that explains in reasonable detail
the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand, and to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under this Section 4.12, such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception or explanatory paragraph, but not a qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (ii) any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period) and (b) (i) in no event shall any financial statements or reports be required to comply with (w) Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-10, including for the avoidance of doubt, Rules 13-01 or 13-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC), (x) Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-09) or (y) Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-16) and (ii) in no event shall such financial statements or reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein.
Section 4.13. Statement as to Compliance. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the date hereof, a brief certificate of its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating whether, to such officer’s knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions to be complied with by it under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 4.13, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
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When a Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Trustee, any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default, notice or other action within 10 Business Days of its occurrence.
Section 4.14. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Sections 4.02 to 4.11, Section 4.12(a) and Section 4.16, if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall, by written direction of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4.15. [Reserved].
Section 4.16. Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale (including (x) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) any Sale Leaseback) unless:
(1) such Asset Sale is made for Fair Market Value; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, a Sale Leaseback or the Disposition of a Multiplex theatre, in any such Asset Sale with a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales completed or contractually agreed upon since the Issue Date, received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
(b) Within 450 days after receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale (the “Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period”), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale (the “Applicable Proceeds”),
(1) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale constituted Collateral, to repay (i) first, (1) Obligations under the First Lien Credit Facilities, (2) Obligations under the First Lien Notes, (3) Obligations under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, (4) the New First Lien Notes, (5) Obligations under the Convertible Notes or (6) any Additional First Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the New First Lien Notes Indenture and other documents governing the Senior Obligations and (ii) second, to the extent any Applicable Proceeds remain after all Senior Obligations requiring repayment have been repaid in full, the Second Lien Obligations; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such Second Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(1) by redeeming Notes as provided in Section 3.08, and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale did not constitute Collateral:
(i) first to repay Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the New First Lien Notes Indenture and other documents governing the Senior Obligations; and
(ii) second, to the extent any Applicable Proceeds remain after all Senior Obligations requiring repayment have been repaid in full, to repay Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness (other than any Senior Indebtedness referred to in Section 4.16(b)(2)(i)) and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such Senior Indebtedness repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(2)(ii) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08; or
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(3) to invest in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Indenture); or
(4) any combination of the foregoing;
provided that, in the case of clause (3) above, a binding commitment or letter of intent shall be treated as a permitted application of the Applicable Proceeds from the date of such commitment or letter of intent so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment or letter of intent with the good faith expectation that such Applicable Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment or letter of intent within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (the period from the consummation of the Asset Sale to such date, the “Commitment Application Period”), and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason after the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and before the Applicable Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Applicable Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary reasonably expects to enter into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner prior to the expiration of the Commitment Application Period. To the extent Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale exceed amounts that are invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.16(b), such excess amount will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that any amount of Applicable Proceeds offered to Holders of any Notes pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) above shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to whether such offer is accepted by any Holders.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Asset Sale consists of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof), (a) up to $150 million of the Applicable Proceeds (less (x) any Applicable Proceeds that have been applied under this clause (a) in any prior Asset Sale to which this paragraph applies and (y) any Obligations of such European Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xv)) (the “Threshold”) may be used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(3), (b) 80% of the Applicable Proceeds in excess of the Threshold (the “European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount”) must be used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(1) or (b)(2), if any, as applicable; provided, however, that the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount that is to be used to repay the Notes must be applied in accordance with Section 3.08 and (c) 20% of the Applicable Proceeds in excess of the Threshold may be used in any combination of the foregoing. The Company or any Restricted Subsidiary must apply the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(1) or (b)(2) within 15 days of the receipt of Applicable Proceeds that result in the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount (less any amounts that have previously been applied under clause (b) of the preceding sentence) to exceed $50.0 million (a “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event”).
(d) Except with respect to an Asset Sale that consists of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) described in the immediately preceding paragraph, if at any time the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100.0 million (an “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event”), then the Company shall (a) redeem the maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) above) in accordance with the procedures in Section 3.08, and (b) if required or permitted by the terms of any other Second Lien Obligations and/or, to the extent that the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), within 20 Business Days of such Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, offer to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) above) of such Second Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, out of the amount of the Excess Proceeds (in the case of any Second Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, in accordance with the documents governing such Second Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness) to the Holders of such Second Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable (an “Asset Sale Offer”). The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligation with respect to such Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (an “Advance Offer”) with respect to all or part of the available Applicable Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”).
(e) If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes redeemed, together with, if applicable, Second Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero (regardless of whether there are any remaining Excess Proceeds upon such completion), and in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Senior Debt Document, prohibits the Company from making an Asset Sale Offer or redemption contemplated by Sections 4.16(c) or (d) with the Net Proceeds from a disposition of Collateral, the Company shall apply the Excess Proceeds to purchase Senior Obligations in accordance with Section 4.16(b)(1) prior to the expiration of the relevant 450 days (or such longer period provided above) or, in the case of a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, of the relevant 15 days.
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(f) Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Applicable Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.16, the Holder of such Applicable Proceeds may apply any Applicable Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility (including under the First Lien Credit Facilities) or otherwise invest such Applicable Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may apply any Retained Declined Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture and such Retained Declined Proceeds shall in no event and under no circumstances constitute Excess Proceeds.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary are prohibited or delayed under any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Company, the portion of such Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.16 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable Requirement of Law will not permit repatriation to the Company (the Company hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirement of Law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable Requirement of Law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Applicable Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.16, and (ii) to the extent that and for so long as the Company has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), the Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.16 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that when the Company determines in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary would no longer have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), such Applicable Proceeds shall be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.16.
(h) For purposes of clause (a)(2) of this Section 4.16 (and no other provision), the following shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents:
(1) the greater of the principal amount and carrying value of any liabilities (as reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the Company (or a Parent Entity) provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto), or if incurred, accrued or increased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the balance sheet of the Company (or Parent Entity) or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence, accrual or increase had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations under the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) pursuant to a written agreement which releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such liabilities;
(2) any securities received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Asset Sale; and
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(3) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess (at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration) of 5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
(i) The provisions of this Indenture relating to the Company’s obligation to redeem the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 4.17. After-Acquired Collateral. From and after the Issue Date, and subject to the applicable limitations and exceptions set forth in the Security Documents and this Indenture (including with respect to Excluded Assets), if the Company or any Guarantor creates any additional security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute Collateral to secure any Second Lien Obligations, the Company and each of the Guarantors shall concurrently grant a second-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon any such Collateral, as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
ARTICLE V
Successors
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation and Sale of All or Substantially All Assets. The Company shall not, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(a) either: (i) the Company shall be the continuing corporation; or (ii) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”) shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof and treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and shall, in either case, expressly assume all the Obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture, the Security Documents and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, except in the case of the consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary with or into the Company, the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not the continuing corporation) will (i) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(a) or the Secured Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(b)(xxix) or (ii) have (x) a Senior Leverage Ratio or (y) a Secured Leverage Ratio, in each case, equal to or less than the Senior Leverage Ratio or Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction;
(d) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Surviving Entity are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Surviving Entity will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents;
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(e) each Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above, in which case clause (a)(ii) shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations in respect of the Notes outstanding and this Indenture pursuant to supplemental indentures.
(f) In connection with any consolidation, merger, transfer or lease contemplated in Section 5.01(a), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and the supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for or relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(g) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor) and shall not permit the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof and such Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, and joinders to the applicable Security Documents and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture;
(iv) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Guarantor are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Guarantor will promptly as reasonably practicable using commercially reasonable efforts take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents; and
(v) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.16.
Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor entity formed by such a consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing entity, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Notes and this Indenture.
ARTICLE VI
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default. The following will be “Event of Default,” under this Indenture:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when it becomes due and payable and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Note at its Maturity (upon acceleration, optional redemption, required purchase or otherwise);
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Indenture or the Security Documents (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with in Section 6.01(a) or (b)) and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
(d) (i) one or more defaults in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, aggregating the greater of $250,000,000 or 25% of Consolidated EBITDA or more, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated maturity thereof, and such default or defaults shall have continued after any applicable grace period and shall not have been cured or waived or (ii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, aggregating the greater of $250,000,000 or 25% of Consolidated EBITDA or more shall have been accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid, or repurchased (other than by regularly scheduled prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;
(e) (i) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document (x) shall cease to be, or (y) shall be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, except (A) in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Document and this Indenture, (B) as a result of the failure of the Designated Senior Representative or Notes Collateral Agent to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (C) as to Collateral consisting of real property, to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage; and (ii) such default continues for 30 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes;
(f) any material provision of any Security Document or any Guarantee shall for any reason be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or such Guarantor other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder;
(g) one or more enforceable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of the greater of (a) $250,000,000 and (b) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied its obligation) shall be rendered against the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment creditor shall legally attach or levy upon assets of the Company or any Guarantor that are material to the businesses and operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to enforce any such judgment;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, examiner, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
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(i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in paragraph (e) of this Section 6.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, examiner, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(j) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or (i)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, so long as the First Lien Credit Facilities shall be in full force and effect, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or (i)), any such acceleration shall not become effective until the earlier of: (i) five (5) Business Days following delivery of notice to the Company and the agent under the First Lien Credit Facilities; and (ii) the acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Facilities. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or (i) occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of any default or acceleration referred to in Sections 6.01(c) and 6.01(d).
(b) At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided hereinafter in this Article, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Company has paid or deposited, or caused to be paid or deposited, with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and their agents and counsel;
(B) all overdue interest on all Notes;
(C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Notes that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(D) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of the Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.04.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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(c) Notwithstanding clause (b) above, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes because an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default (i) is Indebtedness in the form of an operating lease entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries after May 21, 1998 and required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet pursuant to EITF 97-10 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect, (ii) has been discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and (iii) written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30-day period which has not been cured or waived during such period.
(d) If the Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their stated maturity, in each case as a result of an Event of Default whether automatically or by declaration, the amount of principal of, accrued and unpaid interest and premium on the Notes that shall then be due and payable shall be equal to (x) if prior to June 15, 2023, 100% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding plus the Applicable Premium in effect on the date of such acceleration or (y) if on or after to June 15, 2023, the applicable redemption price in effect on the date of such acceleration, as applicable, as if such acceleration were an optional redemption of the Notes so accelerated.
(e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their stated maturity, in each case, in respect of any Event of Default (including an event of default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization (including the acceleration of claim by operation of law)), the Applicable Premium or the redemption price applicable with respect to an optional redemption of the Notes shall also be due and payable as though the Notes had been optionally redeemed and shall constitute part of the Secured Notes Obligations in view of the impracticability and difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each holder’s lost profits as a result thereof. If the Applicable Premium or applicable redemption price, as applicable, becomes due and payable, it shall be deemed to be principal of the Notes and interest shall accrue on the full principal amount of the Notes (including the Applicable Premium or applicable redemption price, as applicable,) from and after the applicable triggering event, including in connection with certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. Any premium payable above shall be presumed to be liquidated damages sustained by each holder as the result of the acceleration of the Notes and the Company agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. The premium shall also be payable in the event the Notes or this Indenture are satisfied, released or discharged through foreclosure, whether by judicial proceeding, deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Company expressly agrees (to the fullest extent it may lawfully do so) that: (A) the premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business entities ably represented by counsel; (B) the premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time acceleration occurs; (C) there has been a course of conduct between holders and the Company giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the premium; and (D) the Company shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. The Company expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay the premium to holders as herein described is a material inducement to holders to purchase the Notes.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture and the Security Documents, except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note held by a non-consenting Holder, (b) a Default arising from a failure to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11, or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
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Section 6.05. Control by Majority. Subject to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent with respect to the Notes. However, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable in personal liability. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification, in its sole discretion, against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Subject to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, a Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(a) such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class shall have made a written request, and such Holder or Holders shall have offered, to the extent satisfactory to the Trustee, security or indemnity against the loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) to be incurred in compliance with such request, to the Trustee to pursue such proceeding as trustee; and
(c) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding and has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and offer.
The foregoing limitations on the pursuit of remedies by a Holder shall not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of Notes for the enforcement of payment of the principal of or interest on such Notes on or after the applicable due date specified in such Note. A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to bring suit for the enforcements of the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
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Section 6.10. Priorities. Subject to the provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, in each case for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Holders of Senior Obligations to the extent required by Article Ten;
THIRD: to Holders 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
FOURTH: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII
Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
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(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this subsection (c) does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section 7.01;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to this Indenture.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust 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.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee, to the extent satisfactory to the Trustee, security or indemnity against the loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
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(f) 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.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust 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.
(h) The Trustee shall not be required to give a note, bond or surety in respect of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.
(i) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(j) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(k) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
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 its Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with December 31, 2020, and in any event prior to March 31 in each year thereafter, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of March 31 each year that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if and to the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b) and (c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as shall from time to time be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the documented compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including documented attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expenses or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence. The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns.
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To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or (i) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee. In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated; any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least the minimum amount required by the TIA. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
For purposes of this Section 7.10 and clause (i) of the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b), the indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015, as amended, among AMC Entertainment Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, the indenture, dated as of November 8, 2016, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and the 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024, the indenture, dated as of March 17, 2017, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 and the indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 are hereby deemed to be specifically described.
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b): A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) When (i) either (A) all outstanding Notes that have been authenticated (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all Notes under this Indenture that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date or upon redemption or will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption pursuant to Article Three and the Company irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof of cash in U.S. Dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the Maturity Date or redemption date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; (iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture and the Notes; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes issued thereunder at the Maturity Date or the redemption date, as the case may be, then upon demand of the Company (accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, at the cost and expense of the Company, to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released and the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
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(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company may, at its option, and at any time elect to (i) have the obligations of the Company discharged with respect to all outstanding Notes and the applicable Security Documents and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Subsidiary Guarantee, and have Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes released (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) have the obligations of the Company and its and the Guarantors’ released under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.16, 4.17, 5.01(b), 5.01(c), 5.01(d), 5.01(e), 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
(c) If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) (solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary), (i) (solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary) and (j).
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 7.07, 7.08, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive.
Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Eight applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay and discharge and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Maturity Date (or redemption date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Securities to said payments with respect to the Notes. Before such a deposit, the Company may give the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with Article Three;
(b) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
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(d) No Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(e) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes as contemplated by this Article Eight have been complied with.
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or Government Securities deposited with it pursuant to this Article Eight. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Securities, through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes.
Section 8.04. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
Section 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Securities, or the principal and interest received on such Government Securities, other than such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Section 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eight until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company, any Guarantor (with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to which it is a party and excluding any amendment or supplement the sole purpose of which is to add an additional Guarantor), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, without the consent of any Holders, may amend the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Section 5.01;
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(c) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code;
(d) to provide for the assumption of the Company or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document;
(e) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(f) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;
(g) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(h) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee, a successor Notes Collateral Agent or a successor paying agent hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(j) to add a Guarantor, a guarantee of a Parent Entity or a co-obligor of the Notes under this Indenture, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents;
(k) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;
(l) to add Collateral with respect to any or all of the Notes and/or the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(m) to release any Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Indenture when permitted or required by this Indenture;
(n) to release any Collateral from the Lien securing the Notes when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Indenture (including pursuant to Section 4.07(b) and including any release of any Lien that is not then otherwise required by this Indenture to be pledged as security for the Notes) or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(o) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary;
(p) to make any change to Article X of this Indenture that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Obligations under such provisions;
(q) to add any Additional Second Lien Secured Parties to any Security Documents or to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties and Additional Second Lien Secured Parties to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(r) in the case of any Security Document, to include therein any legend required to be set forth therein pursuant to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, or to modify any such legend as required by the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(s) with respect to the Security Documents and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as provided in the relevant Security Document or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; or
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(t) to provide for the succession of any parties to the Security Documents or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from time to time of the First Lien Credit Facilities or any other agreement that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Upon the request of the Company, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements that affect its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may modify or amend this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the other Security Documents and may waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document, in each case, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including any consents or waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer (including a Change of Control Offer) or exchange offer for, the Notes). However, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, a modification or amendment may not:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the coin or currency in which any Note or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or any Note to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date);
(b) reduce the amount of, or change the coin or currency of, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of, the Change of Control Payment;
(c) reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Notes, the consent of whose holders is necessary to amend or waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or to waive certain defaults;
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Sections 2.14, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07 or 4.14, except to increase the percentage of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby; or
(e) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of the Notes, if any, in a manner adverse to any Holder of Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Security Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Secured Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents.
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Upon the request of the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements unless such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements directly affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
In addition, Holders will be deemed to have consented for purposes of the Security Documents and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee will be authorized, to amend or supplement the Security Documents to add additional secured parties to the extent Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations held by such parties are permitted under this Indenture. In executing any such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Security Document or in entering into a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and (subject to their duties set forth in this Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver or new agreement is authorized or permitted by the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, and/or Security Document, as the case may be, and complies with the provisions thereof and of this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no opinion of counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
Section 9.03. [Reserved].
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. Such record date shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later than the date such solicitation is completed. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 180 days after such record date.
For all purposes of this Indenture, all Initial Notes and Additional Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return such Note to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
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Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, in its sole discretion, and to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 14.04 and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon and shall be entitled to receive, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
ARTICLE X
Subordination
Section 10.01. Agreement To Subordinate. The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Note, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the Secured Notes Obligations are hereby expressly made subordinate and postponed to and subject in right of payment as provided in this Article to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Obligations. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari passu with the Existing Subordinated Notes and any future senior subordinated Indebtedness and senior to all existing and future junior subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, and only Senior Obligations shall rank senior to the Notes in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of this Article Ten shall be subject to Section 10.11.
This Article Ten shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such Article, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Obligations, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Obligations, and such holders are made obligee hereunder and they or each of them may enforce such provisions.
Section 10.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary from any source, (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event:
(i) the holders of Senior Obligations shall receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all amounts due on or in respect of all Senior Obligations, or provision shall be made for such payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents to the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Obligations, before the Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character from any source (other than a payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities or that is awarded as adequate protection by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) on account of the Secured Notes Obligations or on account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of Notes; and
(ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than a payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities or that is awarded as adequate protection by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, which the Trustee or the Holders would be entitled to receive but for the provisions of this Article shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Obligations or their authorized representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Obligations may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior Obligations held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Obligations of the Company remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor to the satisfaction of the holders of the Senior Obligations, to or for the holders of such Senior Obligations; and
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(iii) any taxes that have been withheld or deducted from any payment or distribution in respect of the Notes, or any taxes that ought to have been withheld or deducted from any such payment or distribution that have been remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be considered to be an amount that a Holder or the Trustee is entitled to receive for the purposes of Section 10.02(ii).
The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Five shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires such assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposal, comply with the conditions set forth in Article Five.
Section 10.03. Default on Senior Obligations.
(a) Unless Section 10.02 shall be applicable, upon (i) the occurrence of a Payment Default and (ii) receipt by the Trustee from the Company or a holder of Senior Obligations of written notice of such occurrence, no payment (other than any payments made pursuant to the provisions contained in Section 8.03 from monies or Government Securities previously deposited with the Trustee) or distribution of any assets of the Company of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Permitted Junior Securities or that is awarded as adequate protection by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), shall be made by the Company including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, on account of the Secured Notes Obligations or on account of the purchase, redemption, deposit for defeasance or other acquisition of Notes unless and until such Payment Default shall have been cured or waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist or such Senior Obligations shall have been discharged or paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, after which the Company shall resume making any and all required payments in respect of the Notes, including any missed payments.
(b) Unless Section 10.02 shall be applicable, upon (i) the occurrence of a Non-Payment Default and (ii) receipt by the Trustee from an authorized representative of the holders of Senior Obligations of written notice of such occurrence, then no payment (other than any payments made pursuant to the provisions contained in Section 8.03 from monies or Government Securities previously deposited with the Trustee) or distribution of any assets of the Company of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Permitted Junior Securities or that is awarded as adequate protection by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), shall be made by the Company including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, on account of the Secured Notes Obligations or on account of the purchase, redemption, deposit for defeasance or other acquisition of Notes for a period (the “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing on the date of receipt by the Trustee of such notice from an authorized representative of the holders of Senior Obligations or the Company at the direction of such representative unless and until (subject to any blockage of payments that may then be in effect under subsection (a) of this Section) (w) more than 179 days shall have elapsed since receipt of such written notice by the Trustee, (x) such Non-Payment Default shall have been cured or waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist, (y) such Senior Obligations have been discharged or paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents or (z) such Payment Blockage Period shall have been terminated by written notice to the Trustee from an authorized representative of the holders of Senior Obligations initiating such Payment Blockage Period or from the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of such Senior Obligations), after which, in the case of clause (w), (x), (y) or (z), the Company shall resume making any and all required payments in respect of the Notes, including any missed payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, in no event shall a Payment Blockage Period extend beyond 179 days from the date of the receipt by the Trustee of the notice referred to in clause (ii) above (the “Initial Blockage Period”). No more than one Payment Blockage Period may be commenced during any period of 365 consecutive days. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, no event of default with respect to Senior Obligations which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period initiated by an authorized representative of the holders of Senior Obligations for such Senior Obligations shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a second Payment Blockage Period for such Senior Obligations, whether or not within the Initial Blockage Period, unless such event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
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(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or any Holders of the Notes prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over to the authorized representatives of such Senior Obligations initiating the Payment Blockage Period, to be held in trust for distribution to the holders of Senior Obligations or, to the extent amounts are not then due in respect of Senior Obligations, promptly returned to the Company, or otherwise as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. The Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it.
Section 10.04. Payment Permitted. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any event referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) of Section 10.02 or under the conditions described in Section 10.03, from making payments at any time of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes.
Section 10.05. Subrogation. After all Senior Obligations are paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated and postponed to Senior Obligations to the same extent as the Notes are subordinated and postponed and which is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of holders of Senior Obligations to receive distributions applicable to Senior Obligations. A distribution made under this Article Ten to holders of Senior Obligations that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Obligations.
Section 10.06. Relative Rights. This Article Ten defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(b) affect the relative rights against the Company of Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Obligations; or
(c) except as set forth in Section 6.02, prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or an Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Obligations to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.
Section 10.07. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
(a) No right of any holder of Senior Obligations to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section, the holders of Senior Obligations may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Notes to the holders of Senior Obligations, do any one or more of the following:
(i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, the terms of Senior Obligations or the terms of any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Obligations are outstanding (including any increase in the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness thereunder, it being understood that any such additional indebtedness shall not constitute Senior Obligations to the extent Incurred in violation of Section 4.05 of this Indenture);
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(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Obligations;
(iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Obligations; and
(iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and/or any other Person.
(c) If the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or any Holders should fail to file a proof of claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, each holder of Senior Obligations (or its representative) is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of all or any of the Holders.
Section 10.08. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding Section 10.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article Ten. The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Obligations may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Obligations has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice.
Subject to the provisions of the TIA, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Obligations with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Ten with respect to any Senior Obligations that may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Obligations; and nothing in Article Seven shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article Ten shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07.
Section 10.09. Distribution or Notice to Representative. Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Obligations, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).
Section 10.10. Article Ten Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate. The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision in this Article Ten shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article Ten shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Notes; provided, however, that, so long as any Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to the First Lien Credit Facilities shall be outstanding (including letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall be entitled to accelerate all or any of the Secured Notes Obligations until the earlier to occur of the fifth Business Day following receipt by the Company and by an authorized representative of the holders of Senior Obligations of a written declaration of acceleration as provided in Section 6.02 and the date of acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Facilities.
Section 10.11. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of Government Securities held in trust under Article Eight by the Trustee and which were deposited in accordance with the terms of Article Eight and not in violation of Section 10.03 for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Obligations or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article Ten, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Obligations or any other creditor of the Company.
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Section 10.12. Trustee Entitled To Rely. Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Obligations for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Obligations and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Ten. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Obligations to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Obligations held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Ten, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Ten.
Section 10.13. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Obligations as provided in this Article Ten and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 10.14. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Obligations. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Obligations and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Obligations shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Ten or otherwise.
Section 10.15. Reliance by Holders of Senior Obligations Upon Subordination Provisions. Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Obligations, whether such Senior Obligations were created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Obligations and such holder of such Senior Obligations shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Obligations.
ARTICLE XI
Guarantee
Section 11.01. Subsidiary Guarantee. Subject to the provisions of this Article Eleven, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes (including, without limitation, any interest, fees or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law and the obligations under Section 7.07) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”). Each Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor Obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other indebtedness of such Guarantor, except to the extent such other Indebtedness is subordinate to the Guarantor Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article Eleven notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.
Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for non-payment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guarantor Obligations.
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Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.
Except as set forth in Section 11.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under, this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal granted; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Company; (g) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (h) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.10, each Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee in compliance with Section 11.03 hereof. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 11.01.
Section 11.02. Execution and Delivery. To further evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee, each Subsidiary and other Person that is required to become a Guarantor hereby agrees to (x) execute this Indenture or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, execute a supplement to this Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and deliver it to the Trustee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of (x) this Indenture or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, any supplemental indenture to this Indenture, each Guarantor who executes such supplemental indenture agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee on the Notes.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
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If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee of such Note shall nevertheless be valid,
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
Section 11.03. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, any Guarantees under the First Lien Credit Facilities) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) Each Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be automatically and unconditionally terminate, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor or the termination of such Subsidiary Guarantee:
(i) upon any sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of (x) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor to a Person that is not the Company or a Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture (including any amendments thereof);
(ii) upon such Guarantor becoming an Excluded Subsidiary;
(iii) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(iv) upon the Company exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Article Eight or the Company’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(v) upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up of such Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor; or
(vi) as described under Article Nine hereof.
Section 11.04. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company, or any other Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. The provisions of this Section 11.04 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 11.05. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.
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ARTICLE XII
Subordination of Guarantees
Section 12.01. Agreement To Subordinate. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the Guarantor Obligations are hereby expressly made subordinate and postponed to and subject in right of payment as provided in this Article to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Obligations of such Guarantors. The Guarantor Obligations shall in all respects rank pari passu with the Guarantors’ guarantees of the Existing Subordinated Notes and any future senior subordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantors and senior to all existing and future junior subordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantors, and only Senior Obligations of such Guarantors shall rank senior to the Guarantor Obligations in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of this Article Twelve shall be subject to Section 12.11.
This Article Twelve shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such Article, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Obligations of the Guarantors, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Obligations of the Guarantors, and such holders are made obligee hereunder and they or each of them may enforce such provisions.
Section 12.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to any Guarantor or to its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary from any source, (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of any Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of any Guarantor, then and in any such event:
(i) the holders of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor shall receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all amounts due on or in respect of all Senior Obligations of such Guarantor, or provision shall be made for such payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents to the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor, before the Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character from any source (other than a payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities or that is awarded as adequate protection by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) on account of the Guarantor Obligations or on account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of Notes; and
(ii) any payment or distribution of assets of any Guarantor of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than a payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities or that is awarded as adequate protection by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor), including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, which the Trustee or the Holders would be entitled to receive but for the provisions of this Article shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor or their authorized representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Obligations may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of such Senior Obligations held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Obligations of such Guarantor remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor to the satisfaction of the holders of such Senior Obligations, to or for the holders of such Senior Obligations; and
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(iii) any taxes that have been withheld or deducted from any payment or distribution in respect of any Guarantor Obligations, or any taxes that ought to have been withheld or deducted from any such payment or distribution that have been remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be considered to be an amount that a Holder or the Trustee is entitled to receive for the purposes of Section 12.02(ii).
The consolidation of any Guarantor with, or the merger of any Guarantor into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of any Guarantor following the conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Five shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires such assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposal, comply with the conditions set forth in Article Five.
Section 12.03. Default on Senior Obligations of a Guarantor.
(a) No Guarantor may make any payment pursuant to any of its Guarantor Obligations (collectively, “pay its Subsidiary Guarantee”) if (i) any principal, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Senior Obligations of such Guarantor is not paid within any applicable grace period (including at Maturity) or (ii) any other default on Senior Obligations of such Guarantor occurs and the maturity of such Senior Obligations are accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, (A) the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or (B) such Senior Obligations has been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that any Guarantor may pay its Subsidiary Guarantee without regard to the foregoing if such Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of the holders of such issue of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor. No Guarantor may pay its Subsidiary Guarantee during the continuance of any Payment Blockage Period after receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a Payment Blockage Notice under Section 10.03. Unless the Representatives of the holders of such issue of Senior Obligations giving such Payment Blockage Notice shall have accelerated the maturity of such Senior Obligations and not rescinded such acceleration, any Guarantor shall resume (unless otherwise prohibited as described in the first two sentences of this clause (a)) payments pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee after the end of such Payment Blockage Period.
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, any Guarantor shall make any payment to the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over to the authorized representatives of such Senior Obligations initiating the Payment Blockage Period, to be held in trust for distribution to the holders of Senior Obligations or, to the extent amounts are not then due in respect of Senior Obligations, promptly returned to such Guarantor, or otherwise as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. The Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it.
Section 12.04. Subrogation. After all Senior Obligations of a Guarantor are paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of such Guarantor which by its express terms is subordinated and postponed to Senior Obligations of such Guarantor to the same extent as the Notes are subordinated and postponed and which is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of holders of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Obligations. A distribution made under this Article Twelve to holders of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between such Guarantor and Holders, a payment by such Guarantor on such Senior Obligations.
Section 12.05. Relative Rights. This Article Twelve defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between a Guarantor and Holders, the obligation of such Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Guarantor Obligations as set forth in Article Eleven; or
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(b) affect the relative rights against a Guarantor of Holders and creditors of a Guarantor other than the holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor; or
(c) except as set forth in Section 6.02, prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a default by such Guarantor of the Guarantor Obligations, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Obligations of such Guarantor to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.
Section 12.06. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Guarantor.
(a) No right of any holder of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor to enforce the subordination of the Guarantor Obligations shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by such Guarantor or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section, the holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Holders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to the holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor, do any one or more of the following:
(i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, the terms of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor or the terms of any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Obligations are outstanding (including any increase in the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness thereunder, it being understood that any such additional indebtedness shall not constitute Senior Obligations to the extent Incurred in violation of Section 4.05 of this Indenture);
(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Obligations;
(iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Obligations; and
(iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against a Guarantor and/or any other Person.
(c) If the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or any Holders should fail to file a proof of claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to a Guarantor at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, each holder of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor (or its representative) is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of all or any of the Holders.
Section 12.07. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding Section 12.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on any Subsidiary Guarantee and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article Twelve. The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Obligations may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Obligations of a Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Twelve with respect to any Senior Obligations of a Guarantor that may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Obligations; and nothing in Article Seven shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article Twelve shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07.
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Section 12.08. Distribution or Notice to Representative. Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).
Section 12.09. Article Twelve Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate. The failure to make a payment pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of any provision in this Article Twelve shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article Twelve shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on any Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Article Eleven.
Section 12.10. Trustee Entitled To Rely. Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Twelve, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 12.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor and other Indebtedness of such Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Twelve, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Obligations of such Guarantor held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Twelve, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Twelve.
Section 12.11. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor as provided in this Article Twelve and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 12.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Obligations of Guarantors. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Obligations of any Guarantor and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of such Senior Obligations shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Twelve or otherwise.
Section 12.13. Reliance by Holders of Senior Obligations of a Guarantor Upon Subordination Provisions. Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Obligations of any Guarantor, whether such Senior Obligations was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Obligations and such holder of such Senior Obligations shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Obligations.
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ARTICLE XIII
Collateral
Section 13.01. Security Documents.
(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes and performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Secured Notes Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. In the event of conflict between the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any of the other Security Documents, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall control. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, (a) agrees that it will be subject to and bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date as the Notes Collateral Agent, and on behalf of such Holder, including without limitation, making the representations of the Holders contained therein. The Company shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 13.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company and the Guarantors shall, at their sole expense, take all actions and make all filings (including filing Uniform Commercial Code (including amendments and continuation statements) and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to ensure the creation, perfection and priority (or continuance thereof), as security for the Obligations of Company and the Guarantors to the secured parties under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, of a valid and enforceable perfected Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents), in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) It is understood and agreed that prior to the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the extent that the First Lien Credit Agreement Collateral Agent or such other Senior Representative, as applicable, is satisfied with or agrees to any deliveries or documents required to be provided in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral or makes any determination in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral (including, without limitation, extensions of time or waivers for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any guarantee by any Subsidiary (including in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Issue Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by the First Lien Credit Facilities), the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be satisfied with such deliveries and/or documents and the judgment of the First Lien Credit Agreement Collateral Agent in respect of any such matters under the First Lien Credit Facilities shall be deemed to be the judgment of the Notes Collateral Agent in respect of such matters under this Indenture and the Security Documents.
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Section 13.02. Senior Intercreditor Agreement, Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and Junior Intercreditor Agreement. In the event that the Company or any Guarantor incurs Additional First Lien Obligations or other Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture to be secured on a senior basis, the Notes Collateral Agent (and if applicable, the Trustee) will, if requested by the Company, enter into a joinder to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or another senior priority intercreditor agreement, as applicable, to set forth the relative rights and obligations of the Notes Collateral Agent and the holders of such Indebtedness. The form of such senior priority intercreditor agreement may be in substantially the form of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or such other form no less favorable than the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and shall provide for the subordination of Liens securing the Notes to such senior lien debt and other intercreditor provisions with respect to such senior lien debt that are reasonably customary in the good faith determination of the Company (for intercreditor agreements providing senior priority liens) as certified by the Company to the Notes Collateral Agent in an Officer’s Certificate. In the event that the Company or any Guarantor incurs Additional Second Lien Obligations or other Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture to be secured on an equal and ratable basis, the Notes Collateral Agent (and if applicable, the Trustee) will, if requested by the Company, enter into a pari passu intercreditor agreement to set forth the relative rights and obligations of the Notes Collateral Agent and the holders of such Indebtedness. The form of such pari passu intercreditor agreement may be in substantially the form of the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or such other customary form, which shall provide for the sharing of Liens and other intercreditor provisions with respect to such pari passu lien debt that are reasonably customary in the good faith determination of the Company (for intercreditor agreements providing pari passu liens) as certified by the Company to the Notes Collateral Agent in an Officer’s Certificate. In the event that the Company or any Guarantor incurs Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture to be secured on a junior lien basis, the Notes Collateral Agent (and if applicable, the Trustee) will, if requested by the Company, enter into a junior priority intercreditor agreement to set forth the relative rights and obligations of the Notes Collateral Agent and the holders of such Indebtedness. The form of such junior priority intercreditor agreement may be in substantially the form of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or such other customary form, which shall provide for the subordination of Liens securing such junior lien debt to the Liens securing the Notes and other intercreditor provisions with respect to such junior lien debt that are reasonably customary in the good faith determination of the Company (for intercreditor agreements providing junior priority liens) as certified by the Company to the Notes Collateral Agent in an Officer’s Certificate.
Section 13.03. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Liens and security interests created by the Security Documents at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(i) upon consummation of the sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral by the Company or a Guarantor to any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor, to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Indenture;
(ii) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with respect to the property and other assets of such Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee;
(iii) with respect to Collateral that is Capital Stock, upon (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the issuer of that Capital Stock that is not prohibited by this Indenture or (ii) upon the designation by the Company of such issuer of Capital Stock as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture;
(iv) with respect to any Collateral that becomes an “Excluded Asset,” upon it becoming an Excluded Asset;
(v) in accordance with Section 4.07(b);
(vi) to the extent the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and all other Senior Obligations are released by the applicable Senior Representative for such Senior Obligations (other than any release by, or as a result of, payment of the Senior Obligations), upon the release of such Liens;
(vii) in accordance with the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement; or
(viii) as described under Article 9.
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(b) The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees also shall automatically and without the need for any further action by any Person be terminated and released:
(i) upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other Obligations in respect of the Notes under this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid;
(ii) upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Notes under this Indenture as described below under Sections 8.01(b) and 8.02, or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as described under Section 8.01(a); or
(iii) pursuant to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes.
(c) In addition, any Lien on any Collateral may be (i) released or subordinated to the holder of any Lien on such Collateral that is created, incurred or assumed pursuant to clauses (iv), (viii)(A) or (xxii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such Liens and (ii) subordinated to any Lien on any Mortgaged Property if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement is permitted by Section 4.07.
(d) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been met and that it is permitted for the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Company in connection with such release and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents and shall do or cause to be done (at the Company’s expense) all acts reasonably requested of them to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Security Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate.
Section 13.04. Suits to Protect the Collateral.
Subject to the provisions of Article Seven and the Security Documents, the Trustee may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it determines in order to:
(a) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 13.04 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.
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Section 13.05. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents.
Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 13.06. Purchaser Protected.
(a) In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the applicable release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article Thirteen to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 13.07. Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.
(a) In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article Thirteen upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article Thirteen; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
Section 13.08. Certain Limits on Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any other Security Document, it is understood and agreed that:
(a) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to this Indenture shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents as in effect on the Issue Date;
(b) control agreements or other control or similar arrangements shall not be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or other assets specifically requiring perfection by control agreements (other than certain certificated securities);
(c) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(d) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to commercial tort claims with a value less than $15,000,000 and no perfection shall be required with respect to promissory notes evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount of less than $15,000,000;
(e) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiaries and foreign intellectual property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(f) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights (other than the filing of UCC financing statements); and
(g) neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to deliver or obtain any landlord lien waivers, estoppel certificates or collateral access agreements or letters.
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Section 13.09. Notes Collateral Agent.
(a) The Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, and the Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 13.09. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
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(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Notes Collateral Agent shall take only such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 13.09).
(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 13.09 shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
(g) The Trustee shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co- Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreements, including joinders and supplements thereto, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (iii) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (v) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
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(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article Six, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(k) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or as otherwise provided in the Security Documents.
(l) If the Company or any Guarantor (i) incurs any obligations in respect of junior priority obligations at any time when no junior priority intercreditor agreement is in effect and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into a junior priority intercreditor agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the junior priority obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Company, including legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder; provided that neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required pursuant to this Section 13.09(l) in connection with a junior priority intercreditor agreement (including pursuant to a joinder thereto) to be entered into.
(m) No provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause (m) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
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(n) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Notes Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(o) Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(p) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Company or any other Grantor under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(q) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to the Company, the Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person (including the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Company or the Guarantors, a majority in interest of Holders shall direct the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately qualified Person (excluding the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
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(r) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Company signed by an Officer (a “Security Document Order”), the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto, to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 13.09(r), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto. Any such execution of a Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto shall be at the direction and expense of the Company, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Security Documents or amendment or supplement thereto.
(s) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes, agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee, as applicable.
(t) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.
(u) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and to the extent not prohibited under the Intercreditor Agreements, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10 and the other provisions of this Indenture.
(v) In each case that the Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
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(w) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, in no event shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby.
(x) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Company or the Guarantors, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, which shall conform to the provisions of this Section 13.09 and Sections 14.04 and 14.05; provided that no Officer’s Certificate shall be required in connection with the Security Documents and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement to be entered by the Notes Collateral Agent on the Issue Date. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate.
(y) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Security Documents, and shall solely act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Security Documents and the Collateral.
(z) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent as if the Notes Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Security Documents were named as this Indenture herein.
(aa) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year ending after the Issue Date and after giving effect to any fiscal year end change effected on or after the Issue Date), an Officer’s Certificate (which may be the same certificate required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13) either (i) (x) stating that such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and refiling of this Indenture or the Security Documents, as applicable, as are necessary to maintain the perfected Liens of the applicable Security Documents securing the Obligations under applicable law to the extent required by the Security Documents other than any action as described therein to be taken, and (y) stating that on the date of such Officer’s Certificate, all financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been or will be executed and filed that are necessary, as of such date or promptly thereafter and during the succeeding 12 months, fully to maintain the perfection (to the extent required by the Security Documents) of the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent securing the Obligations thereunder and under the Security Documents with respect to the Collateral; provided that if there is a required filing of a continuation statement or other instrument within such 12-month period and such continuation statement or amendment is not effective if filed at the time of the Officer’s Certificate, such Officer’s Certificate may so state and in that case the Company and the Guarantors shall cause a continuation statement or amendment to be timely filed and become effective so as to maintain such Liens and security interests securing Obligations or (ii) stating that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens or security interests.
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ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
Section 14.01. [Reserved].
Section 14.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or sent by facsimile (with a hard copy delivered in person or by mail promptly thereafter) and addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
One AMC Way
11500 Ash Street
Leawood, KS 66211
Attention: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Fax: 212-202-6246
Attention: Account Administrator – AMC
provided, however, that any reports provided pursuant to Section 4.12 may be communicated via email to the following address: ClientServices.Americas@glas.agency (or to the email address of the then current representative of the Trustee).
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications under this Indenture must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the Company)), in English. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
Section 14.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 14.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions. Except as otherwise specified in this Indenture, upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered concerning satisfaction of the conditions precedent in connection with the authentication and delivery of the Notes issued on the date hereof.
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Section 14.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by, the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument
Section 14.06. When Notes Disregarded. 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 the Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with of them shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
Section 14.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent or co-registrar may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 14.08. Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the States of New York or Missouri. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
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Section 14.09. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 14.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company and the Guarantors shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section 14.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company any each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 14.12. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 14.13. Reliance on Financial Data. In computing any amounts under this Indenture: (a) to the extent relevant, the Company shall use audited financial statements of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any Person that would become a Subsidiary in connection with the transaction that requires the computation and any Person from which the Company or a Subsidiary has acquired an operating business, or is acquiring an operating business in connection with the transaction that requires the computation (each such Person whose financial statements are relevant in computing any particular amount, a “Relevant Person”) for the period or portions of the period to which the computation relates for which audited financial statements are available on the date of computation and unaudited financial statements and other current financial data based on the books and records of the Relevant Person or Relevant Persons, as the case may be, to the extent audited financial statements for the period or any portion of the period to which the computation relates are not available on the date of computation; and (b) the Company shall be permitted to rely in good faith on the financial statements and other financial data derived from the books and records of any Relevant Person that are available on the date of the computation.
Section 14.14. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
Section 14.15. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
AMC
CARD PROCESSING SERVICES, INC.
AMC ITD, LLC AMC LICENSE SERVICES, LLC AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC. as Guarantors |
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By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
GLAS
TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Trustee and Notes
Collateral Agent |
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By: | /s/ Yana Kislenko | |
Name: Yana Kislenko | ||
Title: Vice President |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
EXHIBIT A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES
I. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Exhibit A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
“Additional Notes” means the 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026, to be originally issued from time to time in one or more series as provided for in this Indenture.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Regulation S Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such Global Note, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
“Distribution Compliance Period”, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee and (ii) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable 40 consecutive days.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
“Global Notes” means the Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and the IAI Global Note with respect to the notes.
“Global Notes Legend” means the legend appearing under such title on Appendix 1 to this Exhibit A.
“IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
“IAI Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold to IAIs in reliance on Rule 4(a)(2).
“Initial Notes” means the 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,462,285,000, issued on July 31, 2020
“Offering Memorandum” means the Confidential Offering Memorandum dated June 3, 2020 (including the information incorporated by reference therein), as amended or supplemented on or prior to the Issue Date.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
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“Restricted Notes Legend” means any of the restricted securities legends set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) herein.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Notes” means all Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 4(a)(2) or Rule 144A.
“Notes” means the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes treated as a single class.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee, with respect to the Global Notes.
“Transfer Restricted Notes” means Definitive Notes and any other Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) hereto.
1.1 Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section |
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“Agent Members” | 2.1(c) | |
“Global Notes” | 2.1(b) | |
“IAI Global Notes” | 2.1(b) | |
“Regulation S Global Notes” | 2.1(b) | |
“Rule 144A Global Notes” |
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II. THE NOTES
2.1 Form and Dating. (a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be privately placed by the Company pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Offering Memorandum and any Additional Notes will be offered and sold by the Company, from time to time, pursuant to one or more purchase agreements. Unless registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act, the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes will be resold, initially only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A, institutions which are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. Initial Notes and Additional Notes so issued may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, institutional “accredited investors” and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfers set forth herein.
(b) Global Notes. Each series of Rule 144A Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global notes in fully registered form (the “Rule 144A Global Note”), Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Regulation S Global Notes (the “Regulation S Global Note”) and IAI Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global IAI Global Notes ( the “IAI Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Securities Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. The Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominees and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and pursuant to an order of the Company, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of the Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository pursuant to instructions of the Depository, or held by the Securities Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Securities Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(d) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.3, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.
2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (a) Initial Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $1,462,285,000, (b) any Additional Notes or PIK Notes, if and when issued pursuant to this Indenture; in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes or PIK Notes.
2.3 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request:
(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or
(ii) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) are being transferred, or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, (i) a certification to that effect and (ii) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
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(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, together with;
(i) certification (in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Initial Note) that such Definitive Note is being transferred (1) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, (2) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S and in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act or (3) to an institution that is an IAI, which certification shall be accompanied by a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Note represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Global Notes are then outstanding and the Global Note has not been previously exchanged for certificated securities pursuant to Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, a new Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such instructions with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred. Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note or IAI Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Notes from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Exhibit A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor depository or a nominee of such successor depository.
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(iv) In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Notes in definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.4, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse, of the Initial Notes or Additional Notes intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(v) In addition, in the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, or a Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in an IAI Global Note, the transferee must furnish a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Trustee.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Note. (i) Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream. During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (1) so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (2) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (3) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act, or (4) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Rule 144A Global Note shall be made only in accordance with Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Notes to the effect that such transfer is being made to a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.
(ii) Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Indenture.
(e) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following clauses (ii) and (iii), each certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes and the Regulation S Global Note (prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period) (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(A) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.
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Each Note issued with original issue discount (within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code) will also bear the following additional legend:
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER AT AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., ONE AMC WAY, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD, KS 66211, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
Prior to the Distribution Compliance Period, each Regulation S Global Note will also bear the following additional legend:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Definitive Note will also bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a, Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904:
(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note; and
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(B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is represented by a Global Note, the Registrar shall permit the beneficial owner thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, in either case, if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 or in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).
(iii) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear any Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for certificated or Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depository to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for certificated or Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate certificated Notes, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.11 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note for a period beginning 10 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption or an offer to repurchase Notes or 10 days before an interest payment date.
(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(h) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
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(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4 Certificated Notes.
(a) Any Global Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depository for such Global Note or if at any time the Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated Notes under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge (although the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge imposed in connection therewith), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated Notes of authorized denominations. Certificated Notes issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Notes transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000, and integral multiples of $1,000, in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any certificated Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(c), bear the restricted securities legend set forth in Appendix I to this Exhibit A.
(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.
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APPENDIX I
to EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Transfer Restricted Notes Legend]
THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(A) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.
[Regulation S Legend]
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[OID Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER AT AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., ONE AMC WAY, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD, KS 66211, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
[Definitive Notes Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
10%/12% CASH/PIK TOGGLE SECOND LIEN SUBORDINATED SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
No. |
CUSIP No.:
ISIN: |
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ ( ) on June 15, 2026.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2020.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the day of .
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION |
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GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Trustee,
certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture. |
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By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026
1. Interest. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum indicated below. The Company will pay interest semiannually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2020. The Notes will bear cash interest (“Cash Interest”) at a rate of 10% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears. Subject to the limitation in the next succeeding sentence, interest for the first three interest Payment Dates may, at the Company’s option (a “PIK Election”), be paid by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or if, and in the limited circumstances where, the Notes are no longer held in global form, by issuing Notes (“PIK Notes”) (rounded up to the nearest $1.00) (“PIK Interest”) under the Indenture, having the same terms and conditions as the Notes (in each case, a “PIK Payment”) at a rate of 12% per annum; provided, however that for the third interest payment period, if immediately after giving effect to such interest payment on a pro forma basis, the Company’s Liquidity as of the record date for the third interest payment period is (i) equal to or greater than $400 million, then the Company shall pay Cash Interest for such interest period at a rate of 10% per annum, (ii) between $200 million and $400 million, then the Company shall have the option of (A) paying Cash Interest for such interest period at a rate of 10% per annum or (B) paying a combination of Cash Interest at a rate of 5% per annum and PIK Interest at a rate of 6% per annum for such interest period or (iii) equal to or less than $200 million, then the Company shall have the option of (A) paying Cash Interest for such interest period at a rate of 10% per annum or (B) paying PIK Interest for such interest period at rate of 12% per annum. For all interest periods after the first three interest periods, interest will be payable solely in cash at a rate of 10% per annum. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment
The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders of Definitive Notes must surrender the Definitive Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and Cash Interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Cash payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”). The Company will make all cash payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that cash payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects cash payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
At all times, PIK Interest on the Notes shall be payable: (i) with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depository (or any successor depository) or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes, effective as of the applicable interest payment date, by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) at the request of the Company to increase the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note and (ii) with respect to Definitive Notes, if any, by issuing PIK Notes in certificated form, dated as of the applicable interest payment date, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of the PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of holders.
Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the Global Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the interest payment date in respect of which such PIK Payment was made. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be dated as of the applicable interest payment date and will bear interest from and after such date. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on the same maturity date as the Notes issued on the Issue Date and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Issue Date. Any certificated PIK Notes will be issued with the description “PIK” on the face of such PIK Note.
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3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, GLAS Trust Company LLC (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.
The Notes are senior subordinated secured obligations of the Company and can be issued in an initial amount of up to $1,462,285,000 and additional amounts as part of the same series under the Indenture which are unlimited (subject to Sections 2.01 and 2.10 of the Indenture). The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with stockholders or certain affiliates, create liens or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. These limitations are subject to significant exceptions.
5. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall only be required to make a mandatory redemption with respect to the Notes as provided in Sections 3.07, 3.08 and 4.16 of the Indenture.
6. Optional Redemption.
Except as set forth herein, the Notes may not be redeemed prior to June 15, 2023. On and after that date, the Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years set forth below:
Period | Redemption Price | |||
2023 | 106.000 | % | ||
2024 | 103.000 | % | ||
2025 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2023, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium with respect to the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date. Notice of such redemption must be sent to Holders of the Notes called for redemption not less than 10 or more than 60 days prior to the redemption date. The notice need not set forth the Applicable Premium but only the manner of calculation of the redemption price. The Indenture provides that, with respect to any such redemption, the Company will notify the Trustee of the Applicable Premium with respect to the Notes promptly after the calculation and that the Trustee will not be responsible for such calculation.
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The Company may redeem the Notes pursuant to one or more of the relevant provisions in the Indenture, and a single notice of redemption may be delivered with respect to redemptions made pursuant to different provisions. Any such notice may provide that redemptions made pursuant to different provisions will have different redemption dates and, with respect to redemptions that occur on the same date, may specify the order in which such redemptions are deemed to occur. In addition, notice of any redemption of, or any offer to purchase, the Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given in connection with an Equity Offering, other transaction (or series of related transactions) or an event that constitutes a Change of Control and prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof, and any such redemption or purchase may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related Equity Offering, transaction or event, as the case may be. In addition, if such redemption or purchase is 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 or purchase date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption or offer to purchase was mailed or delivered, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the redemption date or purchase date or by the redemption date or purchase date as so delayed, or such notice or offer may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if the Company reasonably believes that any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied or waived. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice or offer that payment of the redemption or purchase price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or offer to purchase 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 will be paid to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the Company.
On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
7. Sinking Fund
The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.
8. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption shall be sent to the holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, to each holder of Notes to the address of such holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date; provided that, in the case of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, such notice must be sent not less than 5 days prior to the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
9. Subordination
The Notes are subordinated to Senior Obligations of the Company. To the extent provided in the Indenture, holders of Senior Obligations of the Company must be paid before the Notes may be paid. The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
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10. Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control
Upon a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to repurchase all the Notes of each Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
11. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 10 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 10 days before an interest payment date.
12. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
13. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
14. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
15. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
The Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
16. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.
Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.
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17. Security.
The Notes will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hold the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents on the Issue Date, and at any time after Issue Date, as applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
18. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
19. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
20. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
21. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
22. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
23. ISINs and CUSIP Numbers
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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A Holder of Notes may upon written request and without charge to the Holder receive a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note. Requests may be made to: Kevin M. Connor, General Counsel, One AMC Way, 11500 Ash Street, Leawood, Kansas 66211.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: |
Your Signature: |
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while the Notes are Transfer Restricted Notes after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
¨ (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (2) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (3) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (4) pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;
¨ (5) (i) pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State in the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or
¨ (6) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Indenture.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if boxes (3), (4) or (5) are checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Date: |
Your Signature: |
Signature Guarantee: |
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
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The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: | |
NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase
in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal amount of
this Global Note following such decrease or increase |
Signature of
authorized signatory of Trustee or Securities Custodian |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box: ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$
Date: | Your Signature: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
Signature Guarantee: |
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
GLAS Trust Company LLC
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Account Administrator AMC
Re: | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $[ ] aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes.
You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours, | ||
[Name of Transferor] | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signature |
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF]
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION
GLAS Trust Company LLC
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Account Administrator AMC
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[ ] principal amount of the 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”) of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Issuer”).
Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer ID Number:
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
(1) We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $100,000 principal amount of the Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
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(2) We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date that is two years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuer or any affiliate of such Issuer was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made to an institutional “accredited investor” prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clause 2(b), 2(c) or 2(d) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.
Dated: ________________
TRANSFEREE: __________________,
By: _____________________________________
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO ADD GUARANTORS
This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [ ], 20 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among [name of future Guarantor] (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent under the Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance of 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 of the Company (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 4.10 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis with the other Guarantors, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the other Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ARTICLE II
Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to be Bound. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
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SECTION 2.2 Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the existing Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee the Guarantor Obligations pursuant to Articles Eleven of the Indenture on a senior subordinated secured basis.
ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
SECTION 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Subsidiary Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Company as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Company.
SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 3.4 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
SECTION 3.5 Trustee not Responsible. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [First] Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.
SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the Sections in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written
[GUARANTOR], | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] | ||
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT E
Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
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Exhibit F
Form of Security Agreement
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Exhibit 4.3
EXECUTION VERSION
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
AND
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
AS TRUSTEE AND NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
10.500% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions and Incorporation by Reference | 1 |
Section 1.01. | Definitions | 1 |
Section 1.02. | Other Definitions | 39 |
Section 1.03. | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 39 |
Section 1.04. | Rules of Construction | 40 |
Section 1.05. | Limited Condition Transactions | 40 |
Section 1.06. | Certain Compliance Determinations | 41 |
ARTICLE II The Notes | 42 | |
Section 2.01. | Amount of Notes; Issuable in Series | 42 |
Section 2.02. | Form and Dating | 42 |
Section 2.03. | Execution and Authentication | 43 |
Section 2.04. | Registrar and Paying Agent | 43 |
Section 2.05. | Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust | 43 |
Section 2.06. | Holder Lists | 44 |
Section 2.07. | Replacement Notes | 44 |
Section 2.08. | Outstanding Notes | 44 |
Section 2.09. | Temporary Notes | 44 |
Section 2.10. | Cancellation | 44 |
Section 2.11. | Defaulted Interest | 45 |
Section 2.12. | CUSIP Numbers or ISINs | 45 |
Section 2.13. | Computation of Interest | 46 |
ARTICLE III Redemption | 46 | |
Section 3.01. | Notices to Trustee | 46 |
Section 3.02. | Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed | 46 |
Section 3.03. | Notice of Redemption | 46 |
Section 3.04. | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 47 |
Section 3.05. | Deposit of Redemption Price | 47 |
Section 3.06. | Notes Redeemed in Part | 47 |
Section 3.07. | AHYDO Redemption | 47 |
Section 3.08. | Asset Sale Redemption | 48 |
ARTICLE IV Covenants | 49 | |
Section 4.01. | Payment of Notes | 49 |
Section 4.02. | Additional Limitations on Refinancing Existing Subordinated Notes | 49 |
Section 4.03. | Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 49 |
Section 4.04. | Maintenance of Properties | 49 |
Section 4.05. | Limitation on Indebtedness and Certain Equity Securities | 49 |
Section 4.06. | Limitation on Restricted Payments and Prepayments of Junior Financing | 55 |
Section 4.07. | Limitation on Liens | 59 |
Section 4.08. | Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates | 60 |
Section 4.09. | Negative Pledge | 61 |
Section 4.10. | Future Guarantors | 62 |
Section 4.11. | Change of Control | 63 |
Section 4.12. | Provision of Financial Information | 65 |
Section 4.13. | Statement as to Compliance | 66 |
Section 4.14. | Waiver of Certain Covenants | 66 |
Section 4.15. | [Reserved] | 66 |
Section 4.16. | Asset Sales | 66 |
Section 4.17. | After-Acquired Collateral | 69 |
ARTICLE V Successors | 69 | |
Section 5.01. | Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation and Sale of All or Substantially All Assets | 69 |
Section 5.02. | Successor Substituted | 70 |
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ARTICLE VI Defaults and Remedies | 71 | |
Section 6.01. | Events of Default | 71 |
Section 6.02. | Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment | 72 |
Section 6.03. | Other Remedies | 73 |
Section 6.04. | Waiver of Past Defaults | 73 |
Section 6.05. | Control by Majority | 73 |
Section 6.06. | Limitation on Suits | 73 |
Section 6.07. | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 74 |
Section 6.08. | Collection Suit by Trustee | 74 |
Section 6.09. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 74 |
Section 6.10. | Priorities | 74 |
Section 6.11. | Undertaking for Costs | 74 |
Section 6.12. | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 75 |
ARTICLE VII Trustee | 75 | |
Section 7.01. | Duties of Trustee | 75 |
Section 7.02. | Rights of Trustee | 76 |
Section 7.03. | Individual Rights of Trustee | 76 |
Section 7.04. | Trustee’s Disclaimer | 77 |
Section 7.05. | Notice of Defaults | 77 |
Section 7.06. | Reports by Trustee to Holders | 77 |
Section 7.07. | Compensation and Indemnity | 77 |
Section 7.08. | Replacement of Trustee | 78 |
Section 7.09. | Successor Trustee by Merger | 78 |
Section 7.10. | Eligibility; Disqualification | 78 |
Section 7.11. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 79 |
ARTICLE VIII Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance | 79 | |
Section 8.01. | Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance | 79 |
Section 8.02. | Conditions to Defeasance | 80 |
Section 8.03. | Application of Trust Money | 80 |
Section 8.04. | Repayment to Company | 80 |
Section 8.05. | Indemnity for Government Obligations | 81 |
Section 8.06. | Reinstatement | 81 |
ARTICLE IX Amendments | 81 | |
Section 9.01. | Without Consent of Holders | 81 |
Section 9.02. | With Consent of Holders | 83 |
Section 9.03. | [Reserved] | 84 |
Section 9.04. | Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers | 84 |
Section 9.05. | Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 84 |
Section 9.06. | Trustee To Sign Amendments | 84 |
ARTICLE X Reserved | 85 | |
ARTICLE XI Guarantee | 85 | |
Section 11.01. | Subsidiary Guarantee | 86 |
Section 11.02. | Execution and Delivery | 86 |
Section 11.03. | Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge | 87 |
Section 11.04. | Right of Contribution | 87 |
Section 11.05. | No Subrogation | 88 |
ARTICLE XII Collateral | 88 | |
Section 12.01. | Security Documents | 88 |
Section 12.02. | Release of Collateral | 90 |
Section 12.03. | Suits to Protect the Collateral | 90 |
Section 12.04. | Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents | 90 |
Section 12.05. | Purchaser Protected | 90 |
Section 12.06. | Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee | 90 |
Section 12.07. | Certain Limits on Collateral | 90 |
Section 12.08. | Notes Collateral Agent | 91 |
ARTICLE XIII Miscellaneous | 97 | |
Section 13.01. | [Reserved] | 97 |
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Section 13.02. | Notices | 97 |
Section 13.03. | Communication by Holders with Other Holders | 98 |
Section 13.04. | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions | 98 |
Section 13.05. | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions | 99 |
Section 13.06. | When Notes Disregarded | 99 |
Section 13.07. | Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar | 99 |
Section 13.08. | Legal Holidays | 99 |
Section 13.09. | Governing Law | 99 |
Section 13.10. | No Recourse Against Others | 99 |
Section 13.11. | Successors | 99 |
Section 13.12. | Separability Clause | 99 |
Section 13.13. | Reliance on Financial Data | 99 |
Section 13.14. | Multiple Originals | 100 |
Section 13.15. | Table of Contents; Headings | 100 |
Exhibit A | Provisions Relating to Initial Notes | |
Appendix I to Exhibit A | Form of Initial Notes | |
Exhibit B | Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S | |
Exhibit C | Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors | |
Exhibit D | Form of Supplemental Indenture to Add Guarantors | |
Exhibit E | Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit F | Form of Security Agreement |
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INDENTURE dated as of July 31, 2020, among AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Notes Collateral Agent”).
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional notes that may be offered from time to time in one or more series subsequent to the Issue Date as provided for in this Indenture (the “Additional Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01. Definitions.
“2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of November 8, 2016 pursuant to which the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes and the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and, U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with Section 4.06(d).
“2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes” means the Company’s 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of £250,000,000 and any additional notes denominated in pounds sterling issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2025 Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $600,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2025 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of June 5, 2015 pursuant to which the 2025 Subordinated Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with Section 4.06(d).
“2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes” means the Company’ 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $595,000,000 and any additional notes denominated in U.S. Dollars issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2027 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of March 17, 2017 pursuant to which the 2027 Subordinated Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with Section 4.06(d).
“2027 Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 issued pursuant to the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $475,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Pro Forma Entity for any period, as the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its Subsidiaries which will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means the Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture having First Lien Priority (but without regard to the control of remedies) relative to the Notes with respect to the Collateral other than the Credit Agreement Obligations, the Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations and the Convertible Notes Obligations; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or entered into such other intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, taken as a whole).
“Additional First Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Junior Secured Parties” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture in the original aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 and any additional notes issued after the Issue Date pursuant to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as such initial Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Issue Date pursuant to which the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes will be issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes.
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, (i) as of any redemption date, the weekly average for each Business Day during the most recent week that has ended at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or in the case of satisfaction and discharge, two Business Days prior to the deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent) of the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or, if such statistical release is not so published or the applicable information is not applicable thereon, any publicly available source of similar market data as selected by the Company in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to June 15, 2022 (if no maturity is within three months before or after June 15, 2022, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), 0.50%.
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Applicable Premium” means, at any redemption date, the excess of (i) the present value at such redemption date of (a) the redemption price of the Notes on June 15, 2022 (as set forth in paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes) plus (b) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on the Notes through June 15, 2022 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate, over (ii) the principal amount of the Notes on such redemption date.
“Asset Sale” means:
(i) the sale, transfer, lease, license or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including of any Equity Interest owned by it; or
(ii) the issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division) (other than issuing directors’ qualifying shares, nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law and other than issuing Equity Interests to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”) (each of (i) and (ii), a “Disposition”);
in each case, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including allowing any registration or application for registration of any Intellectual Property that is no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, to lapse or go abandoned or be invalidated);
(b) Dispositions of inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property or (iii) such Disposition is allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, for like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(d) Dispositions of property to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division);
(e) (A) the Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any Disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture, (B) Permitted Investments, (C) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06 or (D) Liens permitted by Section 4.07, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (e);
(f) any issuance, sale, pledge or other Disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(g) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(h) Dispositions of (A) accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties) and (B) receivables and related assets pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing;
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(i) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business and that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(j) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(k) [reserved];
(l) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures 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;
(m) Dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A) acquired in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise required by a Governmental Authority in connection with an acquisition permitted hereunder;
(n) transfers of condemned property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar powers to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of property arising from foreclosure or similar action or that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such real property as part of an insurance settlement;
(o) Dispositions of property for Fair Market Value having an aggregate purchase price (i) not to exceed the greater of (A) $200,000,000 and (B) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Disposition with respect to Dispositions of property other than any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) and (ii) not to exceed $10,000,000 with respect to Dispositions of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof);
(p) the sale or discount (with or without recourse) (including by way of assignment or participation) of other receivables (including, without limitation, trade and lease receivables) and related assets in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing;
(q) the unwinding of any Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations; and
(r) Dispositions of any assets for not less than the Fair Market Value of (A) sales of Big Rapids 4 Theatre, Mesquite 10 Theatre, New Ulm 3 Theatre, Newnan 10 Theatre, Plaza 8 Theatre, Panama City 10 Theatre, Pines 1 Theatre, Narrows 8 Theatre, Vernon Hills 8 Theatre, Springfield 1 Theatre, Seth Childs 12 Theatre, vacant land adjacent to 19919 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Mesquite TX 75149 and (B) sale of interests in National CineMedia, LLC common units and National CineMedia, Inc. common shares.
“Available Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the use thereof for the application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract binding on the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Available RP Capacity Amount” means, without duplication, the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(B), clauses (vi), (viii), and (xii) of Section 4.06(b) minus the sum of the amount of the Available RP Capacity Amount utilized by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 4.06(a)(B), clauses (vi), (viii) and (xii) of Section 4.06(b), (b) make investments pursuant to clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and (c) make payments with respect to any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 4.06(c)(iv).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
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“Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors, or any arrangement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board of Directors duly authorized to act under this Indenture.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York, or the city in which the Trustee’s office is located are authorized or required to be closed, or, if no Note is outstanding, the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is a Capitalized Lease; and the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby at any time shall be the amount of the liability in respect thereof that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018, subject to the proviso in the definition of GAAP; for the avoidance of doubt, any obligation relating to a lease that would have been accounted for by such Person as an operating lease as of December 31, 2018 shall be accounted for as obligations relating to an operating lease and not as Capital Lease Obligations.
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on December 31, 2018, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, including preferred stock, any rights (other than debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or options to acquire such capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) dollars, euro, pounds, Australian dollars, Swiss Francs, Canadian dollars, Yuan, Pesos or such other currencies held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States, the United Kingdom or such member nation of the European Union is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is a lender under the Senior Credit Facilities or (ii) has combined capital and surplus of at least (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank meeting the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) above being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(e) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company (including any of the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities) or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of (i) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (ii) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks, in each case, for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States or (ii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a Fair Market Value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;
(f) marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either (i) having assets in excess of (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks or other U.S. financial institutions and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks or other non-U.S. financial institutions or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
(g) securities with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof);
(h) investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;
(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in euro or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;
(j) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through (i) of this definition;
(k) auction rate securities issued by any domestic corporation or any domestic government instrumentality, in each case rated at least “A-1” (or its equivalent) by S&P or at least “P-1” (or its equivalent) by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition (or with interest rates or dividend yields that are re-set at least every 35 days);
(l) qualified purchaser funds regulated by the exemption provided by Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which funds possess a “AAA” rating from at least two nationally recognized agencies and provide daily liquidity;
(m) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and
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(n) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (m) above.
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (a) any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management or treasury services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds, (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements and (c) other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of, after the date of this Indenture, any of the following events:
(a) any “person” or “group” as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act other than one or more Permitted Holders is or becomes the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
(b) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(c) the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock (x) to be acquired by such Person or group pursuant to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement or (y) solely as a result of veto or approval rights in any joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement, investor rights agreement or other similar agreement, (ii) if any group (other than a Permitted Holder) includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by such group or any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred, (iii) a Person or group (other than Permitted Holders) will not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Equity Interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Person’s parent and (iv) the right to acquire Voting Stock (so long as such Person does not have the right to direct the voting of the Voting Stock subject to such right) or any veto power in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Voting Stock will not cause a party to be a beneficial owner.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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“Collateral” means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the redemption date to June 15, 2022, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a maturity most nearly equal to June 15, 2022.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (ii) of the definition of Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, the average of three, or such lesser number as is obtained by the Company, Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the redemption date.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:
(a) without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) total interest expense and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, (A) any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations or such derivative instruments, (B) bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, (C) cash dividend payments in respect of preferred stock (including any JV Preferred Equity Interests) and any Disqualified Equity Interests and (D) other items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (i) through (xiii) thereof,
(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital, including federal, foreign and state income, franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including in respect of repatriated funds) including (A) penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations and (B) other fees, taxes and expenses to maintain corporate existence,
(iii) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of intangible assets, Capitalized Software Expenditures, internal labor costs and amortization of deferred financing fees, OID or costs),
(iv) other non-cash charges (including the excess of GAAP rent expense over actual cash rent paid during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purpose) (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) such Person may elect not to add back such non-cash charges in the current period and (B) to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charges in the current period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),
(v) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary deducted (and not added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income) excluding cash distributions in respect thereof,
(vi) (A) the amount of payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, including any cash consideration for any repurchase of equity, in each case to the extent permitted in this Indenture and (B) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities paid to directors, including of the Company or any direct or indirect parent thereof,
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(vii) losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing,
(viii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (d) below for any previous period and not added back,
(ix) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are non-cash or otherwise funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or Net Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),
(x) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature, and
(xi) expenses consisting of internal software development costs that are expensed but could have been capitalized under alternative accounting policies in accordance with GAAP,
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(b) without duplication, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative and any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any of the foregoing, in each case projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) (any such projected benefit, a “Projected Benefit”), including any Projected Benefit (including restructuring and integration charges) in connection with, or incurred by or on behalf of, any joint venture of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether accounted for on the financial statements of any such joint venture or the Company) with respect to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative whether initiated before, on or after the Issue Date, within 24 months after such Specified Transaction, restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative (which Projected Benefit shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such Projected Benefit had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A) such Projected Benefit is reasonably quantifiable and factually supportable, (B) no Projected Benefit shall be added pursuant to this clause (b) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such Projected Benefit that are included in clause (a) above (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken), (C) the share of any such Projected Benefit with respect to a joint venture that are to be allocated to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed the total amount thereof for any such joint venture multiplied by the percentage of income of such venture expected to be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period and (D) the aggregate amount of Projected Benefits added pursuant to this clause (b) for any Test Period when taken together shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (giving pro forma effect to the relevant transaction and determined after to giving effect to any Pro Forma Adjustments pursuant to this clause (b));
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(c) amount of Consolidated EBITDA (estimated in good faith by the Company) attributable to any completed New Project that has completed less than a full Test Period of operations, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such New Project had been completed on the first day of the relevant Test Period;
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(d) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period),
(ii) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary added (and not deducted in such period from Consolidated Net Income),
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) whether such acquisition occurred before or after the Issue Date to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis, and
(II) there shall be (A) excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, at the Company’s election only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), including any division, product line, theatre, screen or other facility used for operations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, which was closed for business or disposed of during such period (other than any theatre closed in the ordinary course of business within 120 days of lease expiration) (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis and (B) included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period in which a Sold Entity or Business is disposed, an adjustment equal to the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment with respect to such Sold Entity or Business (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposal).
“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of Consolidated Total Debt (including in respect of the Notes) that is secured by a material portion of the Collateral on an equal or super priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations (excluding, in any event, all Capital Lease Obligations and any subordinated Indebtedness) minus (b) Available Cash.
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“Consolidated Interest Expense” means the sum of (a) cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Leases), net of cash interest income, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements plus (b) the amount of cash dividends or distributions made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of JV Preferred Equity Interests and other preferred Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 4.05(d), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under hedging agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, (iii) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing, (v) all non-recurring cash interest expense or “additional interest” for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (vi) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect to any acquisition or any other Investment, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (vii) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, (viii) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (ix) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (x) any interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect parent entity resulting from push down accounting, (xi) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (xii) any pay-in-kind interest expense or other non-cash interest expenses and (xiii) any payments made in respect of any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018).
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication:
(a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities’ or offices’ opening costs, start-up costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions, costs incurred in connection with any New Project (including costs incurred in connection with unconsummated theatre acquisitions) and other strategic or cost saving initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions consummated prior to or after the Issue Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to the closure or disposition of any theatre or a screen within a theatre, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or offices, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgements thereof),
(b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
(c) Transaction Costs,
(d) the net income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) by such Person to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof during such period,
(e) any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment, any earnout, contingent consideration obligation or purchase price adjustment) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with 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 merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805 and gains or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460),
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(f) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, hedging agreements or other derivative instruments,
(g) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on existing earn-outs) or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,
(h) all Non-Cash Compensation Expenses,
(i) any income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts,
(j) any income (loss) from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such investment),
(k) any gain (loss) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or income (loss) from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),
(l) any non-cash gain (loss) attributable to the mark to market movement in the valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815-Derivatives and Hedging or mark to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments in such Test Period; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,
(m) any non-cash gain (loss) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances and other balance sheet items,
(n) any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures (provided, in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made),
(o) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down (including related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, film television costs and investments in debt and equity securities), and
(p) solely for the purpose of calculating Section 4.06(a)(B), the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior Governmental Approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein.
There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period the effects from applying acquisition method accounting, including applying acquisition method accounting to inventory, property and equipment, loans and leases, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue (including deferred costs related thereto and deferred rent) required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the any acquisition or Investment consummated prior to (or after) the Issue Date and any acquisitions or other Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
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In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) the amount of proceeds received, due or otherwise estimated in good faith to be received from business interruption insurance, liability or casualty events insurance or reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification, insurance and other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or any disposition of any asset permitted hereunder (occurring prior to or after the Issue Date (net of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so reimbursed within a two-year period) and (ii) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period.
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien on a material portion of the Collateral (excluding, in any event, all Capital Lease Obligations and any subordinated Indebtedness) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Senior Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt (other than any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the amount that would be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of all third party Indebtedness for borrowed money (including purchase money Indebtedness), unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, Capital Lease Obligations, third party Indebtedness obligations evidenced by notes or similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Swap Obligations), in each case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding, in any event, the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method or pushdown accounting in connection with any acquisition or other Investment); provided, in determining the amount of Consolidated Total Debt for the purpose of this definition, the amount of Consolidated Total Debt consisting of a revolving line of credit shall be deemed to be the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company ending during the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date, divided by four (4).
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) Available Cash.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlling Collateral Agent” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Convertible Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of September 14, 2018 pursuant to which the Convertible Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Convertible Notes” means the Company’s 2.95% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $600,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the Convertible Notes and any additional notes issued in exchange for the Convertible Notes to give effect to the Convertible Notes Amendment.
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“Convertible Notes Amendment” means an amendment or exchange pursuant to which the maturity of the Convertible Notes is extended to May 1, 2026 and a first-priority lien on the Collateral is granted to the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent to secure the Convertible Notes Obligations.
“Convertible Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Convertible Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Convertible Notes Indenture.
“Convertible Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes Indenture, the Guarantees relating to the Convertible Notes and the security documents relating to the Convertible Notes.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 3 Second Street, Suite 206, Jersey City, NJ 07311, Attention: Account Administrator – AMC.
“Credit Agreement Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more (i) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, including, without limitation, the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (iii) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers 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.
“Custodian” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrate or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law or any other person with like powers.
“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or the passage of time or both, would be, an Event of Default.
“Delaware LLC” means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed, sold or otherwise disposed of or returned in exchange for consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents in compliance with Section 4.16.
“Discharge of First Lien Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
(b) is convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or
(c) is redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or is required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Affiliates, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof;
in each case, on or prior to the date 91 days after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i) an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an “asset sale,” “condemnation event,” a “change in control” or similar event shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Notes and Secured Notes Obligations that are accrued and payable, (ii) if an Equity Interest in any Person is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of such Person or as a result of such employee’s termination, death, or disability and (iii) any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interest shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interest.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
“Equity Offering” means a public or private sale for cash by the Company or of a direct or indirect parent of the Company (the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Company) of common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights with respect to such Person’s common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), other than public offerings with respect to such Person’s common stock, preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.
“European Subsidiary” means AMC Theatres of UK Limited and AMC UK Holding Limited and each of their respective subsidiaries that conduct the European (including the United Kingdom, western Europe, and the Baltic and Nordic regions) theatrical exhibition operations of the Company as of March 31, 2020.
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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day, for purposes of determining the dollar equivalent of any amount denominated in a currency other than dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into dollars as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such day as set forth on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be determined by the Company in good faith, or, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the applicable issuing bank under the Senior Credit Facilities through its principal foreign exchange trading office, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the applicable issuing bank may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Excluded Assets” means:
(1) any fee-owned real property (i) that does not constitute a Material Real Property, (ii) located in a jurisdiction that imposes a mortgage recording tax or similar fee and/or (iii) located in an area determined by FEMA to have special flood hazards;
(2) all leasehold interests in real property;
(3) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction, but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction);
(4) any asset if, to the extent that and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Notes Obligations is prohibited by any Requirements of Law (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable Requirements of Law) or would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction;
(5) margin stock and, to the extent prohibited by, or creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) under the terms of any applicable Organizational Documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, Equity Interests in any Person other than the Company and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries;
(6) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Company;
(7) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto;
(8) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject thereto (including pursuant to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement) to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(9) in excess of 65% of the voting Equity Interests of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) any FSHCO;
(10) receivables and related assets (or interests therein) (a) sold to any Receivables Subsidiary or (b) otherwise pledged, factored, transferred or sold in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(11) commercial tort claims with a value of less than $15 million and letter-of-credit rights with a value of less than $15 million (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by a UCC filing);
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(12) Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(13) any aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines or helicopters, or any equipment or other assets constituting a part thereof;
(14) any and all assets and personal property owned or held by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary);
(15) any Equity Interest in Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and
(16) any proceeds from any issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited to be incurred under this Indenture that are paid into an escrow account to be released upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events, including cash or Cash Equivalents set aside at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, to the extent such cash or Cash Equivalents prefund the payment of interest or premium or discount on such Indebtedness (or any costs related to the issuance of such indebtedness) and are held in such escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose.
“Excluded Contribution Amount” means a cumulative amount equal to (without duplication):
(a) the Net Proceeds of new public or private issuances of Qualified Equity Interests in the Company or any parent of the Company which are contributed to (or received by) the Company after the Issue Date, plus
(b) capital contributions received by the Company after the Issue Date in cash or Cash Equivalents (other than in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest) and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind contributions, plus
(c) the net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interest issuances issued after the Issue Date and which have been exchanged or converted into Qualified Equity Interests, plus
(d) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind amounts received by Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made after the Issue Date using the Excluded Contribution Amount (not to exceed the amount of such Investments);
provided that the Excluded Contribution Amount shall not include any amounts used to incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxv), any amounts used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(vi) or any amounts used to make Investments pursuant to clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any of the following: (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, (b) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (c) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (i) applicable Requirements of Law or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on April 22, 2019 or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long in respect of any such contractual prohibition such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), in each case from guaranteeing the Secured Notes Obligations or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee, or for which the provision of a Subsidiary Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax consequence (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to the Company or one of its subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company), (e) any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a CFC, (g) any FSHCO, (h) each Receivables Subsidiary and (i) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance companies or other special purpose subsidiaries designated by the Company from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not constitute an Excluded Subsidiary. A Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary if, and for so long as, it Guarantees any Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Second Lien Notes or any of the Existing Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any other document, a Subsidiary that ceases to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company as a result of (A) a transfer of its Equity Interests to any Affiliate of the Company or (B) a non-bona fide transaction shall not be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary by virtue of clause (a) of this definition of “Excluded Subsidiary.”
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“Existing First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $500,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as such initial Existing First Lien Notes.
“Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Existing First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture.
“Existing First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of April 24, 2020, pursuant to which the Existing First Lien Notes were issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Existing First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Existing First Lien Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Existing First Lien Notes.
“Existing Notes” means the Existing Subordinated Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes, the Convertible Notes and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes.
“Existing Subordinated Notes” means the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, the 2025 Subordinated Notes, the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes and the 2027 Subordinated Notes.
“Fair Market Value” means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, such value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.
“FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
“First Lien Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the Senior Credit Facilities, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Senior Credit Facilities.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among the Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto giving effect to any joinders thereto, each dated as of the Issue Date, pursuant to which the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent became parties thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (1) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (2) the Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, (3) the Convertible Notes Obligations, (4) the Secured Notes Obligations, (5) the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations and (6) each Series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is equal in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, the Notes Collateral Agent, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties or Additional Junior Secured Parties from time to time party thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that has no material assets other than Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness in one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that the Company may elect, as evidenced by a written notice of the Company to the Trustee to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of any provision hereof, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein and (b) the amount of any Indebtedness or other balance sheet items or income statement items under GAAP with respect to Capital Lease Obligations and any other leases shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligations and otherwise in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 (and, in any event, shall exclude the impact on rent expense resulting from the adoption of ASC 842).
“Government Securities” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of, or obligations guaranteed by, 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 or redeemable at the issuer’s option.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Guarantee” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation 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
(b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
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provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee on the Issue Date and any other Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts or similar obligations payable in the ordinary course of business and any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid within 60 days after being due and payable), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; provided that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller, (iii) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (iv) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Company solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP, (v) accrued expenses and royalties, (vi) asset retirement obligations and other pension related obligations (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days and (vii) any obligations under any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (i) intercompany advances arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and (ii) intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of, such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (B) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred to in this clause (B) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Restricted Subsidiary issues any Equity Interests, in either case, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or other disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Equity Interests of and all other Investments in such Person retained. For purposes of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Financial Officer.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Issue Date” means July 31, 2020.
“Junior Financing” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes
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“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Limited Condition Transaction” means any acquisition or Investment not prohibited by this Indenture, in each case whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
“Management Investors” means current and/or former directors, officers, partners, members and employees of any Parent Entity, the Company and/or any of their respective subsidiaries who (directly or indirectly through one or more investment vehicles) held Equity Interests in the Company on April 22, 2019.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on (a) the business or financial condition of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Indenture or (c) the rights and remedies of the Holders.
“Material Real Property” means each fee owned parcel of real property owned by the Company or any Guarantor having a book value equal to or in excess of $15,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Indenture with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (a) the Measurement Date for real property owned as of the Measurement Date, (b) the date of acquisition for real property acquired after the Measurement Date or (c) the date on which the entity owning such real property becomes a Guarantor after the Measurement Date, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company.
“Material Subsidiary” means (a) each wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 5.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter or that is designated by the Company as a Material Subsidiary and (b) any group comprising wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clause (a) but that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter.
“Maturity Date” means the date specified in the Notes as the fixed date on which the principal of the Notes is due and payable.
“Measurement Date” means April 22, 2019.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Mortgaged Property” means each parcel of Material Real Property and the improvements thereon with respect to which a Mortgage shall be granted pursuant to Section 4.17.
“Multiplex” means any theatre owned by the Company or its Subsidiary which has ten or less screens for viewing movies.
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“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the proceeds received in respect of such event in cash or Cash Equivalents, including (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earn-out (but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds that are actually received and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments that are actually received, minus (b) the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such event (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant, accountant and other customary fees), (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale (including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback or similar proceeding), (A) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any Asset Sale to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction, (B) the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Notes) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, (C) the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (C)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (D) the amount of any liabilities directly associated with such asset and retained by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable, including any withholding taxes estimated to be payable in connection with the repatriation of such Net Proceeds), and the amount of any reserves established by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, that are associated with such event, provided that any reduction at any time in the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt by the Company at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of such reduction.
“New Project” means (a) each facility, theatre or other project which is either a new facility, a new theatre or an expansion, renovation, relocation, remodeling or other improvement or modernization of an existing theatre or facility owned by a Company or the Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (b) each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market.
“Non-Cash Compensation Expense” means any non-cash expenses and costs that result from the issuance of stock-based awards, partnership interest-based awards and similar incentive based compensation awards or arrangements.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to Section 4.06(a)(B), Section 4.06(a)(B)(1) or the Excluded Contribution Amount, as applicable, that was not previously applied pursuant to clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” Section 4.06(b)(viii) or Section 4.06(c)(iv).
“Notes Collateral Agent” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the holders of the Notes under the Security Documents and any successor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest, fees, or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest, fees, or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness; provided, that any of the foregoing (other than principal and interest) shall no longer constitute “Obligations” after payment in full of such principal and interest.
“Odeon Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 between Odeon Cinemas Group Limited, Odeon Cinemas Limited, the guarantors party thereto, Lloyds Bank PLC, as the agent, security trustee and security agent, the lenders party thereto and the other parties party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
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“Officer” means the chief executive officer, chief marketing officer, chief financial officer, president, vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary, or other similar officer, manager or a director of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel to the Company licensed in any State of the United States of America and applying the laws of such State or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 11, 2015, Amendment No. 2, dated as of November 8, 2016, Amendment No. 3, dated as of May 9, 2017, Amendment No. 4, dated as of June 13, 2017 and Amendment No. 5, dated as of August 14, 2018, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, as in effect immediately prior to April 22, 2019.
“Parent Entity” means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of the Company.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or construction contractors’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case so long as such Liens do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items set forth in the foregoing clause (i);
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(d) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;
(e) easements, encumbrances, rights-of-way, reservations, restrictions, restrictive covenants, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes building codes, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions, and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects or other irregularities in title and survey exceptions affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(g);
(g) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments, provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Company or such subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent such obligations are permitted by Section 4.05;
(h) rights of set-off, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by of the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions in relation to the maintenance of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments; and
(i) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or any similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
“Permitted European Investment” means any retained Investment in a European Subsidiary (or any retained Investment in the assets or business operations of a European Subsidiary), which Investment results from the sale or transfer (including by way of merger, combination, asset sale or otherwise) of a portion of the ownership interests in one or more European Subsidiaries (or the assets thereof), provided that such sale or transfer of such ownership interests (or the assets thereof) was made (a) to a Person (or group of Persons) that was not at such time an Affiliate of the Company, (b) in compliance with Section 4.16 and (c) for consideration to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not in the form of First Lien Obligations.
“Permitted Holder” means (i) Wanda Group, (ii) Silver Lake, (iii) the Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees, and (iv) any “group” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision of which any of the foregoing are members and any member of such group; provided that, in the case of such group and any member of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.
“Permitted Investments” means the following:
(a) Investments that were Cash Equivalents at the time made;
(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) (provided that the amount of such loans and advances made in cash to such Person shall be contributed to the Company in cash as common equity or Qualified Equity Interests) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii); provided that at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount outstanding in reliance on this clause (iii) shall not exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 1% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
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(c) Investments (i) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Guarantor (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division), (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in any other Restricted Subsidiary that is also not a Guarantor, (iii) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division) (A) in any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Company or any Guarantor after the Issue Date in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in reliance on this clause (c) (other than any Investment made in a Restricted Subsidiary to fund an acquisition not prohibited by this Indenture) shall not exceed the greater of (A) $150,000,000 and (B) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment; provided that the total amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) that are not in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including loans and contributions thereof) shall not exceed $10,000,000 and Investments pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) shall only be used by such Restricted Subsidiary to finance its operations, (B) in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, constituting an exchange of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary for Indebtedness of such Subsidiary or (C) constituting Guarantees of Indebtedness or other monetary obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors (provided that any actual payment by a Guarantor on account of such Guarantee would constitute an Investment in such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor at the time such payment is made), (iv) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors so long as such Investment is part of a series of substantially simultaneous Investments that result in the proceeds of the initial Investment being invested in one or more Guarantors and (v) by any Restricted Subsidiary in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, consisting of the contribution of Equity Interests of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor so long as the Equity Interests (or, as applicable, at least 65% of the voting Equity Interests) of the transferee Restricted Subsidiary is pledged to secure the Secured Notes Obligations.
(d) Investments consisting of prepayments to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments (i) existing on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii) Investments existing on July 10, 2020 by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(g) Investments in Swap Agreements permitted under Section 4.05;
(h) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Asset Sales permitted under Section 4.16 or any other disposition not constituting an Asset Sale;
(i) Investments in a Person if as a result of such Investment, (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business) to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person;
(j) [reserved];
(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(l) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers, from financially troubled account debtors or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
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(m) loans and advances to a Parent Entity (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to a Parent Entity (or such parent) in accordance with Section 4.06;
(n) other Investments and other acquisitions; (A) so long as at the time any such Investment or other acquisition is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments made in reliance on this clause (A) together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (A) after the Issue Date (including the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness assumed in connection with any such other acquisition), shall not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment or other acquisition, (B) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, in an amount not to exceed the amount under Section 4.06(a)(B) that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment, (C) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment and (D) in an amount not to exceed the Available RP Capacity Amount;
(o) [reserved];
(p) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Investments and other acquisitions to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Company; provided that (i) such amounts used pursuant to this clause (q) shall not increase the Excluded Contribution Amount or be applied to increase any other basket hereunder and (ii) any amounts used for such an Investment or other acquisition that are not Equity Interests of the Company shall otherwise be permitted pursuant hereunder;
(r) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(s) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Holders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(t) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, consolidation, dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted (other than by reference to this clause (t)) under Sections 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.09 and 5.01, respectively, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (t);
(u) [reserved];
(v) contributions to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Company;
(w) to the extent that they constitute Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses or leases of other assets, Intellectual Property, or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
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(x) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;
(y) any Investment in a Similar Business; provided that at the time any such Investment is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments made in reliance on this clause (y) together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (y) after the Issue Date, shall not exceed the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment;
(z) Investments constituting Permitted European Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all other Permitted European Investments (whether made pursuant to this clause (z) or any of clauses (a) through (cc) of this definition of “Permitted Investments”) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not exceed $300,000,000;
(aa) Investments in Subsidiaries in the form of receivables and related assets required in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing (including the contribution or lending of cash and cash equivalents to Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of such assets from the Company or other Restricted Subsidiaries or to otherwise fund required reserves);
(bb) Investments consisting of advances or extensions of credit on terms customary in the industry in the form of accounts or other receivables incurred or pre-paid film rentals, and loans and advances made in settlement of such accounts receivable; and
(cc) Investments consisting of refundable construction advances made with respect to the construction of motion picture exhibition theatres in the ordinary course of business.
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, in the event that a proposed Investment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (a) through (cc) above (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Investment (or portion thereof) between such clauses (a) through (cc) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this definition.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was, at the time such Indebtedness is deemed to be incurred, permitted or deemed to be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i);
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii) Liens existing on the Issue Date (excluding Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to (x) the Credit Facilities or (y) the Notes issued on the Issue Date) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (A) such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (ii) proceeds and products thereof, and (B) the obligations secured or benefited by such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien are permitted by Section 4.05;
(iv) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.05(b)(vi) or Section 4.05(b)(xxviii); provided that (A) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, repair, replacement, construction or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, except for accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof, and any lease of such property (including accessions thereto) and the proceeds and products thereof and (C) with respect to Capital Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for accessions to or proceeds of such assets) other than the assets subject to such Capital Lease Obligations; provided, further, that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
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(v) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others that do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) secure any Indebtedness;
(vi) 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;
(vii) 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) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(viii) Liens (A) on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in a Permitted Investment to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or otherwise in connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such Investment or any disposition permitted under this Indenture (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such Investment or disposition), (B) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under this Indenture, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien or (C) with respect to escrow deposits consisting of the proceeds of Indebtedness (and related interest and fee amounts) otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 4.05 in connection with customary redemption terms relating to escrow arrangements, and contingent on the consummation of any Investment, disposition or Restricted Payment permitted under this Indenture;
(ix) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case permitted under Section 4.05;
(x) Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of the Company or any Guarantor, Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and Liens granted by the Company or any Guarantor in favor of the Company or any other Guarantor;
(xi) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including by the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary), in each case after the date hereof; provided that (A) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions, proceeds and products thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Sections 4.05(b)(vi) or 4.05(b)(viii);
(xii) any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and rights of landlords thereunder;
(xiii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(xiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under clause (e) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”;
(xv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xvi) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located;
(xviii) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(xix) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxix); provided that, such Liens do not secure Consolidated First Lien Debt and the applicable holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes;
(xx) other Liens; provided that at the time of incurrence of the obligations secured thereby (after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such obligations) the aggregate outstanding face amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (xx) shall not exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then last ended; provided further that, such Liens shall rank junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Notes;
(xxi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted hereunder (including Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions);
(xxii) Liens on receivables and related assets incurred in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings;
(xxiii) (A) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof and (B) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiv) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law;
(xxv) Liens on equipment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;
(xxvi) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of such Person in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxvii) Liens securing the Initial Notes;
(xxviii) Liens securing the Second Lien Notes issued on the Issue Date;
(xxix) Liens securing the Convertible Notes issued on the Issue Date;
(xxx) Liens securing the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes issued on the Issue Date;
(xxxi) (A) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (B) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxii) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the title policy covering such Mortgaged Property and the matters disclosed in any survey delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent with respect to such Mortgaged Property; and
(xxxiii) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxii) (solely with respect to the Permitted Refinancing of (x) Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clauses (iii)(1)(B), (iii)(1)(G), (iii)(2), (vi), (viii), (xv), (xxvii), (xxviii) and (xxix) of Section 4.05(b) or (y) Indebtedness that is secured based on clause (xx) above (without any duplication of any amount outstanding thereunder)); provided that (1) no such Lien extends to any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that did not secure the Indebtedness being refinanced other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed to or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and, (B) in the case of any property or assets financed by Indebtedness or subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness, in each case, permitted by Section 4.05 the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property to secure such Indebtedness and related obligations, any such after-acquired property and (C) the proceeds and products thereof, accessions thereto and improvements thereon, (2) if such Liens are consensual Liens that are secured by the Collateral, then the holders of such Indebtedness or their authorized representative shall enter into or become party to the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable and (3) each such Lien shall be of the same priority level as the existing Lien securing such Indebtedness being refinanced.
“Permitted Receivables Financing” means receivables securitizations or other receivables financings (including any factoring program) that are non-recourse to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except for (a) recourse to any Foreign Subsidiaries that own the assets underlying such financing (or have sold such assets in connection with such financing), (b) any customary limited recourse or, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, (c) any performance undertaking or Guarantee, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, and (d) an unsecured parent Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a parent company of a Foreign Subsidiary of obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries, and, in each case, reasonable extensions thereof); provided that, with respect to Permitted Receivables Financings incurred in the form of a factoring program, the outstanding amount of such Permitted Receivables Financing for the purposes of this definition shall be deemed to be equal to the Permitted Receivables Net Investment for the last Test Period.
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“Permitted Receivables Net Investment” means the aggregate cash amount paid by the purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program in connection with their purchase of accounts receivable and customary related assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such accounts receivable and related assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program which are payable to any Person other than a Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).
“Permitted Transferees” means, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Person’s Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Person’s heirs, legatees, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Company.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period, any adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA made in accordance with clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of that term.
“Pro Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder required by the terms of this Indenture to be made on a Pro Forma Basis, that (a) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (b) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test, financial ratio or covenant: (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (A) in the case of a disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any subsidiary of the Company or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (B) in the case of an acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction” or any New Project shall be included, (ii) any retirement of Indebtedness, (iii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to any fixed dollar basket or Consolidated EBITDA grower basket or under any revolving Credit Facility) and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination and (iv) Available Cash shall be calculated on the date of the consummation of the Specified Transaction after giving pro forma effect to such Specified Transaction (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness the incurrence of which is a Specified Transaction or that is incurred to finance such Specified Transaction); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test, financial ratio or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” (and subject to the provisions set forth in clause (b) thereof) and give effect to events (including cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies) that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the adjustments comprising the “Pro Forma Adjustment.”
“Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment” means, for any Test Period that includes all or a portion of a fiscal quarter included in any eight full consecutive quarter period immediately following the disposal of any Sold Entity or Business, the pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA projected by the Company in good faith as a result of contractual arrangements between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with such Sold Entity or Business at the time of its disposal or within such eight quarter period and which represent an increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA which is incremental to the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for the most recent Test Period prior to its disposal.
“Pro Forma Entity” means any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests in the Company or any parent of the Company other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
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“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Special Purpose Entity established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and any other subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) involved in a Permitted Receivables Financing which is not permitted by the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing to guarantee the Obligations or provide Collateral.
“redemption date” means the date on which Notes are redeemed pursuant to Article Three of this Indenture (including the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date and the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable) or paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes.
“Redeemable Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms, by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be required to be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date or is mandatorily redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such Maturity Date (except for any such Capital Stock that would be required to be redeemed or is redeemable at the option of the holder if the issuer thereof may redeem such Capital Stock for consideration consisting solely of Capital Stock that is not Redeemable Capital Stock), or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to such Maturity Date at the option of the holder thereof.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any three nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary dealers of Government Securities.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue with respect to the Notes, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business (which may consist of securities of a Person, including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary).
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, official administrative pronouncements, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained Declined Proceeds” means the Net Proceeds in respect of any Asset Sale not required to be applied to make a prepayment or to be reinvested under Section 4.16.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale Leaseback” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed of.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Lien Notes” means the Company’ 10%/12% cash/PIK toggle second lien secured notes due 2026 to be issued on the Issue Date pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of up to $1.66 billion and any additional notes denominated in U.S. Dollars issued pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the Second Lien Notes.
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“Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Second Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Second Lien Notes Indenture.
“Second Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture to be dated as of the Issue Date pursuant to which the Second Lien Notes will be issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as the trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Second Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Second Lien Notes.
“Second Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is junior in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral supporting First Lien Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Secured Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents relating to the Notes.
“Secured Notes Secured Parties” means the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Notes Collateral Agent.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement other security agreements relating to the Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states) applicable to the Collateral, each for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Credit Facilities” means the revolving credit facility and the term loan facilities under that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 13, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2020 and that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020), among the Company, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and any related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit, guarantees and other documents, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, replacements, exchanges or refinancings thereof, in whole or in part, and any financing arrangements that amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, restate, refund, replace, exchange or refinance any part thereof, including, without limitation, any such amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, refunding, replacement, exchanged or refinancing financing arrangement that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed or issued thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders, investors, holders or otherwise.
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“Senior Indebtedness” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing First Lien Notes, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Convertible Notes and the Notes (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;
(2) (a) all Swap Obligations (and all guarantees thereof) and (b) Cash Management Obligations (and guarantees thereof); provided that such Swap Obligations and Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture;
(3) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and
(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3); provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(a) any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;
(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in right of payment 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.
“Senior Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Series” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that, or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter; provided that solely for purposes of the Events of Default under Sections 6.01(e) and (f), each Restricted Subsidiary forming part of such group is subject to an Event of Default under one or more of such clauses.
“Silver Lake” means Silver Lake Alpine, L.P., Silver Lake Alpine (Offshore Master), L.P., their Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates (other than Company and its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company).
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“Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
“Special Purpose Entity” means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities and impose requirements intended to preserve its separateness from the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation, New Project or other event that by the terms of this Indenture requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis.”
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the administrative agent or issuing bank under the Senior Credit Facilities, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date one Business Day prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that such administrative agent or issuing bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the administrative agent or issuing bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“subsidiary” of any person means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company other than for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” unless the Company shall have designated in writing to the Trustee an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes and this Indenture by a Guarantor and any supplemental indenture applicable thereto, and, collectively, all such Guarantees. Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form prescribed in this Indenture.
“Surviving Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).
“Swap” means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
“Test Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been (or were required to have been) delivered pursuant to Section 4.12(a); provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.12(a), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended December 31, 2019.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the funding of $2,000,000,000 of term loans under the Senior Credit Facilities on April 22, 2019 and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013, and as amended on December 11, 2015, November 8, 2016, May 9, 2017, June 13, 2017, August 14, 2018 and April 22, 2019, among the Company, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, (b) the “Transactions” as defined in the Original Credit Agreement immediately prior to April 22, 2019, (c) the redemption in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and premium of Carmike Cinemas, Inc.’s 6.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, assumed by the Company, and the Company’s 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022, (d) the exchange offers pursuant to which the Second Lien Notes were issued, (e) the Convertible Notes Amendment, (f) the amendment to the Senior Credit Facilities dated as of April 23, 2020, (g) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (h) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Costs).
“Transaction Costs” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by, or attributable to, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.
“Trust Officer” means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“U.S. Dollars,” “United States Dollars,” “US$” and the symbol “$” each mean currency of the United States of America.
“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Note Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as provided below, and (b) any Subsidiary of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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The Company may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately before and after such designation on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recent Test Period, no Event of Default under Sections 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Company therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) investment therein and any such designation shall only be permitted to the extent such Investment would be permitted under clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.” The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value at the date of such designation of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary.
As of the Issue Date, each of Centertainment Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation and AMC Theatres of UK Limited is hereby designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the Investments existing as of July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in each of Centertainment Development, Inc. and AMC Theatres of UK Limited shall be permitted under clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”
“Vehicles” means all railcars, cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.
“Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
“Wanda Group” means Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese private conglomerate and any of its Affiliates.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section |
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“Acceptable Commitment” | 4.16 | ||
“Action” | 12.08 | ||
“Additional Notes” | Preamble and Exhibit A | ||
“Advance Offer” | 4.16 | ||
“Advance Portion” | 4.16 | ||
“AHYDO” | 3.07 | ||
“AHYDO Catch-up Payment” | 3.07 | ||
“Applicable Proceeds” | 4.16 | ||
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption” | 3.08 | ||
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date” | 3.08 | ||
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event” | 4.16 | ||
“Asset Sale Offer” | 4.16 | ||
“Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period” | 4.16 | ||
“CERCLA” | 12.08 | ||
“Change of Control Offer” | 4.11 | ||
“Change of Control Payment” | 4.11 | ||
“Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.11 | ||
“Commitment Application Period” | 4.16 | ||
“covenant defeasance option” | 8.01 | ||
“Depository” | Exhibit A | ||
“European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount” | 4.16 | ||
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption” | 3.08 | ||
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date” | 3.08 | ||
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event” | 4.16 | ||
“Event of Default” | 6.01 | ||
“Excess Proceeds” | 4.16 | ||
“Global Note” | Exhibit A | ||
“Guarantor Obligations” | 11.01 | ||
“legal defeasance option” | 8.01 | ||
“Legal Holiday” | 13.08 | ||
“OID” | 4.05 | ||
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” | 4.16 | ||
“Paying Agent” | 2.04 | ||
“Permitted Refinancing” | 4.05 | ||
“QIB” | Exhibit A | ||
“Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness” | 4.02 | ||
“Refinancing Indebtedness” | 4.05 | ||
“Registrar” | 2.04 | ||
“Restricted Payments” | 4.06 (a) | ||
“Second Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.11 | ||
“Security Document Order” | 12.08 | ||
“Securities Custodian” | Exhibit A | ||
“Surviving Entity” | 5.01 | ||
“withdrawal deadline” | 4.11 |
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“TIA”) , the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:
“obligor” on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no obligation or requirement under the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable to the Company or any Guarantor.
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Section 1.04. 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) “including” means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness; and
(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.05. Limited Condition Transactions.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Indenture which requires the calculation of any financial ratio;
(ii) determining whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or any subset of Defaults or Events of Default); or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Indenture (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets or by reference to Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount);
in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), with such option to be exercised on or prior to the date of execution of the definitive agreements related to such Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Company could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations; however, if any ratios improve or baskets increase as a result of such fluctuations, such improved ratios or baskets may be utilized. If the Company has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of the incurrence ratios subject to the LCT Election on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
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Section 1.06. Certain Compliance Determinations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or utilization of any basket contained in this Indenture, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets, the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Senior Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to all Specified Transactions that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made and to the extent the proceeds of any new Indebtedness are to be used to repay other Indebtedness (including by repurchase, redemption, retirement, extinguishment, defeasance, discharge or pursuant to escrow or similar arrangements) no later than 60 days following the incurrence of such new Indebtedness, the Company shall be permitted to give Pro Forma Effect to such repayment of Indebtedness.
(b) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test, the amount of Consolidated EBITDA and/or Consolidated Total Assets), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time such action is taken (subject to Section 1.05), such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in such financial ratio or test occurring after the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision in any covenant (including any constituent definition thereof) of this Indenture that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of any determination under this Indenture expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the Spot Rate (or, if such determination is calculated under the Senior Credit Facilities at the Exchange Rate, such Exchange Rate) (rounded to the nearest currency unit, with 0.5 or more of a currency unit being rounded upward); provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, disposition or Restricted Payment in a currency other than dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred or disposition or Restricted Payment made; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 1.06 shall otherwise apply to such provisions, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred or disposition or Restricted Payment made at any time under such provisions. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt, amounts in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 4.12 (or, prior to the first such delivery, the most recent internally available financial statements).
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ARTICLE II
The Notes
Section 2.01. Amount of Notes; Issuable in Series.
As provided for in Exhibit A hereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. All Notes shall be substantially identical in all respects other than issue prices, issuance dates, first interest payment amount, first interest payment date and denominations. Additional Notes may be issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes; provided, such Additional Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes unless such Additional Notes are fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, further, that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.05 and Section 4.07. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate the Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000. With respect to any Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Initial Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A), there shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to Section 2.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Notes:
(a) whether such Notes shall be issued as part of a new or existing series of Notes and the title of such Notes (which shall distinguish the Notes of the series from Notes of any other series);
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which shall be calculated without reference to any Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the same series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A or any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the issue price and issuance date of such Notes, including the date from which interest on such Notes shall accrue; and
(d) if applicable, that such Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositories for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by any such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.3 of Exhibit A in which any such Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and any transfer of such Global Notes in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depository for such Global Note or a nominee thereof.
If any of the terms of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or the trust indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 2.02. Form and Dating.
Provisions relating to the Notes are set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes of each series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Appendix I to Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and institutional “accredited investors” as that term is defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act shall include the form of assignment set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (other than Initial Notes offered on the Issue Date) shall include the form of certificate set forth in Exhibit B. The Notes of each series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage; provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes of each series set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
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Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Additional Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order of the Company shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Notes if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture.
Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more registrars for so long as the Notes are held in registered form, and one or more co-registrars. The initial Paying Agent will be GLAS Trust Company LLC.
The initial Registrar and transfer agent for the Notes will be GLAS Trust Company LLC. The Registrars and the transfer agents will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Notes in the form of Definitive Notes (as defined in Exhibit A) outstanding from time to time, if any, and will make payments on and facilitate transfers of Definitive Notes on behalf of the Company. Each transfer agent shall perform the functions of a transfer agent.
The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar in respect of the Notes.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.
Section 2.05. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. By no later than 11:00a.m., New York City time, on the date on which any principal of or interest on any Notes is due, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent for such Note a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company or any Guarantor in making any such payment. If the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
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Section 2.06. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of each of the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Company and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated security is surrendered to a Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent for such Note, the Registrar for such Note and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of Company.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes
. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and such Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.09. Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Notes.
Section 2.10. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Registrar and any Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver cancelled Notes to the Company upon a written direction of the Company. Except as expressly permitted herein, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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If the Company or any Guarantor acquires any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.10. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a registration of transfer or exchange of such Notes.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Securities Custodian with respect to such Global Note to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such defaulted interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.02, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such defaulted interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable.
The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers or ISINs. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” number, “ISIN” or other similar number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and 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 shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number, ISIN or other similar numbers.
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Section 2.13. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE III
Redemption
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes or is required to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 or 3.08 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the redemption price and that such redemption is being made pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes or Section 3.07 or 3.08 hereof, as applicable.
The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 2 Business Days before the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption to the Holders unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository, shall select the Notes to be redeemed pro rata, and if the Depository prescribes no method of selection, then, by lot or by any other method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, selects shall be in amounts of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000, (but in any event not less than $2,000). Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed. The Trustee shall not be liable for selection made by it under this Section 3.02.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a date for optional redemption of Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes, the Company shall send a notice of redemption electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository. Notice of any optional redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering. Any redemption and notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, consummation of any related Equity Offering. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed. 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.
The notice shall identify the Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers if any) and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
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(d) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, or if a Note is to be redeemed in part only, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(g) 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; and
(h) any conditions to such redemption.
At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section 3.03 at least 2 Business Days before the redemption date, unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date, and at the redemption price stated in the notice, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. The notice, if sent in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date). Subject to Section 3.05, on and after the redemption date, unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless such redemption remains conditioned on the occurrence of a future event that has not occurred. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date) on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Notes.
Section 3.07. AHYDO Redemption. On the first interest payment date following the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273- 2) of the Notes, the Company shall redeem a portion of the principal amount of each then outstanding Note in an amount equal to the AHYDO Catch-Up Payment for such interest payment date with respect to such Note. The “AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means the minimum principal prepayment sufficient to ensure that as of the close of such interest payment date, the aggregate amount which would be includible in gross income with respect to such Note before the close of such interest payment date (as described in Section 163(i)(2)(A) of the Code) does not exceed the sum (as described in Section 163(i)(2)(B) of the Code) of (i) the aggregate amount of interest to be paid on such Note (including for this purpose any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment) before the close of such interest payment date plus (ii) the product of the “issue price” of such Note and its yield to maturity, with the result that the Notes are not treated as having “significant original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1)(C) of the Code. It is intended that no Note will be an “applicable high yield discount obligation” (an “AHYDO”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. The computations and determinations required in connection with any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment will be made by us in our good faith reasonable discretion and will be binding upon the holders absent manifest error. Unless otherwise provided herein, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall comply with Section 3.01 through Section 3.06 hereof.
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Section 3.08. Asset Sale Redemption
(a) Upon an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall apply the applicable portion of the Excess Proceeds (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) or (2), as applicable, of Section 4.16(b)), if any, to redeem the Notes (an “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption”) on or before the 20th Business Day following the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event (the “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date”) or as otherwise required by the applicable procedures of the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date.
(b) Upon a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall apply the applicable portion of the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount (as determined in accordance with Section 4.16(c)) to redeem the Notes (a “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption”) on or before the 15th day (or if such day is not a Business Day on the immediately succeeding Business Day) following the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event (the “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date”) or as otherwise required by the applicable procedures of the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date.
(c) In either of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee or the Registrar in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository, as applicable, not more than 5 days prior to the redemption date pro rata, and if the Depository prescribes no method of selection, then by lot or by any other method the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that Notes will not be redeemed in an amount less than the minimum authorized denomination of $2,000. Notice of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, as applicable, shall be sent to the Holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 5 days prior to the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The Trustee shall not be liable for selection made by it under this clause (c).
(d) Unless otherwise provided herein, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall comply with Section 3.01 through Section 3.06 hereof.
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ARTICLE IV
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefore in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Additional Limitations on Refinancing Existing Subordinated Notes. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, refinance, refund, renew, extend or otherwise modify any of the Existing Subordinated Notes (or any Indebtedness incurred as a Permitted Refinancing of (x) the Existing Subordinated Notes or (y) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a subsequent refinancing of the Existing Subordinated Notes (clauses (x) and (y) collectively, “Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness”)) or repay, purchase or redeem any of the outstanding principal or interest on any of the Existing Subordinated Notes or any Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, except in connection with an exchange of such Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, with notes issued by the Company that have (a) an interest rate less than or equal to the interest rate of the Second Lien Notes, (b) at least the first three regular interest payments are payable by increasing the principal amount of such notes (provided that the third regular interest payment may include the cash payment option provided for in the Second Lien Notes), (c) call protection provisions that are no more favorable to the holders of such notes than the Second Lien Notes and (d) a maturity date no earlier than the maturity date of the Second Lien Notes at an all-in exchange rate of less than or equal to $0.55 of such notes for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, being exchanged. The restrictions in the prior sentence shall not apply to (i) cash purchases of the Existing Subordinated Notes at a purchase price less than or equal to $0.41 for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or (ii) optional redemptions or repurchases at a discount of the Existing Subordinated Notes within one year of the final maturity date of the Existing Subordinated Notes to be redeemed.
Section 4.03. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay its obligations in respect of taxes before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.04. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05. Limitation on Indebtedness and Certain Equity Securities.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness if after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis the Senior Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.0.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.05(a) shall not apply to:
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(i) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the sum of (x) $2,250.0 million less the principal amount of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities repaid pursuant to Section 4.16(c) plus (y) the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) if, and solely to the extent that, 75% of Consolidated EBITDA is at least $700.0 million, the difference of 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period minus $700.0 million plus (z) an additional amount such that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such additional amount and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the First Lien Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 3.00 to 1.00, provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under clause (i)(z), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (i) shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) of the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio”;
(ii) Indebtedness represented by the Notes (but excluding any Additional Notes);
(iii) Indebtedness (1) outstanding on July 10, 2020 (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) or (ii) above), that is (A) intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date, (B) Indebtedness under the Odeon Credit Agreement, (C) Indebtedness under the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, (D) Indebtedness under the 2025 Subordinated Notes, (E) Indebtedness under the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes, (F) Indebtedness under the 2027 Subordinated Notes or (G) Indebtedness under the Existing First Lien Notes and (2) issued substantially concurrently with the issuance of the Notes that is (A) Indebtedness under the Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600.0 million, (B) Indebtedness under the Second Lien Notes (including any Indebtedness issued as a result of a payment-in-kind payment permitted under the Second Lien Notes Indenture) or (C) Indebtedness under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million;
(iv) Guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture; provided that (A) such Guarantee is otherwise permitted under this Indenture, (B) no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Notes and (C) if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Notes, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Notes on terms at least as favorable to Holders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(v) Indebtedness of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Subsidiary or the Company to the extent not otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture; provided that all such Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor owing to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be subordinated to the Notes (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to material adverse tax consequences);
(vi) (A) Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness (including Indebtedness in respect of mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings)) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets (whether through the direct purchase of property or any Person owning such property); provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement;
(vii) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Agreements (other than Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes);
(viii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) after the date hereof as a result of an acquisition or Investment, in each case not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the assumption of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment, the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment;
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(ix) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Receivables Financing;
(x) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured promissory notes issued by the Company or any Guarantor to current or former officers, directors and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 4.06;
(xii) Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price or other similar adjustments (including earnout or similar obligations) incurred in connection with any acquisition, Investment or disposition, in each case not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture;
(xiii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition or Investment permitted under this Indenture;
(xiv) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, (including Indebtedness owed on a short term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries);
(xv) Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any European Subsidiary; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (xv) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time, less, in the case of Indebtedness of an European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xv), the amount of Applicable Proceeds used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(3) pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.16(c); provided further that in the case of Indebtedness of any European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xv), (i) the incurrence of such Indebtedness results in net cash proceeds to such European Subsidiary in an amount equal to at least 95% of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) unless such European Subsidiary is a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Company or any Guarantor;
(xvi) Indebtedness consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(xviii) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance, bankers acceptance facilities and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(xix) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company that (a) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Notes on terms and conditions no less favorable, in any material respect, to Holders than the terms and conditions set forth in the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture, (b) will not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date, (c) has no scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the Maturity Date and (d) has covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive, or mandatory prepayment or repurchase provisions no more onerous or expansive in scope on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those set forth in the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture; provided, that (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (ii) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00 after giving effect to the incurrence or issuance of such Indebtedness;
(xx) [reserved];
(xxi) Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument permitted by this Section 4.05 in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or such other instrument;
(xxii) any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (a “Permitted Refinancing”) of all or any portion of Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.05(a) or any of clauses (ii), (iii), (vi), (viii), (xv), (xix), (xxii), (xxvii), (xxviii) and (xxix) of this Section 4.05(b) (the Indebtedness incurred in respect of such Permitted Refinancing, “Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided that:
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing revolving commitments unutilized thereunder to the extent that the portion of any existing and unutilized revolving commitment being refinanced was permitted to be drawn immediately prior to such refinancing and such drawing shall be deemed to have been made,
(B) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(a) and clauses (ii), (iii)(A), (vi), (viii), (xix), (xxvii) of (xxviii) of this Section 4.05(b), Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (other than customary bridge loans),
(C) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; and
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(D) with respect to Indebtedness incurred under the Existing Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(iii), or any Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, any such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof shall also be subject to the restrictions described in Section 4.02.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that a Permitted Refinancing may constitute a portion of an issuance of Indebtedness in excess of the amount of such Permitted Refinancing; provided that such excess amount is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Section 4.05. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that a Permitted Refinancing includes successive Permitted Refinancings of the same Indebtedness.
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) [reserved];
(xxv) additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, measured at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, not to exceed 200% of the aggregate amount of direct or indirect equity investments in cash or Cash Equivalents in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests received by the Company or any Parent Entity (to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests) to the extent not included as an Excluded Contribution Amount or applied to increase any other basket hereunder;
(xxvi) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor outstanding in reliance on this clause (xxvi) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $50,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
(xxvii) (A) Indebtedness incurred to finance an acquisition or Investment not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture up to an aggregate principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment is either (i) equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.0 or (ii) equal to or less than the Senior Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time or (y) the First Lien Leverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment is equal to or less than the First Lien Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time, provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under clause (xxvii)(y), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (xxvii) shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) of the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio”;
(xxviii) Indebtedness in the form of Capital Lease Obligations arising out of any Sale Leaseback;
(xxix) (A) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor consisting of (i) secured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures shall be secured by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Notes Obligations) or (ii) secured loans (which loans shall be secured by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Notes Obligations) up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00 after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, provided that the holders of such Indebtedness or their authorized representative shall have become party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
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(xxx) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee to satisfy and discharge the Notes or exercise the Company’s legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance options set forth in Article Eight in each case, in accordance with this Indenture; and
(xxxi) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (i) through (xxx) above.
(c) [reserved].
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue any preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Equity Interests, except (A) in the case of the Company, preferred Equity Interests that are Qualified Equity Interests and (B) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, (i) preferred Equity Interests or Disqualified Equity Interests issued to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) preferred Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) issued to and held by joint venture partners after the Issue Date (“JV Preferred Equity Interests”); provided that in the case of this clause (ii), any such issuance of JV Preferred Equity Interests shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness and subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 4.05.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in this Section 4.05, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (i) above; provided further that if any such portion of such Indebtedness could, based on the financial statements for such Test Period, have been incurred in reliance on Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix), such portion of such Indebtedness shall automatically be reclassified as having been incurred under the applicable provisions of Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix) (in each case, subject to satisfying any other applicable provision of Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix) and, in the case of any such portion of such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, to availability under the cap applicable therein to the incurrence of such Indebtedness by a non-Guarantor); provided further, however, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Existing Subordinated Notes shall be deemed to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(iii) and shall not be permitted to be reclassified.
(f) If Indebtedness originally incurred in reliance upon a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or the First Lien Leverage Ratio under Section 4.05(b)(i) is being refinanced under such clause or the Secured Leverage Ratio under Section 4.05(b)(xxix) is being refinanced under such clause and such refinancing would cause the maximum amount of Indebtedness thereunder to be exceeded at such time, then such refinancing will nevertheless be permitted thereunder and such additional Indebtedness will be deemed to have been incurred, and permitted to be incurred, under such Section 4.05(b)(i) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix), as applicable, so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness being refinanced plus amounts permitted by the next sentence. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i) and Section 4.05(b)(xxix) shall be permitted to include additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, dividends and fees, costs and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount (“OID”) or similar fees) in connection with such Refinancing.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, after the Issue Date and prior to January 1, 2022, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur or assume any Indebtedness that constitutes First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i)(z) above.
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(h) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, with respect to the Indebtedness incurred under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof shall not be financed with the issuance of Additional Notes to Silver Lake or any of its Affiliates (including through an underwritten offering).
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests for purposes of this Section 4.05.
Section 4.06. Limitation on Restricted Payments and Prepayments of Junior Financing.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or make, directly or indirectly:
(i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests; or
(iii) any Restricted Investment;
(such payments or any other actions described in clauses (i) through (iii) above are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:
(A) in the case of a Restricted Payment under any of clauses (i) and (ii) above (other than with respect to amounts attributable to subclause (1) of clause (B) below), no Event of Default described under Section 6.01 shall have occurred or be continuing, provided that with respect to amounts attributable under subclause (1) of clause (B) below, no Event of Default described under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) shall have occurred or be continuing; and
(B) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments declared or made after the Issue Date (including the proposed Restricted Payment) does not exceed the sum of (without duplication):
(1) $50,000,000; plus
(2) [reserved]; plus
(3) (i) cumulative Consolidated EBITDA for each quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter commencing January 1, 2021 through the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, minus (ii) 1.70 multiplied by cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period; plus
(4) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind amounts received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made after the Issue Date using the amount under this clause (B) (not to exceed the amount of such Investments); plus
(5) Investments of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary made after the Issue Date that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries up to the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation or merger or consolidation; plus
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(6) the Net Proceeds of a sale or other disposition of any Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date (including the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; plus
(7) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, dividends or other distributions or returns on capital received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus
(8) the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Issue Date.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.06(a):
(i) the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of any such Restricted Payment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, such Restricted Payment is made to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(ii) Restricted Payments to satisfy appraisal or other dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer of assets or acquisition that is not prohibited by this Indenture;
(iii) the Company may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company;
(iv) [reserved];
(v) repurchases of Equity Interests in the Company (or Restricted Payments by the Company to allow repurchases of Equity Interest in any direct or indirect parent of the Company) deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or other incentive interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or warrants or other incentive interest;
(vi) Restricted Payments to redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights or other equity-linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests) (or make Restricted Payments to allow any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests) held by current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, other Permitted Transferees, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, profits interest, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary repurchases, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (vi) after the Issue Date, together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” in lieu thereof, shall not exceed the sum of (a) the greater of $20,000,000 and 2% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period in any fiscal year of the Company (net of any proceeds from the reissuance or resale of such Equity Interests to another Person received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), (b) the amount in any fiscal year equal to the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, and (c) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests) and, to the extent contributed to the Company, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests are contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests and are not Cure Amounts (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities) and have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of the Excluded Contribution Amount or are otherwise applied to increase any other basket hereunder; provided that any unused portion of the preceding basket calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above for any fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the Issue Date occurred and each fiscal year thereafter) may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years; provided, further, that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(vi) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(vi);
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(vii) [reserved];
(viii) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments, the Company may make additional Restricted Payments, (A) in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to a Parent Entity made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (A), not to exceed an amount at the time of making any such Restricted Payment and together with any other Restricted Payment made utilizing this clause (A) after the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Restricted Payment and (B) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied; provided that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(viii) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(viii);
(ix) redemptions in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests; provided that such new Equity Interests contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to Holders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby;
(x) (a) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and (b) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(xi) the Company may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any acquisition (or other similar Investment) not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(xii) the declaration and payment of Restricted Payments may be made to pay dividends and make distributions to, or repurchase or redeem shares from, the Company’s equity holders in an annual amount equal to 6.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company from the date of the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock through but not including the Issue Date; provided that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(xii) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(xii);
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(xiii) payments made or expected to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective controlled Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or Permitted Transferees) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
(xiv) [reserved];
(xv) [reserved];
(xvi) [reserved]; and
(xvii) the declaration and payment of dividends in respect of JV Preferred Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 4.05 to the extent such dividends are included in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of Sections 4.06(a)(A) and (B) or any of clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) above (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) between Section 4.06(a) and clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.06.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, prior to January 1, 2022, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payments described in Section 4.06(a)(i) or 4.06(a)(ii) in reliance on Section 4.06(a) or clauses (viii) and (xii) of Section 4.06(b).
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, after the Issue Date the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) make an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.06(a), clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) or clauses (a) through (cc) of the definition of Permitted Investments other than an Investment in existence on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Investment or (b) make any non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investment pursuant to Section 4.06(a), clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) or clauses (a) through (cc) of the definition of Permitted Investments in any European Subsidiary, when taken together with all other Investments in European Subsidiaries made after the Issue Date, are in excess of $10,000,000. The restriction in clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall not apply to Investments that are “deemed” Investments pursuant to the definition of Investments.
(c) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or pay, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Financing, except:
(i) payments of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as, in the form of payment and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of any Junior Financing prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(ii) refinancings of Junior Financing Indebtedness with proceeds of other Junior Financing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.05;
(iii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
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(iv) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity: (A) in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to a Parent Entity made pursuant to clause (m) of “Permitted Investments” in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (A) not to exceed the greater of (x) with respect to the Second Lien Notes, $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment for the most recently ended Test Period and (y) with respect to any Junior Financing (including the Second Lien Notes), $75,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment, (B) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (or, in the case of the use of subclause (1) of Section 4.06(a)(B), no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f)), in an amount not to exceed the amount under Section 4.06(a)(B) that is Not Otherwise Applied, (C) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied and (D) in an amount not to exceed Available RP Capacity Amount; and
(v) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity; provided that after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (A) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.0 and (B) there is no continuing Event of Default.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the event that any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Financing (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of Sections 4.06(a)(A) and (B) or clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.06(c) (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such payment (or portion thereof) between Section 4.06(a) and clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.06(c) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.06; provided that for the most recently ended Test Period following the making of any Junior Financing under this Section 4.06 (other than Section 4.06(c)(v)), if all or any portion of such Junior Financing could, based on the financial statements for such Test Period, have been made in reliance on Section 4.06(c)(v), such Junior Financing (or the relevant portion thereof) shall automatically be reclassified as having been made in reliance on Section 4.06(c)(v).
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend or modify any documentation governing any Junior Financing, in each case if the effect of such amendment or modification (when taken as a whole) is materially adverse to Holders.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.06 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Company will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or assume any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless, in the case of Initial Liens on any asset or property that is not Collateral, the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or, in the event the Lien relates to Junior Financing, are secured on a senior basis to) the obligations so secured.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.07 shall provide by its terms that such Lien be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien. In addition, in the event that an Initial Lien is or becomes a Permitted Lien, the Company may, at its option and without consent from any Holder, elect to release and discharge any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph in respect of such Initial Lien.
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Section 4.08. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions respect thereto with, any of its Affiliates, except:
(i) (A) transactions with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (B) transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than the greater of $30,000,000 and 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period prior to such transaction;
(ii) on terms substantially as favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
(iii) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions;
(iv) issuances of Equity Interests of the Company to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
(v) employment and severance arrangements (including salary or guaranteed payments and bonuses) between the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection with the Transactions;
(vi) payments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent payments are permitted by Section 4.06;
(vii) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers and employees of a Parent Entity (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(viii) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined by the Company in good faith);
(ix) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.06 (or Investments made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”);
(x) customary payments by the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions, divestitures or financings) and any subsequent transaction or exit fee, 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 such Person in good faith;
(xi) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing) of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof;
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(xii) dispositions of Equity Interests in an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder;
(xiii) Affiliate repurchases of the loans and/or commitments under the Senior Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under agreements governing the Senior Credit Facilities, of the Notes, and the holding of such loans, the Notes and the payments and other related transactions in respect thereof;
(xiv) transactions in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(xv) loans, Investments and other transactions by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under this Indenture;
(xvi) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Company or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of a Parent Entity but for such Parent Entity’s or a Subsidiary’s ownership of Equity Interests in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent not otherwise prohibited hereunder; and
(xvii) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable.
Section 4.09. Negative Pledge. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease that prohibits or limits the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Holders with respect to the Secured Notes Obligations.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by:
(a) (i) Requirements of Law, (ii) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i), (iii) this Indenture, (iv) the Security Documents, (v) any documentation relating to any Permitted Receivables Financing, (vi) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxix), the Convertible Notes Indenture, the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture, the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture, the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture or Indebtedness arising under any other indentures, agreements or similar documents evidencing senior or subordinated notes or other debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Indenture, (vii) any documentation governing Indebtedness pursuant to the Odeon Credit Agreement, (viii) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxviii) and (ix) any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness referenced in clauses (i) through (viii) above; provided that with respect to Indebtedness referenced in (A) clauses (ii) and (vii) above, such restrictions shall be no materially more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in this Indenture or, in the case of Junior Financing, are market terms at the time of issuance and (B) clause (vi) above, such restrictions shall not expand the scope in any material respect of any such restriction or condition contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced;
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(b) customary restrictions and conditions existing on the Issue Date and any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement expands the scope of any such restriction or condition;
(c) restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is or are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(d) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof;
(e) restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness not prohibited by this Indenture to the extent such restriction applies only to the property securing by such Indebtedness;
(f) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) restrictions or conditions in any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05 that is incurred or assumed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to the extent such restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in this Indenture or are market terms at the time of issuance and are imposed solely on such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries;
(h) restrictions on cash (or Cash Equivalents) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Encumbrances);
(i) [reserved];
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted by Section 4.05 and applicable solely to such joint venture and entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Company has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations.
Section 4.10. Future Guarantors. If after the Issue Date, (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary forms, acquires or designates any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding any Excluded Subsidiary) or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, then the Company will cause such Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary and joinders to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and applicable Security Documents or new intercreditor agreements and security documents, together with any filings and agreements to the extent required by the Security Documents to create or perfect the security interests for the benefit of the Holders in the Collateral of such Subsidiary, within 90 days of the date of the relevant formation, acquisition, designation or cessation, pursuant to which such Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes on a senior secured basis. Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Subsidiary without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee as it relates to such Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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Section 4.11. Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.03, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to purchase all outstanding Notes (as described in this Indenture) at a purchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount (or such higher amount as the Company may determine (any Change of Control Offer at a higher amount, an “Alternate Offer”)) (such price, the “Change of Control Payment”) plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Within 60 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, electronically or by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice to each Holder of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state:
(1) that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); provided, that the Change of Control Payment Date shall be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date such notice is sent) as any or all such conditions referred to in clause (8) below shall be satisfied or waived;
(3) that any Notes not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment plus accrued and unpaid interest on all properly tendered Notes, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) until the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the date such notice is sent (or such later time and date as the Company may decide in its sole discretion) (such time and date, the “withdrawal deadline”), that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the withdrawal deadline, as electronic transmission (in PDF), a facsimile transmission or letter or other communication in accordance with the procedures of the Depository setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that if less than all of such Holder’s Notes are tendered for purchase, such Holder will be issued new Notes (or, in the case of Global Notes, such Notes shall be reduced by such amount of Notes that the Holder has tendered) and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof);
(8) if such notice is sent prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control or such other conditions specified therein and describing each such condition, and, if applicable, stating that, in the Company’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the notice is mailed or delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or that such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Company reasonably believes that any or all such conditions (including the occurrence of such Change of Control) will not be satisfied or waived by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and
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(9) such other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.11, that a Holder must follow.
If a notice relating to a Change of Control Offer that is subject to one or more conditions precedent (other than the occurrence of a Change of Control) is later rescinded as described in clause (8) above as a result of the failure of such condition(s) to be satisfied or waived (or as a result of the Company reasonably believing that such will be the case), the offer described in such notice will not be deemed a valid “Change of Control Offer” for purposes of this Section 4.11.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if (i) a third party approved in writing by the Company 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 validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer, (ii) a notice of redemption to the Holders of the Notes has been given pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to Section 3.03 herein or (iii) in the event that upon the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company defeases or discharges the Notes as provided for under Article Eight herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party approved in writing by the Company making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice (except that such notice may be delivered or mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date or purchase date if the notice is subject to one or more conditions precedent as described therein and such date is delayed until such time as any and all such conditions are satisfied or waived), given not more than 60 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem (with respect to the Company) or purchase (with respect to a third party) all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of the Second Change of Control Payment Date, including, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date, subject to the right of Holders of record of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling on or prior to the Second Change of Control Payment Date.
If an offer is made to repurchase the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this covenant, the Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations, including Section 14(e) of, and Rule 14e-1 under, the Exchange Act, conflict with the change of control provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the change of control provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
A Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may be made at the same time as consents are solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes and/or the Subsidiary Guarantees so long as the tender of Notes by a Holder is not conditioned upon the delivery of consents by such Holder. In addition, the Company or any third party approved in writing by the Company that is making the Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may, subject to applicable law, increase or decrease the Change of Control Payment (or decline to pay any early tender or similar premium) being offered to Holders at any time in its sole discretion, so long as the Change of Control Payment is at least equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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Section 4.12. Provision of Financial Information.
(a) The Company shall file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and Holders of Notes with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections; provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such information, documents and reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filings but shall still be obligated to provide such information, documents and reports to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. Delivery of any such information, documents and reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness, or content of such reports. The Trustee shall further not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with its covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC or posted to any website or participate in any conference calls.
(b) In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company shall furnish to prospective investors, upon their request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act for so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
(c) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries and such Unrestricted Subsidiaries if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the annual and quarterly information required above shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes thereto or in an “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.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the obligations in this Section 4.12 may be satisfied by a parent of the Company; provided that to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Company, such information is accompanied by consolidating information, which may be unaudited, that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand, and to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under this Section 4.12, such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception or explanatory paragraph, but not a qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (ii) any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period) and (b) (i) in no event shall any financial statements or reports be required to comply with (w) Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-10, including for the avoidance of doubt, Rules 13-01 or 13-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC), (x) Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-09) or (y) Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-16) and (ii) in no event shall such financial statements or reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein.
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Section 4.13. Statement as to Compliance. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the date hereof, a brief certificate of its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating whether, to such officer’s knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions to be complied with by it under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 4.13, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
When a Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Trustee, any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default, notice or other action within 10 Business Days of its occurrence.
Section 4.14. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Sections 4.02 to 4.11, Section 4.12(a) and Section 4.16, if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall, by written direction of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4.15. [Reserved].
Section 4.16. Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale (including (x) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) any Sale Leaseback) unless:
(1) such Asset Sale is made for Fair Market Value; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, a Sale Leaseback or the Disposition of a Multiplex theatre, in any such Asset Sale with a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales completed or contractually agreed upon since the Issue Date, received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
(b) Within 450 days after receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale (the “Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period”), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale (the “Applicable Proceeds”),
(1) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale constituted Collateral, to repay (i) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) Obligations under the Existing First Lien Notes, (iii) Obligations under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, (iv) Obligations under the Convertible Notes or (v) any Additional First Lien Obligations and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(1) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08.
(2) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale did not constitute Collateral:
(i) to repay (w) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, (x) Obligations under the Existing First Lien Notes, (y) Obligations under the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes, or (z) any Additional First Lien Obligations and, in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(2)(i) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08; or
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(ii) to repay Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness (other than any Senior Indebtedness referred to in clause (2)(i) above) and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such Senior Indebtedness repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(2)(ii) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08; or
(3) to invest in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Indenture); or
(4) any combination of the foregoing;
provided that, in the case of clause (3) above, a binding commitment or letter of intent shall be treated as a permitted application of the Applicable Proceeds from the date of such commitment or letter of intent so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment or letter of intent with the good faith expectation that such Applicable Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment or letter of intent within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (the period from the consummation of the Asset Sale to such date, the “Commitment Application Period”), and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason after the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and before the Applicable Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Applicable Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary reasonably expects to enter into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner prior to the expiration of the Commitment Application Period. To the extent Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale exceed amounts that are invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.16(b), such excess amount will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that any amount of Applicable Proceeds offered to Holders of any Notes pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) above shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to whether such offer is accepted by any Holders.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Asset Sale consists of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof), (a) up to $150 million of the Applicable Proceeds (less (x) any Applicable Proceeds that have been applied under this clause (a) in any prior Asset Sale to which this paragraph (c) applies and (y) any Obligations of such European Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xv)) (the “Threshold”) may be used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(3), (b) 80% of the Applicable Proceeds in excess of the Threshold (the “European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount”) must be used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(1) or (b)(2), as applicable; provided, however, that the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount that is to be used to repay the Notes must be applied in accordance with Section 3.08 and (c) 20% of the Applicable Proceeds in excess of the Threshold may be used in any combination of the foregoing. The Company or any Restricted Subsidiary must apply the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(1) or (b)(2) within 15 days of the receipt of Applicable Proceeds that result in the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount (less any amounts that have previously been applied under clause (b) of the preceding sentence) to exceed $50.0 million (a “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event”).
(d) Except with respect to an Asset Sale that consists of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) described in the immediately preceding paragraph, if at any time the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100.0 million (an “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event”), then the Company shall (a) redeem the maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) above) in accordance with the procedures described under Section 3.08 and, (b) if required or permitted by the terms of any other First Lien Obligations (including the Existing First Lien Notes) and/or, to the extent that the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), within 20 Business Days of such Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, offer to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) above) of such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, out of the amount of the Excess Proceeds (in the case of any First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, in accordance with the documents governing such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness) to the Holders of such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable (an “Asset Sale Offer”). The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligation with respect to such Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (an “Advance Offer”) with respect to all or part of the available Applicable Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”).
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(e) If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes redeemed pursuant to Section 4.16(d) and any Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes redeemed pursuant to a similar provision in the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, together with, if applicable, First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero (regardless of whether there are any remaining Excess Proceeds upon such completion), and in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds.
(f) Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Applicable Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.16, the Holder of such Applicable Proceeds may apply any Applicable Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility (including under the Senior Credit Facilities) or otherwise invest such Applicable Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may apply any Retained Declined Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture and such Retained Declined Proceeds shall in no event and under no circumstances constitute Excess Proceeds.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary are prohibited or delayed under any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Company, the portion of such Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.16 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable Requirement of Law will not permit repatriation to the Company (the Company hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirement of Law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable Requirement of Law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Applicable Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.16, and (ii) to the extent that and for so long as the Company has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), the Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.16 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that when the Company determines in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary would no longer have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), such Applicable Proceeds shall be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.16.
(h) For purposes of clause (a)(2) of this Section 4.16 (and no other provision), the following shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents:
(1) the greater of the principal amount and carrying value of any liabilities (as reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the Company (or a Parent Entity) provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto), or if incurred, accrued or increased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the balance sheet of the Company (or Parent Entity) or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence, accrual or increase had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Secured Notes Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) pursuant to a written agreement which releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such liabilities;
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(2) any securities received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Asset Sale; and
(3) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess (at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration) of 5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
(i) The provisions of this Indenture relating to the Company’s obligation to redeem the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 4.17. After-Acquired Collateral. From and after the Issue Date, and subject to the applicable limitations and exceptions set forth in the Security Documents and this Indenture (including with respect to Excluded Assets), if the Company or any Guarantor creates any additional security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute Collateral to secure any First Lien Obligations, the Company and each of the Guarantors shall concurrently grant a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon any such Collateral, as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
ARTICLE V
Successors
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation and Sale of All or Substantially All Assets. The Company shall not, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(a) either: (i) the Company shall be the continuing corporation; or (ii) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”) shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof and treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and shall, in either case, expressly assume all the Obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, except in the case of the consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary with or into the Company, the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not the continuing corporation) will (i) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(a), (y) the First Lien Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(b)(i)(z) or (z) the Secured Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(b)(xxix) or (ii) have (x) a Senior Leverage Ratio, (y) a First Lien Leverage Ratio or (z) a Secured Leverage Ratio, in each case, equal to or less than the Senior Leverage Ratio, First Lien Leverage Ratio or Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction;
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(d) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Surviving Entity are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Surviving Entity will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents;
(e) each Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above, in which case clause (a)(ii) shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations in respect of the Notes outstanding and this Indenture pursuant to supplemental indentures.
(f) In connection with any consolidation, merger, transfer or lease contemplated in Section 5.01(a), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and the supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for or relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(g) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor) and shall not permit the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof and such Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, and joinders to the applicable Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture;
(iv) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Guarantor are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Guarantor will promptly as reasonably practicable using commercially reasonable efforts take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents; and
(v) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.16.
Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor entity formed by such a consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing entity, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Notes and this Indenture.
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ARTICLE VI
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when and as the same shall become due and payable and in the currency required hereunder, whether at the due date thereof or upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
(b) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary contained in this Indenture or the Security Documents (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with in Section 6.01(a) or (b)) and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 30 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
(d) (i) one or more defaults in the payment of principal on Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount of the greater of $250,000,000 or 25% of Consolidated EBITDA, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated maturity thereof, and such default or defaults shall have continued after any applicable grace period and shall not have been cured or waived or (ii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount of the greater of $250,000,000 or 25% of Consolidated EBITDA, shall have been accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by regularly scheduled prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;
(e) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, examiner, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in paragraph (e) of this Section 6.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, examiner, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(g) one or more enforceable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of the greater of (a) $250,000,000 and (b) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied its obligation) shall be rendered against the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment creditor shall legally attach or levy upon assets of the Company or any Guarantor that are material to the businesses and operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to enforce any such judgment;
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(h) (i) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document (x) shall cease to be, or (y) shall be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, except (A) in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Document and this Indenture, (B) as a result of the failure of the Controlling Collateral Agent or Notes Collateral Agent to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (C) as to Collateral consisting of real property, to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage; and (ii) such default continues for 30 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes;
(i) any material provision of any Security Document or any Guarantee shall for any reason be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or such Guarantor other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder; or
(j) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Guarantor shall cease to be in full force and effect.
Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee, acceleration is not in the interest of the Holders.
(b) At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided hereinafter in this Article, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Company has paid or deposited, or caused to be paid or deposited, with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and their agents and counsel;
(B) all overdue interest on all Notes;
(C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Notes that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(D) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes; and
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(ii) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of the Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.04.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) In the event of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes because an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default (i) is Indebtedness in the form of an operating lease entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries after May 21, 1998 and required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet pursuant to EITF 97-10 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect, (ii) has been discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and (iii) written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30-day period which has not been cured or waived during such period.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture and the Security Documents, except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note held by a non-consenting Holder, (b) a Default arising from a failure to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11, or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent with respect to the Notes. However, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable in personal liability. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification, in its sole discretion, against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, a Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(a) such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class shall have made a written request, and such Holder or Holders shall have offered, to the extent satisfactory to the Trustee, security or indemnity against the loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) to be incurred in compliance with such request, to the Trustee to pursue such proceeding as trustee; and
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(c) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding and has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and offer.
The foregoing limitations on the pursuit of remedies by a Holder shall not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of Notes for the enforcement of payment of the principal of or interest on such Notes on or after the applicable due date specified in such Note. A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to bring suit for the enforcements of the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Section 6.10. Priorities. Subject to the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, in each case for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Holders 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.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
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Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII
Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this subsection (c) does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section 7.01;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to this Indenture.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
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(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust 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.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee, to the extent satisfactory to the Trustee, security or indemnity against the loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(f) 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.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust 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.
(h) The Trustee shall not be required to give a note, bond or surety in respect of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.
(i) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(j) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(k) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
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 its Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
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Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with December 31, 2020, and in any event prior to March 31 in each year thereafter, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of March 31 each year that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if and to the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b) and (c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as shall from time to time be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the documented compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including documented attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expenses or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence. The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns.
To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.
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Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee
. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee. In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated; any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least the minimum amount required by the TIA. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
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For purposes of this Section 7.10 and clause (i) of the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b), the indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015, as amended, among AMC Entertainment Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, the indenture, dated as of November 8, 2016, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and the 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024, the indenture, dated as of March 17, 2017, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 and the indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 are hereby deemed to be specifically described.
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b): A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) When (i) either (A) all outstanding Notes that have been authenticated (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all Notes under this Indenture that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date or upon redemption or will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption pursuant to Article Three and the Company irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the Maturity Date or redemption date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; (iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture and the Notes; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes issued thereunder at the Maturity Date or the redemption date, as the case may be, then upon demand of the Company (accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, at the cost and expense of the Company, to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released and the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company may, at its option, and at any time elect to (i) have the obligations of the Company discharged with respect to all outstanding Notes and the applicable Security Documents and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Subsidiary Guarantee, and have Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes released (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) have the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors released under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.16, 4.17, 5.01(b), 5.01(c), 5.01(d), 5.01(e), 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries), (f) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries), (g), (h), (i) and (j).
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Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 7.07, 7.08, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive.
Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Eight applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay and discharge and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Maturity Date (or redemption date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Securities to said payments with respect to the Notes. Before such a deposit, the Company may give the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with Article Three;
(b) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
(d) No Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(e) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes as contemplated by this Article Eight have been complied with.
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or Government Securities deposited with it pursuant to this Article Eight. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Securities, through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes.
Section 8.04. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
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Section 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Securities, or the principal and interest received on such Government Securities, other than such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Section 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eight until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company, any Guarantor (with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to which it is a party and excluding any amendment or supplement the sole purpose of which is to add an additional Guarantor), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, without the consent of any Holders, may amend the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Section 5.01;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code;
(d) to provide for the assumption of the Company or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document;
(f) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(g) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;
(h) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(i) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(j) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee, a successor Notes Collateral Agent or a successor paying agent hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
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(k) to add a Guarantor, a guarantee of a Parent Entity or a co-obligor of the Notes under this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents;
(l) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;
(m) to add Collateral with respect to any or all of the Notes and/or the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(n) to release any Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Indenture when permitted or required by this Indenture;
(o) to release any Collateral from the Lien securing the Notes when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Indenture (including pursuant to Section 4.07(b) and including any release of any Lien that is not then otherwise required by this Indenture to be pledged as security for the Notes) or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(p) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary;
(q) to add any Additional First Lien Secured Parties to any Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or add any junior lien secured parties to any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(r) in the case of any Security Document, to include therein any legend required to be set forth therein pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, or to modify any such legend as required by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(s) with respect to the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as provided in the relevant Security Document, First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; or
(t) to provide for the succession of any parties to the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from time to time of the Senior Credit Facilities or any other agreement that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Upon the request of the Company, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements that affect its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
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Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may modify or amend this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the other Security Documents and may waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document, in each case, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including any consents or waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer (including a Change of Control Offer) or exchange offer for, the Notes). However, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, a modification or amendment may not:
(a) change the Maturity Date of the principal of, or the time for payment of any installment of interest on, any Notes, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the coin or currency in which the principal of any Notes or any premium or the interest thereon is payable;
(b) reduce the amount of, or change the coin or currency of, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of, the Change of Control Payment;
(c) amend the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or any Note of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note on or after the stated maturity or redemption date of any such Notes;
(d) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(e) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Sections 6.04, 6.05, 6.07 or 4.14, except to increase the percentage of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Security Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Secured Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents.
Upon the request of the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements unless such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements directly affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
In addition, Holders will be deemed to have consented for purposes of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee will be authorized, to amend or supplement the Security Documents to add additional secured parties to the extent Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations held by such parties are permitted under this Indenture. In executing any such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Security Document or in entering into a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and (subject to their duties set forth in this Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver or new agreement is authorized or permitted by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, and/or Security Document, as the case may be, and complies with the provisions thereof and of this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no opinion of counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
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After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
Section 9.03. [Reserved].
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. Such record date shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later than the date such solicitation is completed. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 180 days after such record date.
For all purposes of this Indenture, all Initial Notes and Additional Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return such Note to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, in its sole discretion, and to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon and shall be entitled to receive, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
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ARTICLE X
Reserved
ARTICLE XI
Guarantee
Section 11.01. Subsidiary Guarantee. Subject to the provisions of this Article Eleven, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes (including, without limitation, any interest, fees or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law and the obligations under Section 7.07) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”). Each Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor Obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other indebtedness of such Guarantor, except to the extent such other Indebtedness is subordinate to the Guarantor Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article Eleven notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.
Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for non-payment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guarantor Obligations.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.
Except as set forth in Section 11.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under, this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal granted; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Company; (g) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (h) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.10, each Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee in compliance with Section 11.03 hereof. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
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In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 11.01.
Section 11.02. Execution and Delivery. To further evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee, each Subsidiary and other Person that is required to become a Guarantor hereby agrees to (x) execute this Indenture or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, execute a supplement to this Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and deliver it to the Trustee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of (x) this Indenture or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, any supplemental indenture to this Indenture, each Guarantor who executes such supplemental indenture agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee on the Notes.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee of such Note shall nevertheless be valid,
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
Section 11.03. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, any Guarantees under the Senior Credit Facilities) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) Each Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be automatically and unconditionally terminate, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor or the termination of such Subsidiary Guarantee:
(i) upon any sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of (x) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor to a Person that is not the Company or a Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture (including any amendments thereof);
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(ii) upon such Guarantor becoming an Excluded Subsidiary;
(iii) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(iv) upon the Company exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Article Eight or the Company’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(v) upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up of such Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor; or
(vi) as described under Article Nine hereof.
Section 11.04. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company, or any other Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. The provisions of this Section 11.04 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 11.05. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.
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ARTICLE XII
Collateral
Section 12.01. Security Documents.
(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes and performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Secured Notes Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. In the event of conflict between an Intercreditor Agreement and any of the other Security Documents, the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, (a) agrees that it will be subject to and bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date as the Notes Collateral Agent, and on behalf of such Holder, including without limitation, making the representations of the Holders contained therein. The Company shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 12.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company and the Guarantors shall, at their sole expense, take all actions and make all filings (including filing Uniform Commercial Code (including amendments and continuation statements) and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to ensure the creation, perfection and priority (or continuance thereof), as security for the Obligations of Company and the Guarantors to the secured parties under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, of a valid and enforceable perfected Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents), in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) It is understood and agreed that prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations that are Credit Agreement Obligations, to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent is satisfied with or agrees to any deliveries or documents required to be provided in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral or makes any determination in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral (including, without limitation, extensions of time or waivers for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any guarantee by any Subsidiary (including in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Issue Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by the Senior Credit Facilities), the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be satisfied with such deliveries and/or documents and the judgment of the First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of any such matters under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed to be the judgment of the Notes Collateral Agent in respect of such matters under this Indenture and the Security Documents.
Section 12.02. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Liens and security interests created by the Security Documents at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(i) upon consummation of the sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral by the Company or a Guarantor to any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor, to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Indenture;
(ii) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with respect to the property and other assets of such Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee;
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(iii) with respect to Collateral that is Capital Stock, upon (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the issuer of that Capital Stock that is not prohibited by this Indenture or (ii) upon the designation by the Company of such issuer of Capital Stock as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture;
(iv) with respect to any Collateral that becomes an “Excluded Asset,” upon it becoming an Excluded Asset;
(v) in accordance with Section 4.07(b);
(vi) to the extent the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Obligations are released by the First Lien Collateral Agent (other than any release by, or as a result of, payment of the Credit Agreement Obligations), upon the release of such Liens;
(vii) in connection with any enforcement action taken by the Controlling Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; or
(viii) as described under Article Nine.
(b) The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees also shall automatically and without the need for any further action by any Person be terminated and released:
(i) upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other Obligations in respect of the Notes under this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid;
(ii) upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Notes under this Indenture as described below under Sections 8.01(b) and 8.02, or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as described under Section 8.01(a); or
(iii) pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes.
(c) In addition, any Lien on any Collateral may be (i) released or subordinated to the holder of any Lien on such Collateral that is created, incurred or assumed pursuant to clauses (iv), (viii)(A) or (xxii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such Liens and (ii) subordinated to any Lien on any Mortgaged Property if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement is permitted by Section 4.07.
(d) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been met and that it is permitted for the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Company in connection with such release and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents and shall do or cause to be done (at the Company’s expense) all acts reasonably requested of them to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Security Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate.
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Section 12.03. Suits to Protect the Collateral.
Subject to the provisions of Article Seven and the Security Documents, the Trustee may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it determines in order to:
(a) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 12.03 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.
Section 12.04. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents.
Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 12.05. Purchaser Protected.
In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the applicable release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article Twelve to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 12.06. Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.
In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article Twelve upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article Twelve; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
Section 12.07. Certain Limits on Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any other Security Document, it is understood and agreed that:
(a) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to this Indenture shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents as in effect on the Issue Date;
(b) control agreements or other control or similar arrangements shall not be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or other assets specifically requiring perfection by control agreements (other than certain certificated securities);
(c) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
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(c) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to commercial tort claims with a value less than $15,000,000 and no perfection shall be required with respect to promissory notes evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount of less than $15,000,000;
(d) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiaries and foreign intellectual property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(e) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights (other than the filing of UCC financing statements); and
(f) neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to deliver or obtain any landlord lien waivers, estoppel certificates or collateral access agreements or letters.
Section 12.08. Notes Collateral Agent.
(a) The Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and the Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 12.08. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
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(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Notes Collateral Agent shall take only such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 12.08).
(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 12.08 shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
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(g) The Trustee shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co- Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreements, including joinders and supplements thereto, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (iii) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (v) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article Six, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(k) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or as otherwise provided in the Security Documents.
(l) If the Company or any Guarantor (i) incurs any obligations in respect of junior priority obligations at any time when no First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is in effect and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the junior priority obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Company, including legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder; provided that neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required pursuant to this Section 12.08(l) in connection with the applicable Intercreditor Agreements (including pursuant to a joinder thereto) to be entered into.
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(m) No provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause (m) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
(n) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Notes Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(o) Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(p) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Company or any other Grantor under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
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(q) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to the Company, the Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person (including the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Company or the Guarantors, a majority in interest of Holders shall direct the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately qualified Person (excluding the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
(r) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Company signed by an Officer (a “Security Document Order”), the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto, to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 12.08(r), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto. Any such execution of a Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto shall be at the direction and expense of the Company, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Security Documents or amendment or supplement thereto.
(s) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes, agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee, as applicable.
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(t) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.
(u) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and to the extent not prohibited under the Intercreditor Agreements, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10 and the other provisions of this Indenture.
(v) In each case that the Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(w) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, in no event shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby.
(x) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Company or the Guarantors, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, which shall conform to the provisions of this Section 12.08 and Sections 13.04 and 13.05; provided that no Officer’s Certificate shall be required in connection with the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement to be entered by the Notes Collateral Agent on the Issue Date. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate.
(y) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Security Documents, and shall solely act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Security Documents and the Collateral.
(z) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent as if the Notes Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Security Documents were named as this Indenture herein.
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(aa) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year ending after the Issue Date and after giving effect to any fiscal year end change effected on or after the Issue Date), an Officer’s Certificate (which may be the same certificate required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13) either (i) (x) stating that such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and refiling of this Indenture or the Security Documents, as applicable, as are necessary to maintain the perfected Liens of the applicable Security Documents securing the Obligations under applicable law to the extent required by the Security Documents other than any action as described therein to be taken, and (y) stating that on the date of such Officer’s Certificate, all financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been or will be executed and filed that are necessary, as of such date or promptly thereafter and during the succeeding 12 months, fully to maintain the perfection (to the extent required by the Security Documents) of the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent securing the Obligations thereunder and under the Security Documents with respect to the Collateral; provided that if there is a required filing of a continuation statement or other instrument within such 12-month period and such continuation statement or amendment is not effective if filed at the time of the Officer’s Certificate, such Officer’s Certificate may so state and in that case the Company and the Guarantors shall cause a continuation statement or amendment to be timely filed and become effective so as to maintain such Liens and security interests securing Obligations or (ii) stating that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens or security interests.
ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous
Section 13.01. [Reserved].
Section 13.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or sent by facsimile (with a hard copy delivered in person or by mail promptly thereafter) and addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
One AMC Way
11500 Ash Street
Leawood, KS 66211
Attention: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Fax: 212-202-6246
Attention: Account Administrator – AMC
provided, however, that any reports provided pursuant to Section 4.12 may be communicated via email to the following address: ClientServices.Americas@glas.agency (or to the email address of the then current representative of the Trustee).
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
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Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications under this Indenture must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the Company)), in English. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
Section 13.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions. Except as otherwise specified in this Indenture, upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered concerning satisfaction of the conditions precedent in connection with the authentication and delivery of the Notes issued on the date hereof.
Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by, the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
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Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument
Section 13.06. When Notes Disregarded. 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 the Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with of them shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
Section 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent or co-registrar may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 13.08. Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the States of New York or Missouri. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
Section 13.09. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company and the Guarantors shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section 13.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company any each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 13.12. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.13. Reliance on Financial Data. In computing any amounts under this Indenture: (a) to the extent relevant, the Company shall use audited financial statements of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any Person that would become a Subsidiary in connection with the transaction that requires the computation and any Person from which the Company or a Subsidiary has acquired an operating business, or is acquiring an operating business in connection with the transaction that requires the computation (each such Person whose financial statements are relevant in computing any particular amount, a “Relevant Person”) for the period or portions of the period to which the computation relates for which audited financial statements are available on the date of computation and unaudited financial statements and other current financial data based on the books and records of the Relevant Person or Relevant Persons, as the case may be, to the extent audited financial statements for the period or any portion of the period to which the computation relates are not available on the date of computation; and (b) the Company shall be permitted to rely in good faith on the financial statements and other financial data derived from the books and records of any Relevant Person that are available on the date of the computation.
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Section 13.14. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
Section 13.15. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC CARD PROCESSING SERVICES, INC. | ||
AMC ITD, LLC | ||
AMC LICENSE SERVICES, LLC | ||
AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC. | ||
as Guarantors | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Yana Kislenko | |
Name: Yana Kislenko | ||
Title: Vice President |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
EXHIBIT A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES
I. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Exhibit A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
“Additional Notes” means the 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026, to be originally issued from time to time in one or more series as provided for in this Indenture.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Regulation S Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such Global Note, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
“Distribution Compliance Period”, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee and (ii) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable 40 consecutive days.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
“Global Notes” means the Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and the IAI Global Note with respect to the notes.
“Global Notes Legend” means the legend appearing under such title on Appendix 1 to this Exhibit A.
“IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
“IAI Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold to IAIs in reliance on Rule 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act.
“Initial Notes” means the 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000, issued on July 31, 2020
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
“Restricted Notes Legend” means any of the restricted securities legends set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) herein.
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“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Notes” means all Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 4(a)(2) or Rule 144A.
“Notes” means the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes treated as a single class.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee, with respect to the Global Notes.
“Transfer Restricted Notes” means Definitive Notes and any other Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) hereto.
1.1 Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section |
“Agent Members” | 2.1(c) |
“Global Notes” | 2.1(b) |
“IAI Global Notes” | 2.1(b) |
“Regulation S Global Notes” | 2.1(b) |
“Rule 144A Global Notes” |
2.1(b) |
II. THE NOTES
2.1 Form and Dating. (a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be privately placed by the Company pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Offering Memorandum and any Additional Notes will be offered and sold by the Company, from time to time, pursuant to one or more purchase agreements. Unless registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act, the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes will be resold, initially only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A, institutions which are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. Initial Notes and Additional Notes so issued may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, institutional “accredited investors” and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfers set forth herein.
(b) Global Notes. Each series of Rule 144A Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global notes in fully registered form (the “Rule 144A Global Note”), Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Regulation S Global Notes (the “Regulation S Global Note”) and IAI Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global IAI Global Notes (the “IAI Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Securities Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. The Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominees and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and pursuant to an order of the Company, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of the Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository pursuant to instructions of the Depository, or held by the Securities Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Securities Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(d) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.3, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.
2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (a) Initial Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000, (b) any Additional Notes, if and when issued pursuant to this Indenture; in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Additional Notes.
2.3 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request:
(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or
(ii) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) are being transferred, or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, (i) a certification to that effect and (ii) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
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(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, together with;
(i) certification (in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Initial Note) that such Definitive Note is being transferred (1) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, (2) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S and in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act or (3) to an institution that is an IAI, which certification shall be accompanied by a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Note represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Global Notes are then outstanding and the Global Note has not been previously exchanged for certificated securities pursuant to Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, a new Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such instructions with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred. Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note or IAI Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Notes from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Exhibit A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor depository or a nominee of such successor depository.
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(iv) In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Notes in definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.4, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse, of the Initial Notes or Additional Notes intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(v) In addition, in the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, or a Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in an IAI Global Note, the transferee must furnish a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Trustee.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Note. (i) Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream. During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (1) so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (2) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (3) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act, or (4) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Rule 144A Global Note shall be made only in accordance with Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Notes to the effect that such transfer is being made to a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.
(ii) Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Indenture.
(e) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following clauses (ii) and (iii), each certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes and the Regulation S Global Note (prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period) (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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The security (or its predecessor) evidenced hereby was originally issued in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 5 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the security evidenced hereby may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred in the absence of such registration or an applicable exemption therefrom. Each purchaser of the security evidenced hereby is hereby notified that the seller may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder. The holder of the security evidenced hereby agrees for the benefit of the Company that (A) such security may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred, only (1)(a) inside the United States to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (b) outside the United States to a foreign person in transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) to an institution which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring the security for its own account or for the account of such an accredited investor, (d) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (e) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company if the Company so requests), (2) to the Company or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement and, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction and (B) the holder will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth in clause (A) above. No representation can be made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resale of the security evidenced hereby.
Each Note issued with original issue discount (within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code) will also bear the following additional legend:
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER AT AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., ONE AMC WAY, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD, KS 66211, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
Prior to the Distribution Compliance Period, each Regulation S Global Note will also bear the following additional legend:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Definitive Note will also bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a, Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904:
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(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note; and
(B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is represented by a Global Note, the Registrar shall permit the beneficial owner thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, in either case, if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 or in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).
(iii) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear any Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for certificated or Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depository to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for certificated or Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate certificated Notes, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.11 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note for a period beginning 10 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption or an offer to repurchase Notes or 10 days before an interest payment date.
(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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(h) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4 Certificated Notes.
(a) Any Global Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depository for such Global Note or if at any time the Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated Notes under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge (although the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge imposed in connection therewith), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated Notes of authorized denominations. Certificated Notes issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Notes transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000, and integral multiples of $1,000, in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any certificated Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(c), bear the restricted securities legend set forth in Appendix I to this Exhibit A.
(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.
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APPENDIX I
to EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Transfer Restricted Notes Legend]
The security (or its predecessor) evidenced hereby was originally issued in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 5 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the security evidenced hereby may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred in the absence of such registration or an applicable exemption therefrom. Each purchaser of the security evidenced hereby is hereby notified that the seller may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder. The holder of the security evidenced hereby agrees for the benefit of the Company that (A) such security may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred, only (1)(a) inside the United States to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (b) outside the United States to a foreign person in transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) to an institution which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring the security for its own account or for the account of such an accredited investor, (d) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (e) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company if the Company so requests), (2) to the Company or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement and, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction and (B) the holder will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth in clause (A) above. No representation can be made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resale of the security evidenced hereby.
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[Regulation S Legend]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[OID Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER AT AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., ONE AMC WAY, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD, KS 66211, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
[Definitive Notes Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
10.500% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
No. |
CUSIP No.:
ISIN: |
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ ( ) on April 24, 2026.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2020.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the day of .
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture. | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Officer | ||
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. |
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
10.500% Senior Secured Note due 2026
1. Interest. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2020, in immediately available funds. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment
The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender the Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”). The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, GLAS Trust Company LLC, a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.
The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and can be issued in an initial amount of up to $200,000,000 and additional amounts as part of the same series under the Indenture which are unlimited (subject to Sections 2.01 and 2.10 of the Indenture). The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with stockholders or certain affiliates, create liens or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. These limitations are subject to significant exceptions.
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5. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall only be required to make a mandatory redemption with respect to the Notes as provided in Sections 3.07, 3.08 and 4.16 of the Indenture.
6. Optional Redemption.
Except as set forth herein, the Notes may not be redeemed prior to June 15, 2022. On and after that date, the Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years set forth below:
Period | Redemption Price | ||||
2022 | 105.250 | % | |||
2023 | 102.625 | % | |||
2024 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
Prior to June 15, 2022 the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price of 110.500% of the principal amount thereof with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes remains outstanding after each such redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of such Equity Offering.
In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2022, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium with respect to the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date. Notice of such redemption must be sent to Holders of the Notes called for redemption not less than 10 or more than 60 days prior to the redemption date. The notice need not set forth the Applicable Premium but only the manner of calculation of the redemption price. The Indenture provides that, with respect to any such redemption, the Company will notify the Trustee of the Applicable Premium with respect to the Notes promptly after the calculation and that the Trustee will not be responsible for such calculation.
The Company may redeem the Notes pursuant to one or more of the relevant provisions in the Indenture, and a single notice of redemption may be delivered with respect to redemptions made pursuant to different provisions. Any such notice may provide that redemptions made pursuant to different provisions will have different redemption dates and, with respect to redemptions that occur on the same date, may specify the order in which such redemptions are deemed to occur. In addition, notice of any redemption of, or any offer to purchase, the Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given in connection with an Equity Offering, other transaction (or series of related transactions) or an event that constitutes a Change of Control and prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof, and any such redemption or purchase may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related Equity Offering, transaction or event, as the case may be. In addition, if such redemption or purchase is 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 or purchase date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption or offer to purchase was mailed or delivered, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the redemption date or purchase date or by the redemption date or purchase date as so delayed, or such notice or offer may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if the Company reasonably believes that any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied or waived. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice or offer that payment of the redemption or purchase price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or offer to purchase may be performed by another Person.
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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 will be paid to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the Company.
On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
7. Sinking Fund
The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.
8. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption shall be sent to the holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, to each holder of Notes to the address of such holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date; provided that, in the case of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, such notice must be sent not less than 5 days prior to the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
9. Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control
Upon a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to repurchase all the Notes of each Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 10 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 10 days before an interest payment date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
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12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
The Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.
Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.
16. Security.
The Notes will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hold the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents on the Issue Date, and at any time after Issue Date, as applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
17. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
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19. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
20. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
22. ISINs and CUSIP Numbers
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
A Holder of Notes may upon written request and without charge to the Holder receive a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note. Requests may be made to: Kevin M. Connor, General Counsel, One AMC Way, 11500 Ash Street, Leawood, Kansas 66211.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: |
Your Signature: |
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while the Notes are Transfer Restricted Notes after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
¨ (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (2) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (3) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (4) pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;
¨ (5) (i) pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State in the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or
¨ (6) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Indenture.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if boxes (3), (4) or (5) are checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Date: |
Your Signature: |
Signature Guarantee: |
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: | ||
NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box: ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$
Date: | Your Signature: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
Signature Guarantee: |
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
GLAS Trust Company LLC
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Account Administrator AMC
Re: | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $[ ] aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes.
You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours, | ||
[Name of Transferor] |
By: | |||
Authorized Signature | |||
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF]
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION
GLAS Trust Company LLC
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Account Administrator AMC
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[ ] principal amount of the 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”) of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Issuer”).
Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer ID Number:
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
(1) We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $100,000 principal amount of the Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
(2) We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date that is two years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuer or any affiliate of such Issuer was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made to an institutional “accredited investor” prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clause 2(b), 2(c) or 2(d) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.
Dated: ________________
TRANSFEREE: __________________,
By: ______________________________________
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO ADD GUARANTORS
This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [ ], 20 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among [name of future Guarantor] (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent under the Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance of 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 of the Company (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 4.10 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis with the other Guarantors, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the other Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ARTICLE II
Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to be Bound. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the existing Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee the Guarantor Obligations pursuant to Articles Eleven of the Indenture on a senior secured basis.
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ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
SECTION 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Subsidiary Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Company as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Company.
SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 3.4 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
SECTION 3.5 Trustee not Responsible. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [First] Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.
SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the Sections in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written
[GUARANTOR], | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] | ||
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT E
Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
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EXHIBIT F
Form of Security Agreement
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Exhibit 4.5
EXECUTION VERSION
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AS TRUSTEE AND NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
10.500% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions and Incorporation by Reference | 1 | |
Section 1.01. | Definitions | 1 |
Section 1.02. | Other Definitions | 39 |
Section 1.03. | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 39 |
Section 1.04. | Rules of Construction | 39 |
Section 1.05. | Limited Condition Transactions | 40 |
Section 1.06. | Certain Compliance Determinations | 41 |
ARTICLE II The Notes | 42 | |
Section 2.01. | Amount of Notes; Issuable in Series | 42 |
Section 2.02. | Form and Dating | 42 |
Section 2.03. | Execution and Authentication | 43 |
Section 2.04. | Registrar and Paying Agent | 43 |
Section 2.05. | Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust | 43 |
Section 2.06. | Holder Lists | 44 |
Section 2.07. | Replacement Notes | 44 |
Section 2.08. | Outstanding Notes | 44 |
Section 2.09. | Temporary Notes | 44 |
Section 2.10. | Cancellation | 44 |
Section 2.11. | Defaulted Interest | 45 |
Section 2.12. | CUSIP Numbers or ISINs | 45 |
Section 2.13. | Computation of Interest | 46 |
ARTICLE III Redemption | 46 | |
Section 3.01. | Notices to Trustee | 46 |
Section 3.02. | Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed | 46 |
Section 3.03. | Notice of Redemption | 46 |
Section 3.04. | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 47 |
Section 3.05. | Deposit of Redemption Price | 47 |
Section 3.06. | Notes Redeemed in Part | 47 |
Section 3.07. | AHYDO Redemption | 48 |
Section 3.08. | Asset Sale Redemption | 48 |
ARTICLE IV Covenants | 49 | |
Section 4.01. | Payment of Notes | 49 |
Section 4.02. | Additional Limitations on Refinancing Existing Subordinated Notes | 49 |
Section 4.03. | Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 49 |
Section 4.04. | Maintenance of Properties | 49 |
Section 4.05. | Limitation on Indebtedness and Certain Equity Securities | 49 |
Section 4.06. | Limitation on Restricted Payments and Prepayments of Junior Financing | 55 |
Section 4.07. | Limitation on Liens | 59 |
Section 4.08. | Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates | 59 |
Section 4.09. | Negative Pledge | 61 |
Section 4.10. | Future Guarantors | 62 |
Section 4.11. | Change of Control | 62 |
Section 4.12. | Provision of Financial Information | 65 |
Section 4.13. | Statement as to Compliance | 65 |
Section 4.14. | Waiver of Certain Covenants | 66 |
Section 4.15. | [Reserved] | 66 |
Section 4.16. | Asset Sales | 66 |
Section 4.17. | After-Acquired Collateral | 69 |
ARTICLE V Successors | 69 | |
Section 5.01. | Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation and Sale of All or Substantially All Assets | 69 |
Section 5.02. | Successor Substituted | 70 |
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ARTICLE VI Defaults and Remedies | 71 | |
Section 6.01. | Events of Default | 71 |
Section 6.02. | Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment | 72 |
Section 6.03. | Other Remedies | 73 |
Section 6.04. | Waiver of Past Defaults | 73 |
Section 6.05. | Control by Majority | 73 |
Section 6.06. | Limitation on Suits | 73 |
Section 6.07. | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 74 |
Section 6.08. | Collection Suit by Trustee | 74 |
Section 6.09. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 74 |
Section 6.10. | Priorities | 74 |
Section 6.11. | Undertaking for Costs | 74 |
Section 6.12. | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 74 |
ARTICLE VII Trustee | 75 | |
Section 7.01. | Duties of Trustee | 75 |
Section 7.02. | Rights of Trustee | 76 |
Section 7.03. | Individual Rights of Trustee | 76 |
Section 7.04. | Trustee’s Disclaimer | 76 |
Section 7.05. | Notice of Defaults | 77 |
Section 7.06. | Reports by Trustee to Holders | 77 |
Section 7.07. | Compensation and Indemnity | 77 |
Section 7.08. | Replacement of Trustee | 77 |
Section 7.09. | Successor Trustee by Merger | 78 |
Section 7.10. | Eligibility; Disqualification | 78 |
Section 7.11. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 79 |
ARTICLE VIII Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance | 79 | |
Section 8.01. | Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance | 79 |
Section 8.02. | Conditions to Defeasance | 79 |
Section 8.03. | Application of Trust Money | 80 |
Section 8.04. | Repayment to Company | 80 |
Section 8.05. | Indemnity for Government Obligations | 80 |
Section 8.06. | Reinstatement | 81 |
ARTICLE IX Amendments | 81 | |
Section 9.01. | Without Consent of Holders | 81 |
Section 9.02. | With Consent of Holders | 82 |
Section 9.03. | [Reserved] | 84 |
Section 9.04. | Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers | 84 |
Section 9.05. | Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 84 |
Section 9.06. | Trustee To Sign Amendments | 84 |
ARTICLE X Reserved | 84 | |
ARTICLE XI Guarantee | 84 | |
Section 11.01. | Subsidiary Guarantee | 86 |
Section 11.02. | Execution and Delivery | 86 |
Section 11.03. | Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge | 87 |
Section 11.04. | Right of Contribution | 87 |
Section 11.05. | No Subrogation | 87 |
ARTICLE XII Collateral | 87 | |
Section 12.01. | Security Documents | 88 |
Section 12.02. | Release of Collateral | 89 |
Section 12.03. | Suits to Protect the Collateral | 90 |
Section 12.04. | Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents | 90 |
Section 12.05. | Purchaser Protected | 90 |
Section 12.06. | Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee | 90 |
Section 12.07. | Certain Limits on Collateral | 91 |
Section 12.08. | Notes Collateral Agent | 97 |
ARTICLE XIII Miscellaneous | 97 | |
Section 13.01. | [Reserved] | 97 |
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Section 13.02. | Notices | 97 |
Section 13.03. | Communication by Holders with Other Holders | 98 |
Section 13.04. | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions | 98 |
Section 13.05. | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions | 98 |
Section 13.06. | When Notes Disregarded | 99 |
Section 13.07. | Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar | 99 |
Section 13.08. | Legal Holidays | 99 |
Section 13.09. | Governing Law | 99 |
Section 13.10. | No Recourse Against Others | 99 |
Section 13.11. | Successors | 99 |
Section 13.12. | Separability Clause | 99 |
Section 13.13. | Reliance on Financial Data | 99 |
Section 13.14. | Multiple Originals | 99 |
Section 13.15. | Table of Contents; Headings | 99 |
Exhibit A | Provisions Relating to Initial Notes |
Appendix I to Exhibit A | Form of Initial Notes |
Exhibit B | Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S |
Exhibit C | Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors |
Exhibit D | Form of Supplemental Indenture to Add Guarantors |
Exhibit E | Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit F | Form of Security Agreement |
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INDENTURE dated as of July 31, 2020, among AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Notes Collateral Agent”).
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional notes that may be offered from time to time in one or more series subsequent to the Issue Date as provided for in this Indenture (the “Additional Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01. Definitions.
“2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of November 8, 2016 pursuant to which the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes and the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and, U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with Section 4.06(d).
“2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes” means the Company’s 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of £250,000,000 and any additional notes denominated in pounds sterling issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2025 Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $600,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2025 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of June 5, 2015 pursuant to which the 2025 Subordinated Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with Section 4.06(d).
“2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes” means the Company’ 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $595,000,000 and any additional notes denominated in U.S. Dollars issued pursuant to the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“2027 Subordinated Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of March 17, 2017 pursuant to which the 2027 Subordinated Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with Section 4.06(d).
“2027 Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 issued pursuant to the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture in the original principal amount of $475,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture.
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Pro Forma Entity for any period, as the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its Subsidiaries which will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means the Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture having First Lien Priority (but without regard to the control of remedies) relative to the Notes with respect to the Collateral other than the Credit Agreement Obligations, the Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, the First Lien Notes Obligations and the Convertible Notes Obligations; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or entered into such other intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, taken as a whole).
“Additional First Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Junior Secured Parties” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, (i) as of any redemption date, the weekly average for each Business Day during the most recent week that has ended at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or in the case of satisfaction and discharge, two Business Days prior to the deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent) of the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or, if such statistical release is not so published or the applicable information is not applicable thereon, any publicly available source of similar market data as selected by the Company in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to June 15, 2022 (if no maturity is within three months before or after June 15, 2022, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), 0.50%.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Applicable Premium” means, at any redemption date, the excess of (i) the present value at such redemption date of (a) the redemption price of the Notes on June 15, 2022 (as set forth in paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes) plus (b) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on the Notes through June 15, 2022 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate, over (ii) the principal amount of the Notes on such redemption date.
“Asset Sale” means:
(i) the sale, transfer, lease, license or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including of any Equity Interest owned by it; or
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(ii) the issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division) (other than issuing directors’ qualifying shares, nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law and other than issuing Equity Interests to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”) (each of (i) and (ii), a “Disposition”);
in each case, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including allowing any registration or application for registration of any Intellectual Property that is no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, to lapse or go abandoned or be invalidated);
(b) Dispositions of inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property or (iii) such Disposition is allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, for like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(d) Dispositions of property to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division);
(e) (A) the Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any Disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture, (B) Permitted Investments, (C) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06 or (D) Liens permitted by Section 4.07, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (e);
(f) any issuance, sale, pledge or other Disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(g) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(h) Dispositions of (A) accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties) and (B) receivables and related assets pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(i) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business and that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(j) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(k) [reserved];
(l) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures 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;
(m) Dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A) acquired in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise required by a Governmental Authority in connection with an acquisition permitted hereunder;
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(n) transfers of condemned property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar powers to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of property arising from foreclosure or similar action or that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such real property as part of an insurance settlement;
(o) Dispositions of property for Fair Market Value having an aggregate purchase price (i) not to exceed the greater of (A) $200,000,000 and (B) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Disposition with respect to Dispositions of property other than any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) and (ii) not to exceed $10,000,000 with respect to Dispositions of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof);
(p) the sale or discount (with or without recourse) (including by way of assignment or participation) of other receivables (including, without limitation, trade and lease receivables) and related assets in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing;
(q) the unwinding of any Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations; and
(r) Dispositions of any assets for not less than the Fair Market Value of (A) sales of Big Rapids 4 Theatre, Mesquite 10 Theatre, New Ulm 3 Theatre, Newnan 10 Theatre, Plaza 8 Theatre, Panama City 10 Theatre, Pines 1 Theatre, Narrows 8 Theatre, Vernon Hills 8 Theatre, Springfield 1 Theatre, Seth Childs 12 Theatre, vacant land adjacent to 19919 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Mesquite TX 75149 and (B) sale of interests in National CineMedia, LLC common units and National CineMedia, Inc. common shares.
“Available Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the use thereof for the application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract binding on the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Available RP Capacity Amount” means, without duplication, the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(B), clauses (vi), (viii), and (xii) of Section 4.06(b) minus the sum of the amount of the Available RP Capacity Amount utilized by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 4.06(a)(B), clauses (vi), (viii) and (xii) of Section 4.06(b), (b) make investments pursuant to clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and (c) make payments with respect to any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 4.06(c)(iv).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors, or any arrangement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board of Directors duly authorized to act under this Indenture.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York, or the city in which the Trustee’s office is located are authorized or required to be closed, or, if no Note is outstanding, the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is a Capitalized Lease; and the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby at any time shall be the amount of the liability in respect thereof that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018, subject to the proviso in the definition of GAAP; for the avoidance of doubt, any obligation relating to a lease that would have been accounted for by such Person as an operating lease as of December 31, 2018 shall be accounted for as obligations relating to an operating lease and not as Capital Lease Obligations.
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“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on December 31, 2018, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, including preferred stock, any rights (other than debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or options to acquire such capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) dollars, euro, pounds, Australian dollars, Swiss Francs, Canadian dollars, Yuan, Pesos or such other currencies held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States, the United Kingdom or such member nation of the European Union is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is a lender under the Senior Credit Facilities or (ii) has combined capital and surplus of at least (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank meeting the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) above being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company (including any of the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities) or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of (i) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (ii) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks, in each case, for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States or (ii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a Fair Market Value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;
(f) marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either (i) having assets in excess of (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks or other U.S. financial institutions and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks or other non-U.S. financial institutions or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
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(g) securities with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof);
(h) investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;
(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in euro or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;
(j) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through (i) of this definition;
(k) auction rate securities issued by any domestic corporation or any domestic government instrumentality, in each case rated at least “A-1” (or its equivalent) by S&P or at least “P-1” (or its equivalent) by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition (or with interest rates or dividend yields that are re-set at least every 35 days);
(l) qualified purchaser funds regulated by the exemption provided by Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which funds possess a “AAA” rating from at least two nationally recognized agencies and provide daily liquidity;
(m) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and
(n) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (m) above.
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (a) any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management or treasury services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds, (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements and (c) other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
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“Change of Control” means the occurrence of, after the date of this Indenture, any of the following events:
(a) any “person” or “group” as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act other than one or more Permitted Holders is or becomes the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
(b) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(c) the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock (x) to be acquired by such Person or group pursuant to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement or (y) solely as a result of veto or approval rights in any joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement, investor rights agreement or other similar agreement, (ii) if any group (other than a Permitted Holder) includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by such group or any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred, (iii) a Person or group (other than Permitted Holders) will not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Equity Interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Person’s parent and (iv) the right to acquire Voting Stock (so long as such Person does not have the right to direct the voting of the Voting Stock subject to such right) or any veto power in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Voting Stock will not cause a party to be a beneficial owner.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the redemption date to June 15, 2022, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a maturity most nearly equal to June 15, 2022.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (ii) of the definition of Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, the average of three, or such lesser number as is obtained by the Company, Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the redemption date.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:
(a) without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) total interest expense and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, (A) any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations or such derivative instruments, (B) bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, (C) cash dividend payments in respect of preferred stock (including any JV Preferred Equity Interests) and any Disqualified Equity Interests and (D) other items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (i) through (xiii) thereof,
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(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital, including federal, foreign and state income, franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including in respect of repatriated funds) including (A) penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations and (B) other fees, taxes and expenses to maintain corporate existence,
(iii) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of intangible assets, Capitalized Software Expenditures, internal labor costs and amortization of deferred financing fees, OID or costs),
(iv) other non-cash charges (including the excess of GAAP rent expense over actual cash rent paid during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purpose) (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) such Person may elect not to add back such non-cash charges in the current period and (B) to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charges in the current period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),
(v) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary deducted (and not added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income) excluding cash distributions in respect thereof,
(vi) (A) the amount of payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, including any cash consideration for any repurchase of equity, in each case to the extent permitted in this Indenture and (B) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities paid to directors, including of the Company or any direct or indirect parent thereof,
(vii) losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing,
(viii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (d) below for any previous period and not added back,
(ix) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are non-cash or otherwise funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or Net Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),
(x) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature, and
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(xi) expenses consisting of internal software development costs that are expensed but could have been capitalized under alternative accounting policies in accordance with GAAP,
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(b) without duplication, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative and any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any of the foregoing, in each case projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) (any such projected benefit, a “Projected Benefit”), including any Projected Benefit (including restructuring and integration charges) in connection with, or incurred by or on behalf of, any joint venture of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether accounted for on the financial statements of any such joint venture or the Company) with respect to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative whether initiated before, on or after the Issue Date, within 24 months after such Specified Transaction, restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative (which Projected Benefit shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such Projected Benefit had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A) such Projected Benefit is reasonably quantifiable and factually supportable, (B) no Projected Benefit shall be added pursuant to this clause (b) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such Projected Benefit that are included in clause (a) above (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken), (C) the share of any such Projected Benefit with respect to a joint venture that are to be allocated to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed the total amount thereof for any such joint venture multiplied by the percentage of income of such venture expected to be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period and (D) the aggregate amount of Projected Benefits added pursuant to this clause (b) for any Test Period when taken together shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (giving pro forma effect to the relevant transaction and determined after to giving effect to any Pro Forma Adjustments pursuant to this clause (b));
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(c) amount of Consolidated EBITDA (estimated in good faith by the Company) attributable to any completed New Project that has completed less than a full Test Period of operations, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such New Project had been completed on the first day of the relevant Test Period;
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(d) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period),
(ii) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary added (and not deducted in such period from Consolidated Net Income),
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) whether such acquisition occurred before or after the Issue Date to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis, and
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(II) there shall be (A) excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, at the Company’s election only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), including any division, product line, theatre, screen or other facility used for operations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, which was closed for business or disposed of during such period (other than any theatre closed in the ordinary course of business within 120 days of lease expiration) (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis and (B) included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period in which a Sold Entity or Business is disposed, an adjustment equal to the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment with respect to such Sold Entity or Business (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposal).
“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of Consolidated Total Debt (including in respect of the Notes) that is secured by a material portion of the Collateral on an equal or super priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations (excluding, in any event, all Capital Lease Obligations and any subordinated Indebtedness) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means the sum of (a) cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Leases), net of cash interest income, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements plus (b) the amount of cash dividends or distributions made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of JV Preferred Equity Interests and other preferred Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 4.05(d), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under hedging agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, (iii) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing, (v) all non-recurring cash interest expense or “additional interest” for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (vi) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect to any acquisition or any other Investment, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (vii) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, (viii) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (ix) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (x) any interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect parent entity resulting from push down accounting, (xi) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (xii) any pay-in-kind interest expense or other non-cash interest expenses and (xiii) any payments made in respect of any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018).
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication:
(a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities’ or offices’ opening costs, start-up costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions, costs incurred in connection with any New Project (including costs incurred in connection with unconsummated theatre acquisitions) and other strategic or cost saving initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions consummated prior to or after the Issue Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to the closure or disposition of any theatre or a screen within a theatre, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or offices, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgements thereof),
(b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
(c) Transaction Costs,
(d) the net income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) by such Person to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof during such period,
(e) any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment, any earnout, contingent consideration obligation or purchase price adjustment) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with 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 merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805 and gains or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460),
(f) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, hedging agreements or other derivative instruments,
(g) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on existing earn-outs) or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,
(h) all Non-Cash Compensation Expenses,
(i) any income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts,
(j) any income (loss) from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such investment),
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(k) any gain (loss) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or income (loss) from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),
(l) any non-cash gain (loss) attributable to the mark to market movement in the valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815-Derivatives and Hedging or mark to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments in such Test Period; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,
(m) any non-cash gain (loss) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances and other balance sheet items,
(n) any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures (provided, in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made),
(o) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down (including related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, film television costs and investments in debt and equity securities), and
(p) solely for the purpose of calculating Section 4.06(a)(B), the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior Governmental Approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein.
There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period the effects from applying acquisition method accounting, including applying acquisition method accounting to inventory, property and equipment, loans and leases, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue (including deferred costs related thereto and deferred rent) required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the any acquisition or Investment consummated prior to (or after) the Issue Date and any acquisitions or other Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) the amount of proceeds received, due or otherwise estimated in good faith to be received from business interruption insurance, liability or casualty events insurance or reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification, insurance and other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or any disposition of any asset permitted hereunder (occurring prior to or after the Issue Date (net of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so reimbursed within a two-year period) and (ii) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period.
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien on a material portion of the Collateral (excluding, in any event, all Capital Lease Obligations and any subordinated Indebtedness) minus (b) Available Cash.
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“Consolidated Senior Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt (other than any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness) minus (b) Available Cash.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the amount that would be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of all third party Indebtedness for borrowed money (including purchase money Indebtedness), unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, Capital Lease Obligations, third party Indebtedness obligations evidenced by notes or similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Swap Obligations), in each case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding, in any event, the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method or pushdown accounting in connection with any acquisition or other Investment); provided, in determining the amount of Consolidated Total Debt for the purpose of this definition, the amount of Consolidated Total Debt consisting of a revolving line of credit shall be deemed to be the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company ending during the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date, divided by four (4).
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) Available Cash.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlling Collateral Agent” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Convertible Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of September 14, 2018 pursuant to which the Convertible Notes were issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Convertible Notes” means the Company’s 2.95% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $600,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the Convertible Notes and any additional notes issued in exchange for the Convertible Notes to give effect to the Convertible Notes Amendment.
“Convertible Notes Amendment” means an amendment or exchange pursuant to which the maturity of the Convertible Notes is extended to May 1, 2026 and a first-priority lien on the Collateral is granted to the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent to secure the Convertible Notes Obligations.
“Convertible Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Convertible Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Convertible Notes Indenture.
“Convertible Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes Indenture, the Guarantees relating to the Convertible Notes and the security documents relating to the Convertible Notes.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
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“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-1419, Attention: Donald T. Hurrelbrink.
“Credit Agreement Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more (i) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, including, without limitation, the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (iii) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers 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.
“Custodian” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrate or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law or any other person with like powers.
“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or the passage of time or both, would be, an Event of Default.
“Delaware LLC” means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed, sold or otherwise disposed of or returned in exchange for consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents in compliance with Section 4.16.
“Discharge of First Lien Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
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(b) is convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or
(c) is redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person or in any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or is required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Affiliates, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof;
in each case, on or prior to the date 91 days after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i) an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an “asset sale,” “condemnation event,” a “change in control” or similar event shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Notes and Secured Notes Obligations that are accrued and payable, (ii) if an Equity Interest in any Person is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of such Person or as a result of such employee’s termination, death, or disability and (iii) any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interest shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interest.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
“Equity Offering” means a public or private sale for cash by the Company or of a direct or indirect parent of the Company (the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Company) of common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights with respect to such Person’s common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), other than public offerings with respect to such Person’s common stock, preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.
“European Subsidiary” means AMC Theatres of UK Limited and AMC UK Holding Limited and each of their respective subsidiaries that conduct the European (including the United Kingdom, western Europe, and the Baltic and Nordic regions) theatrical exhibition operations of the Company as of March 31, 2020.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day, for purposes of determining the dollar equivalent of any amount denominated in a currency other than dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into dollars as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such day as set forth on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be determined by the Company in good faith, or, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the applicable issuing bank under the Senior Credit Facilities through its principal foreign exchange trading office, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the applicable issuing bank may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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“Excluded Assets” means:
(1) any fee-owned real property (i) that does not constitute a Material Real Property, (ii) located in a jurisdiction that imposes a mortgage recording tax or similar fee and/or (iii) located in an area determined by FEMA to have special flood hazards;
(2) all leasehold interests in real property;
(3) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction, but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction);
(4) any asset if, to the extent that and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Notes Obligations is prohibited by any Requirements of Law (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable Requirements of Law) or would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction;
(5) margin stock and, to the extent prohibited by, or creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) under the terms of any applicable Organizational Documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, Equity Interests in any Person other than the Company and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries;
(6) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Company;
(7) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto;
(8) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject thereto (including pursuant to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement) to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(9) in excess of 65% of the voting Equity Interests of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) any FSHCO;
(10) receivables and related assets (or interests therein) (a) sold to any Receivables Subsidiary or (b) otherwise pledged, factored, transferred or sold in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(11) commercial tort claims with a value of less than $15 million and letter-of-credit rights with a value of less than $15 million (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by a UCC filing);
(12) Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(13) any aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines or helicopters, or any equipment or other assets constituting a part thereof;
(14) any and all assets and personal property owned or held by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary);
(15) any Equity Interest in Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and
(16) any proceeds from any issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited to be incurred under this Indenture that are paid into an escrow account to be released upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events, including cash or Cash Equivalents set aside at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, to the extent such cash or Cash Equivalents prefund the payment of interest or premium or discount on such Indebtedness (or any costs related to the issuance of such indebtedness) and are held in such escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose.
“Excluded Contribution Amount” means a cumulative amount equal to (without duplication):
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(a) the Net Proceeds of new public or private issuances of Qualified Equity Interests in the Company or any parent of the Company which are contributed to (or received by) the Company after the Issue Date, plus
(b) capital contributions received by the Company after the Issue Date in cash or Cash Equivalents (other than in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest) and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind contributions, plus
(c) the net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interest issuances issued after the Issue Date and which have been exchanged or converted into Qualified Equity Interests, plus
(d) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind amounts received by Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made after the Issue Date using the Excluded Contribution Amount (not to exceed the amount of such Investments);
provided that the Excluded Contribution Amount shall not include any amounts used to incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxv), any amounts used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(vi) or any amounts used to make Investments pursuant to clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any of the following: (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, (b) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (c) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (i) applicable Requirements of Law or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on April 22, 2019 or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long in respect of any such contractual prohibition such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), in each case from guaranteeing the Secured Notes Obligations or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee, or for which the provision of a Subsidiary Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax consequence (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to the Company or one of its subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company), (e) any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a CFC, (g) any FSHCO, (h) each Receivables Subsidiary and (i) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance companies or other special purpose subsidiaries designated by the Company from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not constitute an Excluded Subsidiary. A Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary if, and for so long as, it Guarantees any Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Second Lien Notes or any of the Existing Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any other document, a Subsidiary that ceases to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company as a result of (A) a transfer of its Equity Interests to any Affiliate of the Company or (B) a non-bona fide transaction shall not be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary by virtue of clause (a) of this definition of “Excluded Subsidiary.”
“Existing First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $500,000,000 and any additional notes issued pursuant to the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as such initial Existing First Lien Notes.
“Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Existing First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture.
“Existing First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of April 24, 2020, pursuant to which the Existing First Lien Notes were issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Existing First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Existing First Lien Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Existing First Lien Notes.
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“Existing Notes” means the Existing Subordinated Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes, the Convertible Notes and the First Lien Notes.
“Existing Subordinated Notes” means the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, the 2025 Subordinated Notes, the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes and the 2027 Subordinated Notes.
“Fair Market Value” means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, such value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.
“FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
“First Lien Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the Senior Credit Facilities, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Senior Credit Facilities.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among the Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto giving effect to any joinders thereto, each dated as of the Issue Date, pursuant to which the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, the Notes Collateral Agent and the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent became parties thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the First Lien Notes Indenture in the original aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 and any additional notes issued after the Issue Date pursuant to the First Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as such initial First Lien Notes.
“First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the First Lien Notes Indenture.
“First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Issue Date pursuant to which the First Lien Notes will be issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Glas Trust Company LLC, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the First Lien Notes, the First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the First Lien Notes.
“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (1) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (2) the Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, (3) the Convertible Notes Obligations, (4) the Secured Notes Obligations, (5) the First Lien Notes Obligations and (6) each Series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is equal in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Convertible Notes Collateral Agent, the Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties or Additional Junior Secured Parties from time to time party thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that has no material assets other than Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness in one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that the Company may elect, as evidenced by a written notice of the Company to the Trustee to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of any provision hereof, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein and (b) the amount of any Indebtedness or other balance sheet items or income statement items under GAAP with respect to Capital Lease Obligations and any other leases shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligations and otherwise in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 (and, in any event, shall exclude the impact on rent expense resulting from the adoption of ASC 842).
“Government Securities” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of, or obligations guaranteed by, 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 or redeemable at the issuer’s option.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Guarantee” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation 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
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(b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee on the Issue Date and any other Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts or similar obligations payable in the ordinary course of business and any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid within 60 days after being due and payable), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; provided that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller, (iii) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (iv) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Company solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP, (v) accrued expenses and royalties, (vi) asset retirement obligations and other pension related obligations (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days and (vii) any obligations under any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (i) intercompany advances arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and (ii) intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of, such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (B) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred to in this clause (B) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto and without duplication of amounts increasing Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Restricted Subsidiary issues any Equity Interests, in either case, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or other disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Equity Interests of and all other Investments in such Person retained. For purposes of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Financial Officer.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Issue Date” means July 31, 2020.
“Junior Financing” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes
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“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Limited Condition Transaction” means any acquisition or Investment not prohibited by this Indenture, in each case whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
“Management Investors” means current and/or former directors, officers, partners, members and employees of any Parent Entity, the Company and/or any of their respective subsidiaries who (directly or indirectly through one or more investment vehicles) held Equity Interests in the Company on April 22, 2019.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on (a) the business or financial condition of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Indenture or (c) the rights and remedies of the Holders.
“Material Real Property” means each fee owned parcel of real property owned by the Company or any Guarantor having a book value equal to or in excess of $15,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Indenture with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (a) the Measurement Date for real property owned as of the Measurement Date, (b) the date of acquisition for real property acquired after the Measurement Date or (c) the date on which the entity owning such real property becomes a Guarantor after the Measurement Date, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company.
“Material Subsidiary” means (a) each wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 5.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter or that is designated by the Company as a Material Subsidiary and (b) any group comprising wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clause (a) but that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter.
“Maturity Date” means the date specified in the Notes as the fixed date on which the principal of the Notes is due and payable.
“Measurement Date” means April 22, 2019.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Mortgaged Property” means each parcel of Material Real Property and the improvements thereon with respect to which a Mortgage shall be granted pursuant to Section 4.17.
“Multiplex” means any theatre owned by the Company or its Subsidiary which has ten or less screens for viewing movies.
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“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the proceeds received in respect of such event in cash or Cash Equivalents, including (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earn-out (but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds that are actually received and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments that are actually received, minus (b) the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such event (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant, accountant and other customary fees), (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale (including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback or similar proceeding), (A) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any Asset Sale to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction, (B) the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Notes) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, (C) the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (C)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (D) the amount of any liabilities directly associated with such asset and retained by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable, including any withholding taxes estimated to be payable in connection with the repatriation of such Net Proceeds), and the amount of any reserves established by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, that are associated with such event, provided that any reduction at any time in the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt by the Company at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of such reduction.
“New Project” means (a) each facility, theatre or other project which is either a new facility, a new theatre or an expansion, renovation, relocation, remodeling or other improvement or modernization of an existing theatre or facility owned by a Company or the Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (b) each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market.
“Non-Cash Compensation Expense” means any non-cash expenses and costs that result from the issuance of stock-based awards, partnership interest-based awards and similar incentive based compensation awards or arrangements.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to Section 4.06(a)(B), Section 4.06(a)(B)(1) or the Excluded Contribution Amount, as applicable, that was not previously applied pursuant to clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” Section 4.06(b)(viii) or Section 4.06(c)(iv).
“Notes Collateral Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the holders of the Notes under the Security Documents and any successor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest, fees, or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest, fees, or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness; provided, that any of the foregoing (other than principal and interest) shall no longer constitute “Obligations” after payment in full of such principal and interest.
“Odeon Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 between Odeon Cinemas Group Limited, Odeon Cinemas Limited, the guarantors party thereto, Lloyds Bank PLC, as the agent, security trustee and security agent, the lenders party thereto and the other parties party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
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“Officer” means the chief executive officer, chief marketing officer, chief financial officer, president, vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary, or other similar officer, manager or a director of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel to the Company licensed in any State of the United States of America and applying the laws of such State or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 11, 2015, Amendment No. 2, dated as of November 8, 2016, Amendment No. 3, dated as of May 9, 2017, Amendment No. 4, dated as of June 13, 2017 and Amendment No. 5, dated as of August 14, 2018, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, as in effect immediately prior to April 22, 2019.
“Parent Entity” means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of the Company.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or construction contractors’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case so long as such Liens do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items set forth in the foregoing clause (i);
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(d) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;
(e) easements, encumbrances, rights-of-way, reservations, restrictions, restrictive covenants, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes building codes, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions, and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects or other irregularities in title and survey exceptions affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(g);
(g) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments, provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Company or such subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent such obligations are permitted by Section 4.05;
(h) rights of set-off, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by of the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions in relation to the maintenance of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments; and
(i) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or any similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
“Permitted European Investment” means any retained Investment in a European Subsidiary (or any retained Investment in the assets or business operations of a European Subsidiary), which Investment results from the sale or transfer (including by way of merger, combination, asset sale or otherwise) of a portion of the ownership interests in one or more European Subsidiaries (or the assets thereof), provided that such sale or transfer of such ownership interests (or the assets thereof) was made (a) to a Person (or group of Persons) that was not at such time an Affiliate of the Company, (b) in compliance with Section 4.16 and (c) for consideration to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not in the form of First Lien Obligations.
“Permitted Holder” means (i) Wanda Group, (ii) Silver Lake, (iii) the Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees, and (iv) any “group” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision of which any of the foregoing are members and any member of such group; provided that, in the case of such group and any member of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.
“Permitted Investments” means the following:
(a) Investments that were Cash Equivalents at the time made;
(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) (provided that the amount of such loans and advances made in cash to such Person shall be contributed to the Company in cash as common equity or Qualified Equity Interests) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii); provided that at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount outstanding in reliance on this clause (iii) shall not exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 1% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
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(c) Investments (i) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Guarantor (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division), (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in any other Restricted Subsidiary that is also not a Guarantor, (iii) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division) (A) in any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Company or any Guarantor after the Issue Date in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in reliance on this clause (c) (other than any Investment made in a Restricted Subsidiary to fund an acquisition not prohibited by this Indenture) shall not exceed the greater of (A) $150,000,000 and (B) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment; provided that the total amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) that are not in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including loans and contributions thereof) shall not exceed $10,000,000 and Investments pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) shall only be used by such Restricted Subsidiary to finance its operations, (B) in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, constituting an exchange of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary for Indebtedness of such Subsidiary or (C) constituting Guarantees of Indebtedness or other monetary obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors (provided that any actual payment by a Guarantor on account of such Guarantee would constitute an Investment in such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor at the time such payment is made), (iv) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors so long as such Investment is part of a series of substantially simultaneous Investments that result in the proceeds of the initial Investment being invested in one or more Guarantors and (v) by any Restricted Subsidiary in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, consisting of the contribution of Equity Interests of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor so long as the Equity Interests (or, as applicable, at least 65% of the voting Equity Interests) of the transferee Restricted Subsidiary is pledged to secure the Secured Notes Obligations.
(d) Investments consisting of prepayments to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments (i) existing on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii) Investments existing on July 10, 2020 by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(g) Investments in Swap Agreements permitted under Section 4.05;
(h) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Asset Sales permitted under Section 4.16 or any other disposition not constituting an Asset Sale;
(i) Investments in a Person if as a result of such Investment, (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business) to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person;
(j) [reserved];
(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(l) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers, from financially troubled account debtors or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
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(m) loans and advances to a Parent Entity (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to a Parent Entity (or such parent) in accordance with Section 4.06;
(n) other Investments and other acquisitions; (A) so long as at the time any such Investment or other acquisition is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments made in reliance on this clause (A) together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (A) after the Issue Date (including the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness assumed in connection with any such other acquisition), shall not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment or other acquisition, (B) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, in an amount not to exceed the amount under Section 4.06(a)(B) that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment, (C) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment and (D) in an amount not to exceed the Available RP Capacity Amount;
(o) [reserved];
(p) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Investments and other acquisitions to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Company; provided that (i) such amounts used pursuant to this clause (q) shall not increase the Excluded Contribution Amount or be applied to increase any other basket hereunder and (ii) any amounts used for such an Investment or other acquisition that are not Equity Interests of the Company shall otherwise be permitted pursuant hereunder;
(r) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(s) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Holders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(t) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, consolidation, dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted (other than by reference to this clause (t)) under Sections 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.09 and 5.01, respectively, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (t);
(u) [reserved];
(v) contributions to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Company;
(w) to the extent that they constitute Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses or leases of other assets, Intellectual Property, or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
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(x) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;
(y) any Investment in a Similar Business; provided that at the time any such Investment is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments made in reliance on this clause (y) together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (y) after the Issue Date, shall not exceed the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment;
(z) Investments constituting Permitted European Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all other Permitted European Investments (whether made pursuant to this clause (z) or any of clauses (a) through (cc) of this definition of “Permitted Investments”) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not exceed $300,000,000;
(aa) Investments in Subsidiaries in the form of receivables and related assets required in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing (including the contribution or lending of cash and cash equivalents to Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of such assets from the Company or other Restricted Subsidiaries or to otherwise fund required reserves);
(bb) Investments consisting of advances or extensions of credit on terms customary in the industry in the form of accounts or other receivables incurred or pre-paid film rentals, and loans and advances made in settlement of such accounts receivable; and
(cc) Investments consisting of refundable construction advances made with respect to the construction of motion picture exhibition theatres in the ordinary course of business.
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, in the event that a proposed Investment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (a) through (cc) above (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Investment (or portion thereof) between such clauses (a) through (cc) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this definition.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was, at the time such Indebtedness is deemed to be incurred, permitted or deemed to be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i);
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii) Liens existing on the Issue Date (excluding Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to (x) the Credit Facilities or (y) the Notes issued on the Issue Date) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (A) such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (ii) proceeds and products thereof, and (B) the obligations secured or benefited by such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien are permitted by Section 4.05;
(iv) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.05(b)(vi) or Section 4.05(b)(xxviii); provided that (A) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, repair, replacement, construction or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, except for accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof, and any lease of such property (including accessions thereto) and the proceeds and products thereof and (C) with respect to Capital Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for accessions to or proceeds of such assets) other than the assets subject to such Capital Lease Obligations; provided, further, that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
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(v) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others that do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) secure any Indebtedness;
(vi) 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;
(vii) 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) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(viii) Liens (A) on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in a Permitted Investment to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or otherwise in connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such Investment or any disposition permitted under this Indenture (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such Investment or disposition), (B) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under this Indenture, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien or (C) with respect to escrow deposits consisting of the proceeds of Indebtedness (and related interest and fee amounts) otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 4.05 in connection with customary redemption terms relating to escrow arrangements, and contingent on the consummation of any Investment, disposition or Restricted Payment permitted under this Indenture;
(ix) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case permitted under Section 4.05;
(x) Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of the Company or any Guarantor, Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and Liens granted by the Company or any Guarantor in favor of the Company or any other Guarantor;
(xi) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including by the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary), in each case after the date hereof; provided that (A) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions, proceeds and products thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Sections 4.05(b)(vi) or 4.05(b)(viii);
(xii) any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and rights of landlords thereunder;
(xiii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(xiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under clause (e) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”;
(xv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xvi) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located;
(xviii) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(xix) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxix); provided that, such Liens do not secure Consolidated First Lien Debt and the applicable holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes;
(xx) other Liens; provided that at the time of incurrence of the obligations secured thereby (after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such obligations) the aggregate outstanding face amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (xx) shall not exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then last ended; provided further that, such Liens shall rank junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Notes;
(xxi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted hereunder (including Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions);
(xxii) Liens on receivables and related assets incurred in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings;
(xxiii) (A) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof and (B) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiv) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law;
(xxv) Liens on equipment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;
(xxvi) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of such Person in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxvii) Liens securing the Initial Notes;
(xxviii) Liens securing the Second Lien Notes issued on the Issue Date;
(xxix) Liens securing the Convertible Notes issued on the Issue Date;
(xxx) Liens securing the First Lien Notes issued on the Issue Date;
(xxxi) (A) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (B) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxii) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the title policy covering such Mortgaged Property and the matters disclosed in any survey delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent with respect to such Mortgaged Property; and
(xxxiii) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxii) (solely with respect to the Permitted Refinancing of (x) Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clauses (iii)(1)(B), (iii)(1)(G), (iii)(2), (vi), (viii), (xv), (xxvii), (xxviii) and (xxix) of Section 4.05(b) or (y) Indebtedness that is secured based on clause (xx) above (without any duplication of any amount outstanding thereunder)); provided that (1) no such Lien extends to any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that did not secure the Indebtedness being refinanced other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed to or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and, (B) in the case of any property or assets financed by Indebtedness or subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness, in each case, permitted by Section 4.05 the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property to secure such Indebtedness and related obligations, any such after-acquired property and (C) the proceeds and products thereof, accessions thereto and improvements thereon, (2) if such Liens are consensual Liens that are secured by the Collateral, then the holders of such Indebtedness or their authorized representative shall enter into or become party to the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable and (3) each such Lien shall be of the same priority level as the existing Lien securing such Indebtedness being refinanced.
“Permitted Receivables Financing” means receivables securitizations or other receivables financings (including any factoring program) that are non-recourse to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except for (a) recourse to any Foreign Subsidiaries that own the assets underlying such financing (or have sold such assets in connection with such financing), (b) any customary limited recourse or, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, (c) any performance undertaking or Guarantee, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, and (d) an unsecured parent Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a parent company of a Foreign Subsidiary of obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries, and, in each case, reasonable extensions thereof); provided that, with respect to Permitted Receivables Financings incurred in the form of a factoring program, the outstanding amount of such Permitted Receivables Financing for the purposes of this definition shall be deemed to be equal to the Permitted Receivables Net Investment for the last Test Period.
“Permitted Receivables Net Investment” means the aggregate cash amount paid by the purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program in connection with their purchase of accounts receivable and customary related assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such accounts receivable and related assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program which are payable to any Person other than a Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).
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“Permitted Transferees” means, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Person’s Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Person’s heirs, legatees, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Company.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period, any adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA made in accordance with clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of that term.
“Pro Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder required by the terms of this Indenture to be made on a Pro Forma Basis, that (a) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (b) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test, financial ratio or covenant: (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (A) in the case of a disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any subsidiary of the Company or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (B) in the case of an acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction” or any New Project shall be included, (ii) any retirement of Indebtedness, (iii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to any fixed dollar basket or Consolidated EBITDA grower basket or under any revolving Credit Facility) and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination and (iv) Available Cash shall be calculated on the date of the consummation of the Specified Transaction after giving pro forma effect to such Specified Transaction (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness the incurrence of which is a Specified Transaction or that is incurred to finance such Specified Transaction); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test, financial ratio or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” (and subject to the provisions set forth in clause (b) thereof) and give effect to events (including cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies) that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the adjustments comprising the “Pro Forma Adjustment.”
“Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment” means, for any Test Period that includes all or a portion of a fiscal quarter included in any eight full consecutive quarter period immediately following the disposal of any Sold Entity or Business, the pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA projected by the Company in good faith as a result of contractual arrangements between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with such Sold Entity or Business at the time of its disposal or within such eight quarter period and which represent an increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA which is incremental to the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for the most recent Test Period prior to its disposal.
“Pro Forma Entity” means any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests in the Company or any parent of the Company other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Special Purpose Entity established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and any other subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) involved in a Permitted Receivables Financing which is not permitted by the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing to guarantee the Obligations or provide Collateral.
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“redemption date” means the date on which Notes are redeemed pursuant to Article Three of this Indenture (including the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date and the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable) or paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes.
“Redeemable Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms, by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be required to be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date or is mandatorily redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such Maturity Date (except for any such Capital Stock that would be required to be redeemed or is redeemable at the option of the holder if the issuer thereof may redeem such Capital Stock for consideration consisting solely of Capital Stock that is not Redeemable Capital Stock), or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to such Maturity Date at the option of the holder thereof.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any three nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary dealers of Government Securities.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue with respect to the Notes, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business (which may consist of securities of a Person, including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary).
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, official administrative pronouncements, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained Declined Proceeds” means the Net Proceeds in respect of any Asset Sale not required to be applied to make a prepayment or to be reinvested under Section 4.16.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale Leaseback” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed of.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Lien Notes” means the Company’ 10%/12% cash/PIK toggle second lien secured notes due 2026 to be issued on the Issue Date pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of up to $1.66 billion and any additional notes denominated in U.S. Dollars issued pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture which have terms (other than interest rate, issuance price, issuance date, series and title) which are the same as the Second Lien Notes.
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“Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Second Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Second Lien Notes Indenture.
“Second Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture to be dated as of the Issue Date pursuant to which the Second Lien Notes will be issued between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as the trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Second Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Second Lien Notes.
“Second Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is junior in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral supporting First Lien Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Secured Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents relating to the Notes.
“Secured Notes Secured Parties” means the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Notes Collateral Agent.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement other security agreements relating to the Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states) applicable to the Collateral, each for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Credit Facilities” means the revolving credit facility and the term loan facilities under that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 13, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2020 and that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020), among the Company, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and any related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit, guarantees and other documents, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, replacements, exchanges or refinancings thereof, in whole or in part, and any financing arrangements that amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, restate, refund, replace, exchange or refinance any part thereof, including, without limitation, any such amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, refunding, replacement, exchanged or refinancing financing arrangement that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed or issued thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders, investors, holders or otherwise.
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“Senior Indebtedness” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing First Lien Notes, the First Lien Notes, the Convertible Notes and the Notes (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;
(2) (a) all Swap Obligations (and all guarantees thereof) and (b) Cash Management Obligations (and guarantees thereof); provided that such Swap Obligations and Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture;
(3) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and
(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3); provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(a) any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;
(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in right of payment 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.
“Senior Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Series” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that, or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company for such quarter; provided that solely for purposes of the Events of Default under Sections 6.01(e) and (f), each Restricted Subsidiary forming part of such group is subject to an Event of Default under one or more of such clauses.
“Silver Lake” means Silver Lake Alpine, L.P., Silver Lake Alpine (Offshore Master), L.P., their Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates (other than Company and its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company).
“Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
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“Special Purpose Entity” means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities and impose requirements intended to preserve its separateness from the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation, New Project or other event that by the terms of this Indenture requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis.”
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the administrative agent or issuing bank under the Senior Credit Facilities, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date one Business Day prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that such administrative agent or issuing bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the administrative agent or issuing bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“subsidiary” of any person means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company other than for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” unless the Company shall have designated in writing to the Trustee an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes and this Indenture by a Guarantor and any supplemental indenture applicable thereto, and, collectively, all such Guarantees. Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form prescribed in this Indenture.
“Surviving Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).
“Swap” means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
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“Test Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been (or were required to have been) delivered pursuant to Section 4.12(a); provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.12(a), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended December 31, 2019.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the funding of $2,000,000,000 of term loans under the Senior Credit Facilities on April 22, 2019 and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013, and as amended on December 11, 2015, November 8, 2016, May 9, 2017, June 13, 2017, August 14, 2018 and April 22, 2019, among the Company, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, (b) the “Transactions” as defined in the Original Credit Agreement immediately prior to April 22, 2019, (c) the redemption in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and premium of Carmike Cinemas, Inc.’s 6.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, assumed by the Company, and the Company’s 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022, (d) the exchange offers pursuant to which the Second Lien Notes were issued, (e) the Convertible Notes Amendment, (f) the amendment to the Senior Credit Facilities dated as of April 23, 2020, (g) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (h) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Costs).
“Transaction Costs” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by, or attributable to, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.
“Trust Officer” means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“U.S. Dollars,” “United States Dollars,” “US$” and the symbol “$” each mean currency of the United States of America.
“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Note Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as provided below, and (b) any Subsidiary of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately before and after such designation on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recent Test Period, no Event of Default under Sections 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Company therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) investment therein and any such designation shall only be permitted to the extent such Investment would be permitted under clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.” The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value at the date of such designation of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary.
As of the Issue Date, each of Centertainment Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation and AMC Theatres of UK Limited is hereby designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the Investments existing as of July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in each of Centertainment Development, Inc. and AMC Theatres of UK Limited shall be permitted under clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”
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“Vehicles” means all railcars, cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.
“Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
“Wanda Group” means Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese private conglomerate and any of its Affiliates.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section |
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“Acceptable Commitment” | 4.16 | ||
“Action” | 12.08 | ||
“Additional Notes” | Preamble and Exhibit A | ||
“Advance Offer” | 4.16 | ||
“Advance Portion” | 4.16 | ||
“AHYDO” | 3.07 | ||
“AHYDO Catch-up Payment” | 3.07 | ||
“Applicable Proceeds” | 4.16 | ||
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption” | 3.08 | ||
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date” | 3.08 | ||
“Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event” | 4.16 | ||
“Asset Sale Offer” | 4.16 | ||
“Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period” | 4.16 | ||
“CERCLA” | 12.08 | ||
“Change of Control Offer” | 4.11 | ||
“Change of Control Payment” | 4.11 | ||
“Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.11 | ||
“Commitment Application Period” | 4.16 | ||
“covenant defeasance option” | 8.01 | ||
“Depository” | Exhibit A | ||
“European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount” | 4.16 | ||
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption” | 3.08 | ||
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date” | 3.08 | ||
“European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event” | 4.16 | ||
“Event of Default” | 6.01 | ||
“Excess Proceeds” | 4.16 | ||
“Global Note” | Exhibit A | ||
“Guarantor Obligations” | 11.01 | ||
“legal defeasance option” | 8.01 | ||
“Legal Holiday” | 13.08 | ||
“OID” | 4.05 | ||
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” | 4.16 | ||
“Paying Agent” | 2.04 | ||
“Permitted Refinancing” | 4.05 | ||
“QIB” | Exhibit A | ||
“Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness” | 4.02 | ||
“Refinancing Indebtedness” | 4.05 | ||
“Registrar” | 2.04 | ||
“Restricted Payments” | 4.06 (a) | ||
“Second Change of Control Payment Date” | 4.11 | ||
“Security Document Order” | 12.08 | ||
“Securities Custodian” | Exhibit A | ||
“Surviving Entity” | 5.01 | ||
“withdrawal deadline” | 4.11 |
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“TIA”) , the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:
“obligor” on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no obligation or requirement under the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable to the Company or any Guarantor.
Section 1.04. 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;
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(c) “or” is not exclusive;
(d) “including” means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness; and
(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.05. Limited Condition Transactions.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Indenture which requires the calculation of any financial ratio;
(ii) determining whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or any subset of Defaults or Events of Default); or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Indenture (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets or by reference to Section 4.06(a)(B) or the Excluded Contribution Amount);
in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), with such option to be exercised on or prior to the date of execution of the definitive agreements related to such Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Company could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations; however, if any ratios improve or baskets increase as a result of such fluctuations, such improved ratios or baskets may be utilized. If the Company has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of the incurrence ratios subject to the LCT Election on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
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Section 1.06. Certain Compliance Determinations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or utilization of any basket contained in this Indenture, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets, the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Senior Leverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to all Specified Transactions that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made and to the extent the proceeds of any new Indebtedness are to be used to repay other Indebtedness (including by repurchase, redemption, retirement, extinguishment, defeasance, discharge or pursuant to escrow or similar arrangements) no later than 60 days following the incurrence of such new Indebtedness, the Company shall be permitted to give Pro Forma Effect to such repayment of Indebtedness.
(b) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test, the amount of Consolidated EBITDA and/or Consolidated Total Assets), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time such action is taken (subject to Section 1.05), such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in such financial ratio or test occurring after the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision in any covenant (including any constituent definition thereof) of this Indenture that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Senior Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test and/or any Total Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of any determination under this Indenture expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the Spot Rate (or, if such determination is calculated under the Senior Credit Facilities at the Exchange Rate, such Exchange Rate) (rounded to the nearest currency unit, with 0.5 or more of a currency unit being rounded upward); provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, disposition or Restricted Payment in a currency other than dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred or disposition or Restricted Payment made; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 1.06 shall otherwise apply to such provisions, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred or disposition or Restricted Payment made at any time under such provisions. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt, amounts in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 4.12 (or, prior to the first such delivery, the most recent internally available financial statements).
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ARTICLE II
The Notes
Section 2.01. Amount of Notes; Issuable in Series.
As provided for in Exhibit A hereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. All Notes shall be substantially identical in all respects other than issue prices, issuance dates, first interest payment amount, first interest payment date and denominations. Additional Notes may be issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes; provided, such Additional Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes unless such Additional Notes are fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, further, that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.05 and Section 4.07. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate the Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000. With respect to any Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Initial Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A), there shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to Section 2.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Notes:
(a) whether such Notes shall be issued as part of a new or existing series of Notes and the title of such Notes (which shall distinguish the Notes of the series from Notes of any other series);
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which shall be calculated without reference to any Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the same series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A or any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the issue price and issuance date of such Notes, including the date from which interest on such Notes shall accrue; and
(d) if applicable, that such Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositories for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by any such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.3 of Exhibit A in which any such Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and any transfer of such Global Notes in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depository for such Global Note or a nominee thereof.
If any of the terms of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or the trust indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 2.02. Form and Dating.
Provisions relating to the Notes are set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes of each series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Appendix I to Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and institutional “accredited investors” as that term is defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act shall include the form of assignment set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (other than Initial Notes offered on the Issue Date) shall include the form of certificate set forth in Exhibit B. The Notes of each series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage; provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes of each series set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
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Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Additional Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order of the Company shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Notes if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture.
Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more registrars for so long as the Notes are held in registered form, and one or more co-registrars. The initial Paying Agent will be U.S. Bank National Association.
The initial Registrar and transfer agent for the Notes will be U.S. Bank National Association. The Registrars and the transfer agents will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Notes in the form of Definitive Notes (as defined in Exhibit A) outstanding from time to time, if any, and will make payments on and facilitate transfers of Definitive Notes on behalf of the Company. Each transfer agent shall perform the functions of a transfer agent.
The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar in respect of the Notes.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.
Section 2.05. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. By no later than 11:00a.m., New York City time, on the date on which any principal of or interest on any Notes is due, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent for such Note a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company or any Guarantor in making any such payment. If the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
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Section 2.06. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of each of the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Company and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated security is surrendered to a Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent for such Note, the Registrar for such Note and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of Company.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and such Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.09. Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Notes.
Section 2.10. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Registrar and any Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver cancelled Notes to the Company upon a written direction of the Company. Except as expressly permitted herein, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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If the Company or any Guarantor acquires any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.10. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a registration of transfer or exchange of such Notes.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Securities Custodian with respect to such Global Note to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such defaulted interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.02, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such defaulted interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable.
The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers or ISINs. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” number, “ISIN” or other similar number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and 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 shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number, ISIN or other similar numbers.
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Section 2.13. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE III
Redemption
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes or is required to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 or 3.08 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the redemption price and that such redemption is being made pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes or Section 3.07 or 3.08 hereof, as applicable.
The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 2 Business Days before the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption to the Holders unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository, shall select the Notes to be redeemed pro rata, and if the Depository prescribes no method of selection, then, by lot or by any other method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, selects shall be in amounts of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000, (but in any event not less than $2,000). Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed. The Trustee shall not be liable for selection made by it under this Section 3.02.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a date for optional redemption of Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the reverse side of the Notes, the Company shall send a notice of redemption electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository. Notice of any optional redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering. Any redemption and notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, consummation of any related Equity Offering. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed. 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.
The notice shall identify the Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers if any) and shall state:
(a) | the redemption date; |
(b) | the redemption price; |
(c) | the name and address of the Paying Agent; |
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(d) | that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; |
(e) | if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, or if a Note is to be redeemed in part only, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed; |
(f) | that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; |
(g) | 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; and |
(h) | any conditions to such redemption. |
At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section 3.03 at least 2 Business Days before the redemption date, unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date, and at the redemption price stated in the notice, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. The notice, if sent in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date). Subject to Section 3.05, on and after the redemption date, unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless such redemption remains conditioned on the occurrence of a future event that has not occurred. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date) on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Notes.
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Section 3.07. AHYDO Redemption. On the first interest payment date following the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273- 2) of the Notes, the Company shall redeem a portion of the principal amount of each then outstanding Note in an amount equal to the AHYDO Catch-Up Payment for such interest payment date with respect to such Note. The “AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means the minimum principal prepayment sufficient to ensure that as of the close of such interest payment date, the aggregate amount which would be includible in gross income with respect to such Note before the close of such interest payment date (as described in Section 163(i)(2)(A) of the Code) does not exceed the sum (as described in Section 163(i)(2)(B) of the Code) of (i) the aggregate amount of interest to be paid on such Note (including for this purpose any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment) before the close of such interest payment date plus (ii) the product of the “issue price” of such Note and its yield to maturity, with the result that the Notes are not treated as having “significant original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1)(C) of the Code. It is intended that no Note will be an “applicable high yield discount obligation” (an “AHYDO”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. The computations and determinations required in connection with any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment will be made by us in our good faith reasonable discretion and will be binding upon the holders absent manifest error. Unless otherwise provided herein, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall comply with Section 3.01 through Section 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Asset Sale Redemption
(a) Upon an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall apply the applicable portion of the Excess Proceeds (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) or (2), as applicable, of Section 4.16(b)), if any, to redeem the Notes (an “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption”) on or before the 20th Business Day following the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event (the “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date”) or as otherwise required by the applicable procedures of the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date.
(b) Upon a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall apply the applicable portion of the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount (as determined in accordance with Section 4.16(c)) to redeem the Notes (a “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption”) on or before the 15th day (or if such day is not a Business Day on the immediately succeeding Business Day) following the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event (the “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date”) or as otherwise required by the applicable procedures of the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date.
(c) In either of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee or the Registrar in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository, as applicable, not more than 5 days prior to the redemption date pro rata, and if the Depository prescribes no method of selection, then by lot or by any other method the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that Notes will not be redeemed in an amount less than the minimum authorized denomination of $2,000. Notice of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, as applicable, shall be sent to the Holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 5 days prior to the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The Trustee shall not be liable for selection made by it under this clause (c).
(d) Unless otherwise provided herein, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall comply with Section 3.01 through Section 3.06 hereof.
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ARTICLE IV
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefore in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Additional Limitations on Refinancing Existing Subordinated Notes. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, refinance, refund, renew, extend or otherwise modify any of the Existing Subordinated Notes (or any Indebtedness incurred as a Permitted Refinancing of (x) the Existing Subordinated Notes or (y) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a subsequent refinancing of the Existing Subordinated Notes (clauses (x) and (y) collectively, “Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness”)) or repay, purchase or redeem any of the outstanding principal or interest on any of the Existing Subordinated Notes or any Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, except in connection with an exchange of such Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, with notes issued by the Company that have (a) an interest rate less than or equal to the interest rate of the Second Lien Notes, (b) at least the first three regular interest payments are payable by increasing the principal amount of such notes (provided that the third regular interest payment may include the cash payment option provided for in the Second Lien Notes), (c) call protection provisions that are no more favorable to the holders of such notes than the Second Lien Notes and (d) a maturity date no earlier than the maturity date of the Second Lien Notes at an all-in exchange rate of less than or equal to $0.55 of such notes for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, being exchanged. The restrictions in the prior sentence shall not apply to (i) cash purchases of the Existing Subordinated Notes at a purchase price less than or equal to $0.41 for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or (ii) optional redemptions or repurchases at a discount of the Existing Subordinated Notes within one year of the final maturity date of the Existing Subordinated Notes to be redeemed.
Section 4.03. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay its obligations in respect of taxes before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.04. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05. Limitation on Indebtedness and Certain Equity Securities.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness if after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis the Senior Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.0.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.05(a) shall not apply to:
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(i) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the sum of (x) $2,250.0 million less the principal amount of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities repaid pursuant to Section 4.16(c) plus (y) the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) if, and solely to the extent that, 75% of Consolidated EBITDA is at least $700.0 million, the difference of 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period minus $700.0 million plus (z) an additional amount such that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such additional amount and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the First Lien Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 3.00 to 1.00, provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under clause (i)(z), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (i) shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) of the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio”;
(ii) Indebtedness represented by the Notes (but excluding any Additional Notes);
(iii) Indebtedness (1) outstanding on July 10, 2020 (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) or (ii) above), that is (A) intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date, (B) Indebtedness under the Odeon Credit Agreement, (C) Indebtedness under the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, (D) Indebtedness under the 2025 Subordinated Notes, (E) Indebtedness under the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes, (F) Indebtedness under the 2027 Subordinated Notes or (G) Indebtedness under the Existing First Lien Notes and (2) issued substantially concurrently with the issuance of the Notes that is (A) Indebtedness under the Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600.0 million, (B) Indebtedness under the Second Lien Notes (including any Indebtedness issued as a result of a payment-in-kind payment permitted under the Second Lien Notes Indenture) or (C) Indebtedness under the First Lien Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200.0 million;
(iv) Guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture; provided that (A) such Guarantee is otherwise permitted under this Indenture, (B) no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Notes and (C) if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Notes, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Notes on terms at least as favorable to Holders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(v) Indebtedness of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Subsidiary or the Company to the extent not otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture; provided that all such Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor owing to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be subordinated to the Notes (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to material adverse tax consequences);
(vi) (A) Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness (including Indebtedness in respect of mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings)) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets (whether through the direct purchase of property or any Person owning such property); provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement;
(vii) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Agreements (other than Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes);
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(viii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) after the date hereof as a result of an acquisition or Investment, in each case not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the assumption of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment, the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment;
(ix) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Receivables Financing;
(x) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured promissory notes issued by the Company or any Guarantor to current or former officers, directors and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 4.06;
(xii) Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price or other similar adjustments (including earnout or similar obligations) incurred in connection with any acquisition, Investment or disposition, in each case not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture;
(xiii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition or Investment permitted under this Indenture;
(xiv) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, (including Indebtedness owed on a short term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries);
(xv) Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any European Subsidiary; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (xv) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time, less, in the case of Indebtedness of an European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xv), the amount of Applicable Proceeds used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(3) pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.16(c); provided further that in the case of Indebtedness of any European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xv), (i) the incurrence of such Indebtedness results in net cash proceeds to such European Subsidiary in an amount equal to at least 95% of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) unless such European Subsidiary is a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Company or any Guarantor;
(xvi) Indebtedness consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
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(xvii) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(xviii) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance, bankers acceptance facilities and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(xix) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company that (a) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Notes on terms and conditions no less favorable, in any material respect, to Holders than the terms and conditions set forth in the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture, (b) will not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date, (c) has no scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the Maturity Date and (d) has covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive, or mandatory prepayment or repurchase provisions no more onerous or expansive in scope on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those set forth in the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture; provided, that (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (ii) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00 after giving effect to the incurrence or issuance of such Indebtedness;
(xx) [reserved];
(xxi) Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument permitted by this Section 4.05 in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or such other instrument;
(xxii) any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (a “Permitted Refinancing”) of all or any portion of Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.05(a) or any of clauses (ii), (iii), (vi), (viii), (xv), (xix), (xxii), (xxvii), (xxviii) and (xxix) of this Section 4.05(b) (the Indebtedness incurred in respect of such Permitted Refinancing, “Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided that:
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing revolving commitments unutilized thereunder to the extent that the portion of any existing and unutilized revolving commitment being refinanced was permitted to be drawn immediately prior to such refinancing and such drawing shall be deemed to have been made,
(B) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05(a) and clauses (ii), (iii)(A), (vi), (viii), (xix), (xxvii) of (xxviii) of this Section 4.05(b), Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (other than customary bridge loans),
(C) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; and
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(D) with respect to Indebtedness incurred under the Existing Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(iii), or any Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, any such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof shall also be subject to the restrictions described in Section 4.02.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that a Permitted Refinancing may constitute a portion of an issuance of Indebtedness in excess of the amount of such Permitted Refinancing; provided that such excess amount is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Section 4.05. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that a Permitted Refinancing includes successive Permitted Refinancings of the same Indebtedness.
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) [reserved];
(xxv) additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, measured at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, not to exceed 200% of the aggregate amount of direct or indirect equity investments in cash or Cash Equivalents in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests received by the Company or any Parent Entity (to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests) to the extent not included as an Excluded Contribution Amount or applied to increase any other basket hereunder;
(xxvi) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor outstanding in reliance on this clause (xxvi) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $50,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
(xxvii) (A) Indebtedness incurred to finance an acquisition or Investment not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture up to an aggregate principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment is either (i) equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.0 or (ii) equal to or less than the Senior Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time or (y) the First Lien Leverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment is equal to or less than the First Lien Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such acquisition or Investment for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time, provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under clause (xxvii)(y), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (xxvii) shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) of the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio”;
(xxviii) Indebtedness in the form of Capital Lease Obligations arising out of any Sale Leaseback;
(xxix) (A) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor consisting of (i) secured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures shall be secured by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Notes Obligations) or (ii) secured loans (which loans shall be secured by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Notes Obligations) up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (xxii) of this Section 4.05(b), an amount such that the Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00 after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, provided that the holders of such Indebtedness or their authorized representative shall have become party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
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(xxx) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee to satisfy and discharge the Notes or exercise the Company’s legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance options set forth in Article Eight in each case, in accordance with this Indenture; and
(xxxi) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (i) through (xxx) above.
(c) [reserved].
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue any preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Equity Interests, except (A) in the case of the Company, preferred Equity Interests that are Qualified Equity Interests and (B) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, (i) preferred Equity Interests or Disqualified Equity Interests issued to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) preferred Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) issued to and held by joint venture partners after the Issue Date (“JV Preferred Equity Interests”); provided that in the case of this clause (ii), any such issuance of JV Preferred Equity Interests shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness and subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 4.05.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in this Section 4.05, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (i) above; provided further that if any such portion of such Indebtedness could, based on the financial statements for such Test Period, have been incurred in reliance on Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix), such portion of such Indebtedness shall automatically be reclassified as having been incurred under the applicable provisions of Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix) (in each case, subject to satisfying any other applicable provision of Section 4.05(a) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix) and, in the case of any such portion of such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, to availability under the cap applicable therein to the incurrence of such Indebtedness by a non-Guarantor); provided further, however, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Existing Subordinated Notes shall be deemed to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(iii) and shall not be permitted to be reclassified.
(f) If Indebtedness originally incurred in reliance upon a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or the First Lien Leverage Ratio under Section 4.05(b)(i) is being refinanced under such clause or the Secured Leverage Ratio under Section 4.05(b)(xxix) is being refinanced under such clause and such refinancing would cause the maximum amount of Indebtedness thereunder to be exceeded at such time, then such refinancing will nevertheless be permitted thereunder and such additional Indebtedness will be deemed to have been incurred, and permitted to be incurred, under such Section 4.05(b)(i) or Section 4.05(b)(xxix), as applicable, so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness being refinanced plus amounts permitted by the next sentence. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i) and Section 4.05(b)(xxix) shall be permitted to include additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, dividends and fees, costs and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount (“OID”) or similar fees) in connection with such Refinancing.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, after the Issue Date and prior to January 1, 2022, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur or assume any Indebtedness that constitutes First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i)(z) above.
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Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests for purposes of this Section 4.05.
Section 4.06. Limitation on Restricted Payments and Prepayments of Junior Financing.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or make, directly or indirectly:
(i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests; or
(iii) any Restricted Investment;
(such payments or any other actions described in clauses (i) through (iii) above are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:
(A) in the case of a Restricted Payment under any of clauses (i) and (ii) above (other than with respect to amounts attributable to subclause (1) of clause (B) below), no Event of Default described under Section 6.01 shall have occurred or be continuing, provided that with respect to amounts attributable under subclause (1) of clause (B) below, no Event of Default described under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) shall have occurred or be continuing; and
(B) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments declared or made after the Issue Date (including the proposed Restricted Payment) does not exceed the sum of (without duplication):
(1) $50,000,000; plus
(2) [reserved]; plus
(3) (i) cumulative Consolidated EBITDA for each quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter commencing January 1, 2021 through the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, minus (ii) 1.70 multiplied by cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period; plus
(4) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any in-kind amounts received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made after the Issue Date using the amount under this clause (B) (not to exceed the amount of such Investments); plus
(5) Investments of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary made after the Issue Date that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries up to the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation or merger or consolidation; plus
(6) the Net Proceeds of a sale or other disposition of any Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date (including the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; plus
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(7) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, dividends or other distributions or returns on capital received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus
(8) the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Issue Date.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.06(a):
(i) the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of any such Restricted Payment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, such Restricted Payment is made to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(ii) Restricted Payments to satisfy appraisal or other dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer of assets or acquisition that is not prohibited by this Indenture;
(iii) the Company may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company;
(iv) [reserved];
(v) repurchases of Equity Interests in the Company (or Restricted Payments by the Company to allow repurchases of Equity Interest in any direct or indirect parent of the Company) deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or other incentive interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or warrants or other incentive interest;
(vi) Restricted Payments to redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights or other equity-linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests) (or make Restricted Payments to allow any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests) held by current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, other Permitted Transferees, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, profits interest, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary repurchases, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (vi) after the Issue Date, together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” in lieu thereof, shall not exceed the sum of (a) the greater of $20,000,000 and 2% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period in any fiscal year of the Company (net of any proceeds from the reissuance or resale of such Equity Interests to another Person received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), (b) the amount in any fiscal year equal to the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, and (c) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests) and, to the extent contributed to the Company, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests are contributed to the Company in the form of common Equity Interests or Qualified Equity Interests and are not Cure Amounts (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities) and have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of the Excluded Contribution Amount or are otherwise applied to increase any other basket hereunder; provided that any unused portion of the preceding basket calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above for any fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the Issue Date occurred and each fiscal year thereafter) may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years; provided, further, that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(vi) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(vi);
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(vii) [reserved];
(viii) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments, the Company may make additional Restricted Payments, (A) in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to a Parent Entity made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (A), not to exceed an amount at the time of making any such Restricted Payment and together with any other Restricted Payment made utilizing this clause (A) after the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Restricted Payment and (B) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied; provided that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(viii) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(viii);
(ix) redemptions in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests; provided that such new Equity Interests contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to Holders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby;
(x) (a) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and (b) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(xi) the Company may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any acquisition (or other similar Investment) not prohibited by any other provision of this Indenture and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(xii) the declaration and payment of Restricted Payments may be made to pay dividends and make distributions to, or repurchase or redeem shares from, the Company’s equity holders in an annual amount equal to 6.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company from the date of the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock through but not including the Issue Date; provided that any Investments or payments made in reliance upon the Available RP Capacity Amount utilizing the unused amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(xii) shall reduce the amounts available pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(xii);
(xiii) payments made or expected to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective controlled Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or Permitted Transferees) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
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(xiv) [reserved];
(xv) [reserved];
(xvi) [reserved]; and
(xvii) the declaration and payment of dividends in respect of JV Preferred Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 4.05 to the extent such dividends are included in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of Sections 4.06(a)(A) and (B) or any of clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) above (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) between Section 4.06(a) and clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.06.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, prior to January 1, 2022, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payments described in Section 4.06(a)(i) or 4.06(a)(ii) in reliance on Section 4.06(a) or clauses (viii) and (xii) of Section 4.06(b).
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, after the Issue Date the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) make an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.06(a), clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) or clauses (a) through (cc) of the definition of Permitted Investments other than an Investment in existence on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Investment or (b) make any non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investment pursuant to Section 4.06(a), clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.06(b) or clauses (a) through (cc) of the definition of Permitted Investments in any European Subsidiary, when taken together with all other Investments in European Subsidiaries made after the Issue Date, are in excess of $10,000,000. The restriction in clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall not apply to Investments that are “deemed” Investments pursuant to the definition of Investments.
(c) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or pay, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Financing, except:
(i) payments of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as, in the form of payment and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of any Junior Financing prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(ii) refinancings of Junior Financing Indebtedness with proceeds of other Junior Financing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.05;
(iii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(iv) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity: (A) in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to a Parent Entity made pursuant to clause (m) of “Permitted Investments” in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (A) not to exceed the greater of (x) with respect to the Second Lien Notes, $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment for the most recently ended Test Period and (y) with respect to any Junior Financing (including the Second Lien Notes), $75,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment, (B) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (or, in the case of the use of subclause (1) of Section 4.06(a)(B), no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f)), in an amount not to exceed the amount under Section 4.06(a)(B) that is Not Otherwise Applied, (C) in an amount not to exceed the Excluded Contribution Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied and (D) in an amount not to exceed Available RP Capacity Amount; and
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(v) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity; provided that after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (A) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.0 and (B) there is no continuing Event of Default.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the event that any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Financing (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of Sections 4.06(a)(A) and (B) or clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.06(c) (or any sub-clause therein), the Company will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such payment (or portion thereof) between Section 4.06(a) and clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.06(c) (or any sub-clause therein), in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.06; provided that for the most recently ended Test Period following the making of any Junior Financing under this Section 4.06 (other than Section 4.06(c)(v)), if all or any portion of such Junior Financing could, based on the financial statements for such Test Period, have been made in reliance on Section 4.06(c)(v), such Junior Financing (or the relevant portion thereof) shall automatically be reclassified as having been made in reliance on Section 4.06(c)(v).
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend or modify any documentation governing any Junior Financing, in each case if the effect of such amendment or modification (when taken as a whole) is materially adverse to Holders.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.06 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Company will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or assume any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless, in the case of Initial Liens on any asset or property that is not Collateral, the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or, in the event the Lien relates to Junior Financing, are secured on a senior basis to) the obligations so secured.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.07 shall provide by its terms that such Lien be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien. In addition, in the event that an Initial Lien is or becomes a Permitted Lien, the Company may, at its option and without consent from any Holder, elect to release and discharge any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph in respect of such Initial Lien.
Section 4.08. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions respect thereto with, any of its Affiliates, except:
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(i) (A) transactions with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (B) transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than the greater of $30,000,000 and 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period prior to such transaction;
(ii) on terms substantially as favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
(iii) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions;
(iv) issuances of Equity Interests of the Company to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
(v) employment and severance arrangements (including salary or guaranteed payments and bonuses) between the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection with the Transactions;
(vi) payments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent payments are permitted by Section 4.06;
(vii) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers and employees of a Parent Entity (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(viii) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined by the Company in good faith);
(ix) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.06 (or Investments made pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”);
(x) customary payments by the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions, divestitures or financings) and any subsequent transaction or exit fee, 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 such Person in good faith;
(xi) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing) of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof;
(xii) dispositions of Equity Interests in an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder;
(xiii) Affiliate repurchases of the loans and/or commitments under the Senior Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under agreements governing the Senior Credit Facilities, of the Notes, and the holding of such loans, the Notes and the payments and other related transactions in respect thereof;
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(xiv) transactions in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(xv) loans, Investments and other transactions by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under this Indenture;
(xvi) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Company or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of a Parent Entity but for such Parent Entity’s or a Subsidiary’s ownership of Equity Interests in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent not otherwise prohibited hereunder; and
(xvii) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable.
Section 4.09. Negative Pledge. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease that prohibits or limits the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Holders with respect to the Secured Notes Obligations.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by:
(a) (i) Requirements of Law, (ii) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(i), (iii) this Indenture, (iv) the Security Documents, (v) any documentation relating to any Permitted Receivables Financing, (vi) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxix), the Convertible Notes Indenture, the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, the First Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the 2025 Subordinated Note Indenture, the 2024/2026 Subordinated Note Indenture, the 2027 Subordinated Note Indenture or Indebtedness arising under any other indentures, agreements or similar documents evidencing senior or subordinated notes or other debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Indenture, (vii) any documentation governing Indebtedness pursuant to the Odeon Credit Agreement, (viii) any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xxviii) and (ix) any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness referenced in clauses (i) through (viii) above; provided that with respect to Indebtedness referenced in (A) clauses (ii) and (vii) above, such restrictions shall be no materially more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in this Indenture or, in the case of Junior Financing, are market terms at the time of issuance and (B) clause (vi) above, such restrictions shall not expand the scope in any material respect of any such restriction or condition contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(b) customary restrictions and conditions existing on the Issue Date and any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement expands the scope of any such restriction or condition;
(c) restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is or are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(d) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof;
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(e) restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness not prohibited by this Indenture to the extent such restriction applies only to the property securing by such Indebtedness;
(f) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) restrictions or conditions in any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.05 that is incurred or assumed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to the extent such restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in this Indenture or are market terms at the time of issuance and are imposed solely on such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries;
(h) restrictions on cash (or Cash Equivalents) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Encumbrances);
(i) [reserved];
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted by Section 4.05 and applicable solely to such joint venture and entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Company has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations.
Section 4.10. Future Guarantors. If after the Issue Date, (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary forms, acquires or designates any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding any Excluded Subsidiary) or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, then the Company will cause such Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary and joinders to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and applicable Security Documents or new intercreditor agreements and security documents, together with any filings and agreements to the extent required by the Security Documents to create or perfect the security interests for the benefit of the Holders in the Collateral of such Subsidiary, within 90 days of the date of the relevant formation, acquisition, designation or cessation, pursuant to which such Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes on a senior secured basis. Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Subsidiary without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee as it relates to such Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Section 4.11. Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.03, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to purchase all outstanding Notes (as described in this Indenture) at a purchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount (or such higher amount as the Company may determine (any Change of Control Offer at a higher amount, an “Alternate Offer”)) (such price, the “Change of Control Payment”) plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
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Within 60 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, electronically or by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice to each Holder of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state:
(1) that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); provided, that the Change of Control Payment Date shall be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date such notice is sent) as any or all such conditions referred to in clause (8) below shall be satisfied or waived;
(3) that any Notes not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment plus accrued and unpaid interest on all properly tendered Notes, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) until the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the date such notice is sent (or such later time and date as the Company may decide in its sole discretion) (such time and date, the “withdrawal deadline”), that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the withdrawal deadline, as electronic transmission (in PDF), a facsimile transmission or letter or other communication in accordance with the procedures of the Depository setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that if less than all of such Holder’s Notes are tendered for purchase, such Holder will be issued new Notes (or, in the case of Global Notes, such Notes shall be reduced by such amount of Notes that the Holder has tendered) and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof);
(8) if such notice is sent prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control or such other conditions specified therein and describing each such condition, and, if applicable, stating that, in the Company’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the notice is mailed or delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or that such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Company reasonably believes that any or all such conditions (including the occurrence of such Change of Control) will not be satisfied or waived by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and
(9) such other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.11, that a Holder must follow.
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If a notice relating to a Change of Control Offer that is subject to one or more conditions precedent (other than the occurrence of a Change of Control) is later rescinded as described in clause (8) above as a result of the failure of such condition(s) to be satisfied or waived (or as a result of the Company reasonably believing that such will be the case), the offer described in such notice will not be deemed a valid “Change of Control Offer” for purposes of this Section 4.11.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if (i) a third party approved in writing by the Company 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 validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer, (ii) a notice of redemption to the Holders of the Notes has been given pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to Section 3.03 herein or (iii) in the event that upon the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company defeases or discharges the Notes as provided for under Article Eight herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party approved in writing by the Company making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice (except that such notice may be delivered or mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date or purchase date if the notice is subject to one or more conditions precedent as described therein and such date is delayed until such time as any and all such conditions are satisfied or waived), given not more than 60 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem (with respect to the Company) or purchase (with respect to a third party) all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of the Second Change of Control Payment Date, including, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date, subject to the right of Holders of record of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling on or prior to the Second Change of Control Payment Date.
If an offer is made to repurchase the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this covenant, the Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations, including Section 14(e) of, and Rule 14e-1 under, the Exchange Act, conflict with the change of control provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the change of control provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
A Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may be made at the same time as consents are solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes and/or the Subsidiary Guarantees so long as the tender of Notes by a Holder is not conditioned upon the delivery of consents by such Holder. In addition, the Company or any third party approved in writing by the Company that is making the Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may, subject to applicable law, increase or decrease the Change of Control Payment (or decline to pay any early tender or similar premium) being offered to Holders at any time in its sole discretion, so long as the Change of Control Payment is at least equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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Section 4.12. Provision of Financial Information.
(a) The Company shall file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and Holders of Notes with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections; provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such information, documents and reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filings but shall still be obligated to provide such information, documents and reports to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. Delivery of any such information, documents and reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness, or content of such reports. The Trustee shall further not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with its covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC or posted to any website or participate in any conference calls.
(b) In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company shall furnish to prospective investors, upon their request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act for so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
(c) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries and such Unrestricted Subsidiaries if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the annual and quarterly information required above shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes thereto or in an “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.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the obligations in this Section 4.12 may be satisfied by a parent of the Company; provided that to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Company, such information is accompanied by consolidating information, which may be unaudited, that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand, and to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under this Section 4.12, such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception or explanatory paragraph, but not a qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (ii) any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period) and (b) (i) in no event shall any financial statements or reports be required to comply with (w) Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-10, including for the avoidance of doubt, Rules 13-01 or 13-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC), (x) Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-09) or (y) Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X (or such other rule or regulation that amends, supplements or replaces such Rule 3-16) and (ii) in no event shall such financial statements or reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein.
Section 4.13. Statement as to Compliance. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the date hereof, a brief certificate of its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating whether, to such officer’s knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions to be complied with by it under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 4.13, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
When a Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Trustee, any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default, notice or other action within 10 Business Days of its occurrence.
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Section 4.14. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Sections 4.02 to 4.11, Section 4.12(a) and Section 4.16, if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall, by written direction of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4.15. [Reserved].
Section 4.16. Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale (including (x) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) any Sale Leaseback) unless:
(1) such Asset Sale is made for Fair Market Value; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, a Sale Leaseback or the Disposition of a Multiplex theatre, in any such Asset Sale with a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales completed or contractually agreed upon since the Issue Date, received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
(b) Within 450 days after receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale (the “Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period”), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale (the “Applicable Proceeds”),
(1) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale constituted Collateral, to repay (i) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) Obligations under the Existing First Lien Notes, (iii) Obligations under the First Lien Notes, (iv) Obligations under the Convertible Notes or (v) any Additional First Lien Obligations and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(1) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08.
(2) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale did not constitute Collateral:
(i) to repay (w) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, (x) Obligations under the Existing First Lien Notes, (y) Obligations under the First Lien Notes, or (z) any Additional First Lien Obligations and, in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(2)(i) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08; or
(ii) to repay Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness (other than any Senior Indebtedness referred to in clause (2)(i) above) and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such Senior Indebtedness repaid pursuant to this Section 4.16(b)(2)(ii) by redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.08; or
(3) to invest in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Indenture); or
(4) any combination of the foregoing;
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provided that, in the case of clause (3) above, a binding commitment or letter of intent shall be treated as a permitted application of the Applicable Proceeds from the date of such commitment or letter of intent so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment or letter of intent with the good faith expectation that such Applicable Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment or letter of intent within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (the period from the consummation of the Asset Sale to such date, the “Commitment Application Period”), and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason after the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and before the Applicable Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Applicable Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary reasonably expects to enter into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner prior to the expiration of the Commitment Application Period. To the extent Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale exceed amounts that are invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.16(b), such excess amount will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that any amount of Applicable Proceeds offered to Holders of any Notes pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) above shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to whether such offer is accepted by any Holders.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Asset Sale consists of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof), (a) up to $150 million of the Applicable Proceeds (less (x) any Applicable Proceeds that have been applied under this clause (a) in any prior Asset Sale to which this paragraph (c) applies and (y) any Obligations of such European Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(xv)) (the “Threshold”) may be used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(3), (b) 80% of the Applicable Proceeds in excess of the Threshold (the “European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount”) must be used for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(1) or (b)(2), as applicable; provided, however, that the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount that is to be used to repay the Notes must be applied in accordance with Section 3.08 and (c) 20% of the Applicable Proceeds in excess of the Threshold may be used in any combination of the foregoing. The Company or any Restricted Subsidiary must apply the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount for the purposes described in Section 4.16(b)(1) or (b)(2) within 15 days of the receipt of Applicable Proceeds that result in the European Asset Sale Debt Repayment Amount (less any amounts that have previously been applied under clause (b) of the preceding sentence) to exceed $50.0 million (a “European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event”).
(d) Except with respect to an Asset Sale that consists of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) described in the immediately preceding paragraph, if at any time the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100.0 million (an “Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event”), then the Company shall (a) redeem the maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) above) in accordance with the procedures described under Section 3.08 and, (b) if required or permitted by the terms of any other First Lien Obligations (including the Existing First Lien Notes) and/or, to the extent that the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), within 20 Business Days of such Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Event, offer to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) (as determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) above) of such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, out of the amount of the Excess Proceeds (in the case of any First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, in accordance with the documents governing such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness) to the Holders of such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable (an “Asset Sale Offer”). The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligation with respect to such Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (an “Advance Offer”) with respect to all or part of the available Applicable Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”).
(e) If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes redeemed pursuant to Section 4.16(d) and any First Lien Notes redeemed pursuant to a similar provision in the First Lien Notes Indenture, together with, if applicable, First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero (regardless of whether there are any remaining Excess Proceeds upon such completion), and in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds.
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(f) Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Applicable Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.16, the Holder of such Applicable Proceeds may apply any Applicable Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility (including under the Senior Credit Facilities) or otherwise invest such Applicable Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may apply any Retained Declined Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture and such Retained Declined Proceeds shall in no event and under no circumstances constitute Excess Proceeds.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary are prohibited or delayed under any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Company, the portion of such Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.16 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable Requirement of Law will not permit repatriation to the Company (the Company hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirement of Law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable Requirement of Law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Applicable Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.16, and (ii) to the extent that and for so long as the Company has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), the Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.16 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that when the Company determines in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary would no longer have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), such Applicable Proceeds shall be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.16.
(h) For purposes of clause (a)(2) of this Section 4.16 (and no other provision), the following shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents:
(1) the greater of the principal amount and carrying value of any liabilities (as reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the Company (or a Parent Entity) provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto), or if incurred, accrued or increased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the balance sheet of the Company (or Parent Entity) or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence, accrual or increase had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Secured Notes Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) pursuant to a written agreement which releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such liabilities;
(2) any securities received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Asset Sale; and
(3) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess (at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration) of 5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
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(i) The provisions of this Indenture relating to the Company’s obligation to redeem the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 4.17. After-Acquired Collateral. From and after the Issue Date, and subject to the applicable limitations and exceptions set forth in the Security Documents and this Indenture (including with respect to Excluded Assets), if the Company or any Guarantor creates any additional security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute Collateral to secure any First Lien Obligations, the Company and each of the Guarantors shall concurrently grant a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon any such Collateral, as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
ARTICLE V
Successors
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation and Sale of All or Substantially All Assets. The Company shall not, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(a) either: (i) the Company shall be the continuing corporation; or (ii) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”) shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof and treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and shall, in either case, expressly assume all the Obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, except in the case of the consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary with or into the Company, the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not the continuing corporation) will (i) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(a), (y) the First Lien Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(b)(i)(z) or (z) the Secured Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(b)(xxix) or (ii) have (x) a Senior Leverage Ratio, (y) a First Lien Leverage Ratio or (z) a Secured Leverage Ratio, in each case, equal to or less than the Senior Leverage Ratio, First Lien Leverage Ratio or Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction;
(d) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Surviving Entity are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Surviving Entity will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents;
(e) each Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above, in which case clause (a)(ii) shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations in respect of the Notes outstanding and this Indenture pursuant to supplemental indentures.
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(f) In connection with any consolidation, merger, transfer or lease contemplated in Section 5.01(a), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and the supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for or relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(g) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor) and shall not permit the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof and such Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, and joinders to the applicable Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture;
(iv) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Guarantor are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Guarantor will promptly as reasonably practicable using commercially reasonable efforts take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents; and
(v) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.16.
Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor entity formed by such a consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing entity, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Notes and this Indenture.
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ARTICLE VI
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when and as the same shall become due and payable and in the currency required hereunder, whether at the due date thereof or upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
(b) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary contained in this Indenture or the Security Documents (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with in Section 6.01(a) or (b)) and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 30 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
(d) (i) one or more defaults in the payment of principal on Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount of the greater of $250,000,000 or 25% of Consolidated EBITDA, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated maturity thereof, and such default or defaults shall have continued after any applicable grace period and shall not have been cured or waived or (ii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount of the greater of $250,000,000 or 25% of Consolidated EBITDA, shall have been accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by regularly scheduled prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;
(e) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, examiner, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in paragraph (e) of this Section 6.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, examiner, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(g) one or more enforceable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of the greater of (a) $250,000,000 and (b) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied its obligation) shall be rendered against the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment creditor shall legally attach or levy upon assets of the Company or any Guarantor that are material to the businesses and operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to enforce any such judgment;
(h) (i) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document (x) shall cease to be, or (y) shall be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, except (A) in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Document and this Indenture, (B) as a result of the failure of the Controlling Collateral Agent or Notes Collateral Agent to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (C) as to Collateral consisting of real property, to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage; and (ii) such default continues for 30 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes;
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(i) any material provision of any Security Document or any Guarantee shall for any reason be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or such Guarantor other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder; or
(j) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Guarantor shall cease to be in full force and effect.
Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee, acceleration is not in the interest of the Holders.
(b) At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided hereinafter in this Article, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Company has paid or deposited, or caused to be paid or deposited, with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and their agents and counsel;
(B) all overdue interest on all Notes;
(C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Notes that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(D) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of the Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.04.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) In the event of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes because an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default (i) is Indebtedness in the form of an operating lease entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries after May 21, 1998 and required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet pursuant to EITF 97-10 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect, (ii) has been discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and (iii) written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30-day period which has not been cured or waived during such period.
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Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture and the Security Documents, except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note held by a non-consenting Holder, (b) a Default arising from a failure to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11, or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent with respect to the Notes. However, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable in personal liability. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification, in its sole discretion, against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, a Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(a) such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting together as a single class shall have made a written request, and such Holder or Holders shall have offered, to the extent satisfactory to the Trustee, security or indemnity against the loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) to be incurred in compliance with such request, to the Trustee to pursue such proceeding as trustee; and
(c) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding and has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and offer.
The foregoing limitations on the pursuit of remedies by a Holder shall not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of Notes for the enforcement of payment of the principal of or interest on such Notes on or after the applicable due date specified in such Note. A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
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Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to bring suit for the enforcements of the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Section 6.10. Priorities. Subject to the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, in each case for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Holders 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.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE VII
Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this subsection (c) does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section 7.01;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to this Indenture.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust 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.
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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee, to the extent satisfactory to the Trustee, security or indemnity against the loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(f) 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.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust 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.
(h) The Trustee shall not be required to give a note, bond or surety in respect of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.
(i) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(j) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(k) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
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 its Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
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Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with December 31, 2020, and in any event prior to March 31 in each year thereafter, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of March 31 each year that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if and to the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b) and (c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as shall from time to time be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the documented compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including documented attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expenses or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence. The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns.
To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
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(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee. In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated; any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least the minimum amount required by the TIA. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
For purposes of this Section 7.10 and clause (i) of the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b), the indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015, as amended, among AMC Entertainment Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, the indenture, dated as of November 8, 2016, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and the 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024, the indenture, dated as of March 17, 2017, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 and the indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018, as amended, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 are hereby deemed to be specifically described.
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b): A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) When (i) either (A) all outstanding Notes that have been authenticated (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all Notes under this Indenture that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date or upon redemption or will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption pursuant to Article Three and the Company irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the Maturity Date or redemption date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; (iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture and the Notes; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes issued thereunder at the Maturity Date or the redemption date, as the case may be, then upon demand of the Company (accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, at the cost and expense of the Company, to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released and the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company may, at its option, and at any time elect to (i) have the obligations of the Company discharged with respect to all outstanding Notes and the applicable Security Documents and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Subsidiary Guarantee, and have Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes released (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) have the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors released under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.16, 4.17, 5.01(b), 5.01(c), 5.01(d), 5.01(e), 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries), (f) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries), (g), (h), (i) and (j).
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 7.07, 7.08, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive.
Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
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(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Eight applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay and discharge and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Maturity Date (or redemption date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Securities to said payments with respect to the Notes. Before such a deposit, the Company may give the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with Article Three;
(b) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
(d) No Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(e) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes as contemplated by this Article Eight have been complied with.
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or Government Securities deposited with it pursuant to this Article Eight. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Securities, through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes.
Section 8.04. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
Section 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Securities, or the principal and interest received on such Government Securities, other than such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
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Section 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eight until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company, any Guarantor (with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to which it is a party and excluding any amendment or supplement the sole purpose of which is to add an additional Guarantor), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, without the consent of any Holders, may amend the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Section 5.01;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code;
(d) to provide for the assumption of the Company or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document;
(f) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(g) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;
(h) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(i) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(j) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee, a successor Notes Collateral Agent or a successor paying agent hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(k) to add a Guarantor, a guarantee of a Parent Entity or a co-obligor of the Notes under this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents;
(l) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;
(m) to add Collateral with respect to any or all of the Notes and/or the Subsidiary Guarantees;
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(n) to release any Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Indenture when permitted or required by this Indenture;
(o) to release any Collateral from the Lien securing the Notes when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Indenture (including pursuant to Section 4.07(b) and including any release of any Lien that is not then otherwise required by this Indenture to be pledged as security for the Notes) or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(p) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary;
(q) to add any Additional First Lien Secured Parties to any Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or add any junior lien secured parties to any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(r) in the case of any Security Document, to include therein any legend required to be set forth therein pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, or to modify any such legend as required by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(s) with respect to the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as provided in the relevant Security Document, First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; or
(t) to provide for the succession of any parties to the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from time to time of the Senior Credit Facilities or any other agreement that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Upon the request of the Company, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements that affect its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may modify or amend this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the other Security Documents and may waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document, in each case, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including any consents or waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer (including a Change of Control Offer) or exchange offer for, the Notes). However, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, a modification or amendment may not:
(a) change the Maturity Date of the principal of, or the time for payment of any installment of interest on, any Notes, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the coin or currency in which the principal of any Notes or any premium or the interest thereon is payable;
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(b) reduce the amount of, or change the coin or currency of, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of, the Change of Control Payment;
(c) amend the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or any Note of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note on or after the stated maturity or redemption date of any such Notes;
(d) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(e) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Sections 6.04, 6.05, 6.07 or 4.14, except to increase the percentage of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Security Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Secured Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents.
Upon the request of the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements unless such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements directly affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
In addition, Holders will be deemed to have consented for purposes of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee will be authorized, to amend or supplement the Security Documents to add additional secured parties to the extent Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations held by such parties are permitted under this Indenture. In executing any such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Security Document or in entering into a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and (subject to their duties set forth in this Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver or new agreement is authorized or permitted by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, and/or Security Document, as the case may be, and complies with the provisions thereof and of this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no opinion of counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
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Section 9.03. [Reserved].
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. Such record date shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later than the date such solicitation is completed. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 180 days after such record date.
For all purposes of this Indenture, all Initial Notes and Additional Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return such Note to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, in its sole discretion, and to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon and shall be entitled to receive, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
ARTICLE X
Reserved
ARTICLE XI
Guarantee
Section 11.01. Subsidiary Guarantee. Subject to the provisions of this Article Eleven, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes (including, without limitation, any interest, fees or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law and the obligations under Section 7.07) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”). Each Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor Obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other indebtedness of such Guarantor, except to the extent such other Indebtedness is subordinate to the Guarantor Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article Eleven notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.
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Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for non-payment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guarantor Obligations.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.
Except as set forth in Section 11.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under, this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal granted; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Company; (g) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (h) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.10, each Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee in compliance with Section 11.03 hereof. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 11.01.
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Section 11.02. Execution and Delivery. To further evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee, each Subsidiary and other Person that is required to become a Guarantor hereby agrees to (x) execute this Indenture or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, execute a supplement to this Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and deliver it to the Trustee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of (x) this Indenture or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof, any supplemental indenture to this Indenture, each Guarantor who executes such supplemental indenture agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee on the Notes.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee of such Note shall nevertheless be valid,
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
Section 11.03. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, any Guarantees under the Senior Credit Facilities) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) Each Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be automatically and unconditionally terminate, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor or the termination of such Subsidiary Guarantee:
(i) upon any sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of (x) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor to a Person that is not the Company or a Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture (including any amendments thereof);
(ii) upon such Guarantor becoming an Excluded Subsidiary;
(iii) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(iv) upon the Company exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Article Eight or the Company’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(v) upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up of such Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor; or
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(vi) as described under Article Nine hereof.
Section 11.04. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company, or any other Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. The provisions of this Section 11.04 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 11.05. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.
ARTICLE XII
Collateral
Section 12.01. Security Documents.
(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes and performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Secured Notes Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. In the event of conflict between an Intercreditor Agreement and any of the other Security Documents, the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, (a) agrees that it will be subject to and bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date as the Notes Collateral Agent, and on behalf of such Holder, including without limitation, making the representations of the Holders contained therein. The Company shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 12.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company and the Guarantors shall, at their sole expense, take all actions and make all filings (including filing Uniform Commercial Code (including amendments and continuation statements) and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to ensure the creation, perfection and priority (or continuance thereof), as security for the Obligations of Company and the Guarantors to the secured parties under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, of a valid and enforceable perfected Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents), in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
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(b) It is understood and agreed that prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations that are Credit Agreement Obligations, to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent is satisfied with or agrees to any deliveries or documents required to be provided in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral or makes any determination in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral (including, without limitation, extensions of time or waivers for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any guarantee by any Subsidiary (including in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Issue Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by the Senior Credit Facilities), the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be satisfied with such deliveries and/or documents and the judgment of the First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of any such matters under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed to be the judgment of the Notes Collateral Agent in respect of such matters under this Indenture and the Security Documents.
Section 12.02. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Liens and security interests created by the Security Documents at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(i) upon consummation of the sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral by the Company or a Guarantor to any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor, to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Indenture;
(ii) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with respect to the property and other assets of such Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee;
(iii) with respect to Collateral that is Capital Stock, upon (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the issuer of that Capital Stock that is not prohibited by this Indenture or (ii) upon the designation by the Company of such issuer of Capital Stock as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture;
(iv) with respect to any Collateral that becomes an “Excluded Asset,” upon it becoming an Excluded Asset;
(v) in accordance with Section 4.07(b);
(vi) to the extent the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Obligations are released by the First Lien Collateral Agent (other than any release by, or as a result of, payment of the Credit Agreement Obligations), upon the release of such Liens;
(vii) in connection with any enforcement action taken by the Controlling Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; or
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(viii) as described under Article Nine.
(b) The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees also shall automatically and without the need for any further action by any Person be terminated and released:
(i) upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other Obligations in respect of the Notes under this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid;
(ii) upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Notes under this Indenture as described below under Sections 8.01(b) and 8.02, or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as described under Section 8.01(a); or
(iii) pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes.
(c) In addition, any Lien on any Collateral may be (i) released or subordinated to the holder of any Lien on such Collateral that is created, incurred or assumed pursuant to clauses (iv), (viii)(A) or (xxii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such Liens and (ii) subordinated to any Lien on any Mortgaged Property if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement is permitted by Section 4.07.
(d) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been met and that it is permitted for the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Company in connection with such release and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents and shall do or cause to be done (at the Company’s expense) all acts reasonably requested of them to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Security Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate.
Section 12.03. Suits to Protect the Collateral.
Subject to the provisions of Article Seven and the Security Documents, the Trustee may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it determines in order to:
(a) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 12.03 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.
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Section 12.04. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents .
Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 12.05. Purchaser Protected.
In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the applicable release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article Twelve to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 12.06. Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee .
In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 12 upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article Twelve; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
Section 12.07. Certain Limits on Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any other Security Document, it is understood and agreed that:
(a) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to this Indenture shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents as in effect on the Issue Date;
(b) control agreements or other control or similar arrangements shall not be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or other assets specifically requiring perfection by control agreements (other than certain certificated securities);
(c) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(c) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to commercial tort claims with a value less than $15,000,000 and no perfection shall be required with respect to promissory notes evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount of less than $15,000,000;
(d) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiaries and foreign intellectual property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(e) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights (other than the filing of UCC financing statements); and
(f) neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to deliver or obtain any landlord lien waivers, estoppel certificates or collateral access agreements or letters.
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Section 12.08. Notes Collateral Agent.
(a) The Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and the Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 12.08. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
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(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Notes Collateral Agent shall take only such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 12.08).
(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 12.08 shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
(g) The Trustee shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co- Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreements, including joinders and supplements thereto, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (iii) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (v) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
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(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article Six, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(k) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or as otherwise provided in the Security Documents.
(l) If the Company or any Guarantor (i) incurs any obligations in respect of junior priority obligations at any time when no First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is in effect and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the junior priority obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Company, including legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder; provided that neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required pursuant to this Section 12.08(l) in connection with the applicable Intercreditor Agreements (including pursuant to a joinder thereto) to be entered into.
(m) No provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause (m) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
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(n) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Notes Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(o) Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(p) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Company or any other Grantor under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(q) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to the Company, the Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person (including the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Company or the Guarantors, a majority in interest of Holders shall direct the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately qualified Person (excluding the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
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(r) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Company signed by an Officer (a “Security Document Order”), the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto, to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 12.08(r), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto. Any such execution of a Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto shall be at the direction and expense of the Company, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Security Documents or amendment or supplement thereto.
(s) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes, agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee, as applicable.
(t) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.
(u) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and to the extent not prohibited under the Intercreditor Agreements, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10 and the other provisions of this Indenture.
(v) In each case that the Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
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(w) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, in no event shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby.
(x) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Company or the Guarantors, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, which shall conform to the provisions of this Section 12.08 and Sections 13.04 and 13.05; provided that no Officer’s Certificate shall be required in connection with the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement to be entered by the Notes Collateral Agent on the Issue Date. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate.
(y) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Security Documents, and shall solely act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Security Documents and the Collateral.
(z) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent as if the Notes Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Security Documents were named as this Indenture herein.
(aa) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year ending after the Issue Date and after giving effect to any fiscal year end change effected on or after the Issue Date), an Officer’s Certificate (which may be the same certificate required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13) either (i) (x) stating that such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and refiling of this Indenture or the Security Documents, as applicable, as are necessary to maintain the perfected Liens of the applicable Security Documents securing the Obligations under applicable law to the extent required by the Security Documents other than any action as described therein to be taken, and (y) stating that on the date of such Officer’s Certificate, all financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been or will be executed and filed that are necessary, as of such date or promptly thereafter and during the succeeding 12 months, fully to maintain the perfection (to the extent required by the Security Documents) of the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent securing the Obligations thereunder and under the Security Documents with respect to the Collateral; provided that if there is a required filing of a continuation statement or other instrument within such 12-month period and such continuation statement or amendment is not effective if filed at the time of the Officer’s Certificate, such Officer’s Certificate may so state and in that case the Company and the Guarantors shall cause a continuation statement or amendment to be timely filed and become effective so as to maintain such Liens and security interests securing Obligations or (ii) stating that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens or security interests.
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ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous
Section 13.01. [Reserved].
Section 13.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or sent by facsimile (with a hard copy delivered in person or by mail promptly thereafter) and addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
One AMC Way
11500 Ash Street
Leawood, KS 66211
Attention: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services
60 Livingston Avenue
EP-MN-WS3C
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attention: Donald T. Hurrelbrink
provided, however, that any reports provided pursuant to Section 4.12 may be communicated via email to the following address: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com (or to the email address of the then current representative of the Trustee).
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications under this Indenture must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the Company)), in English. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
Section 13.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
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Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions. Except as otherwise specified in this Indenture, upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered concerning satisfaction of the conditions precedent in connection with the authentication and delivery of the Notes issued on the date hereof.
Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by, the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument
Section 13.06. When Notes Disregarded. 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 the Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with of them shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Notes beneficially owned by Silver Lake shall be deemed to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for purposes of this Indenture, the Notes and any direction, waiver or consent with respect thereto.
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Section 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent or co-registrar may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 13.08. Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the States of New York or Missouri. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
Section 13.09. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company and the Guarantors shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section 13.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company any each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 13.12. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.13. Reliance on Financial Data. In computing any amounts under this Indenture: (a) to the extent relevant, the Company shall use audited financial statements of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any Person that would become a Subsidiary in connection with the transaction that requires the computation and any Person from which the Company or a Subsidiary has acquired an operating business, or is acquiring an operating business in connection with the transaction that requires the computation (each such Person whose financial statements are relevant in computing any particular amount, a “Relevant Person”) for the period or portions of the period to which the computation relates for which audited financial statements are available on the date of computation and unaudited financial statements and other current financial data based on the books and records of the Relevant Person or Relevant Persons, as the case may be, to the extent audited financial statements for the period or any portion of the period to which the computation relates are not available on the date of computation; and (b) the Company shall be permitted to rely in good faith on the financial statements and other financial data derived from the books and records of any Relevant Person that are available on the date of the computation.
Section 13.14. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
Section 13.15. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC CARD PROCESSING SERVICES, INC. | ||
AMC ITD, LLC | ||
AMC LICENSE SERVICES, LLC | ||
AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC. | ||
as Guarantors | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | |
Name: Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: Vice President |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
EXHIBIT A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES
I. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Exhibit A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
“Additional Notes” means the 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026, to be originally issued from time to time in one or more series as provided for in this Indenture.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Regulation S Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such Global Note, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
“Distribution Compliance Period”, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee and (ii) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable 40 consecutive days.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
“Global Notes” means the Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and the IAI Global Note with respect to the notes.
“Global Notes Legend” means the legend appearing under such title on Appendix 1 to this Exhibit A.
“IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
“IAI Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold to IAIs in reliance on Rule 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act.
“Initial Notes” means the 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000, issued on July 31, 2020
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
“Restricted Notes Legend” means any of the restricted securities legends set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) herein.
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“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Notes” means all Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 4(a)(2) or Rule 144A.
“Notes” means the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes treated as a single class.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee, with respect to the Global Notes.
“Transfer Restricted Notes” means Definitive Notes and any other Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) hereto.
1.1 Other Definitions.
Term | Defined in Section | |
“Agent Members” | 2.1(c) | |
“Global Notes” | 2.1(b) | |
“IAI Global Notes” | 2.1(b) | |
“Regulation S Global Notes” | 2.1(b) | |
“Rule 144A Global Notes” | 2.1(b) |
II. THE NOTES
2.1 Form and Dating. (a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be privately placed by the Company pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Offering Memorandum and any Additional Notes will be offered and sold by the Company, from time to time, pursuant to one or more purchase agreements. Unless registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act, the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes will be resold, initially only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A, institutions which are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. Initial Notes and Additional Notes so issued may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, institutional “accredited investors” and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfers set forth herein.
(b) Global Notes. Each series of Rule 144A Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global notes in fully registered form (the “Rule 144A Global Note”), Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Regulation S Global Notes (the “Regulation S Global Note”) and IAI Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global IAI Global Notes (the “IAI Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Securities Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. The Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominees and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and pursuant to an order of the Company, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of the Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository pursuant to instructions of the Depository, or held by the Securities Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Securities Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(d) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.3, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.
2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (a) Initial Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000, (b) any Additional Notes, if and when issued pursuant to this Indenture; in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Additional Notes.
2.3 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request:
(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or
(ii) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) are being transferred, or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, (i) a certification to that effect and (ii) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
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(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, together with;
(i) certification (in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Initial Note) that such Definitive Note is being transferred (1) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, (2) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S and in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act or (3) to an institution that is an IAI, which certification shall be accompanied by a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Note represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Global Notes are then outstanding and the Global Note has not been previously exchanged for certificated securities pursuant to Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, a new Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such instructions with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred. Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note or IAI Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Notes from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Exhibit A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor depository or a nominee of such successor depository.
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(iv) In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Notes in definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.4, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse, of the Initial Notes or Additional Notes intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(v) In addition, in the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, or a Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in an IAI Global Note, the transferee must furnish a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Trustee.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Note. (i) Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream. During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (1) so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (2) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (3) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act, or (4) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Rule 144A Global Note shall be made only in accordance with Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Notes to the effect that such transfer is being made to a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.
(ii) Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Indenture.
(e) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following clauses (ii) and (iii), each certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes and the Regulation S Global Note (prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period) (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
The security (or its predecessor) evidenced hereby was originally issued in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 5 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the security evidenced hereby may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred in the absence of such registration or an applicable exemption therefrom. Each purchaser of the security evidenced hereby is hereby notified that the seller may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder. The holder of the security evidenced hereby agrees for the benefit of the Company that (A) such security may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred, only (1)(a) inside the United States to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (b) outside the United States to a foreign person in transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) to an institution which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring the security for its own account or for the account of such an accredited investor, (d) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (e) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company if the Company so requests), (2) to the Company or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement and, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction and (B) the holder will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth in clause (A) above. No representation can be made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resale of the security evidenced hereby.
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Each Note issued with original issue discount (within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code) will also bear the following additional legend:
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER AT AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., ONE AMC WAY, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD, KS 66211, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
Prior to the Distribution Compliance Period, each Regulation S Global Note will also bear the following additional legend:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Definitive Note will also bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a, Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904:
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(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note; and
(B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is represented by a Global Note, the Registrar shall permit the beneficial owner thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, in either case, if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 or in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).
(iii) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear any Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for certificated or Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depository to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for certificated or Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate certificated Notes, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.11 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note for a period beginning 10 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption or an offer to repurchase Notes or 10 days before an interest payment date.
(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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(h) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4 Certificated Notes.
(a) Any Global Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depository for such Global Note or if at any time the Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated Notes under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge (although the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge imposed in connection therewith), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated Notes of authorized denominations. Certificated Notes issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Notes transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000, and integral multiples of $1,000, in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any certificated Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(c), bear the restricted securities legend set forth in Appendix I to this Exhibit A.
(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.
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APPENDIX I
to EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Transfer Restricted Notes Legend]
The security (or its predecessor) evidenced hereby was originally issued in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 5 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the security evidenced hereby may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred in the absence of such registration or an applicable exemption therefrom. Each purchaser of the security evidenced hereby is hereby notified that the seller may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder. The holder of the security evidenced hereby agrees for the benefit of the Company that (A) such security may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred, only (1)(a) inside the United States to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (b) outside the United States to a foreign person in transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) to an institution which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring the security for its own account or for the account of such an accredited investor, (d) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (e) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company if the Company so requests), (2) to the Company or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement and, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction and (B) the holder will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth in clause (A) above. No representation can be made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resale of the security evidenced hereby.
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[Regulation S Legend]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[OID Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER AT AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., ONE AMC WAY, 11500 ASH STREET, LEAWOOD, KS 66211, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
[Definitive Notes Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
10.500% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
No. |
CUSIP No.:
ISIN: |
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ ( ) on April 24, 2026.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2020.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the day of .
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. |
By: | |||
Name:
Title: |
By: | |||
Name:
Title: |
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
certifies that this is one of the Notes
referred to in the Indenture.
By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
10.500% Senior Secured Note due 2026
1. Interest. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2020, in immediately available funds. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment
The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender the Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”). The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.
The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and can be issued in an initial amount of up to $100,000,000 and additional amounts as part of the same series under the Indenture which are unlimited (subject to Sections 2.01 and 2.10 of the Indenture). The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with stockholders or certain affiliates, create liens or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. These limitations are subject to significant exceptions.
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5. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall only be required to make a mandatory redemption with respect to the Notes as provided in Sections 3.07, 3.08 and 4.16 of the Indenture.
6. Optional Redemption.
Except as set forth herein, the Notes may not be redeemed prior to June 15, 2022. On and after that date, the Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years set forth below:
Period | Redemption Price | |||
2022 | 105.250 | % | ||
2023 | 102.625 | % | ||
2024 and thereafter | 100.000 | % |
Prior to June 15, 2022 the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price of 110.500% of the principal amount thereof with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes remains outstanding after each such redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of such Equity Offering.
In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2022, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium with respect to the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date. Notice of such redemption must be sent to Holders of the Notes called for redemption not less than 10 or more than 60 days prior to the redemption date. The notice need not set forth the Applicable Premium but only the manner of calculation of the redemption price. The Indenture provides that, with respect to any such redemption, the Company will notify the Trustee of the Applicable Premium with respect to the Notes promptly after the calculation and that the Trustee will not be responsible for such calculation.
The Company may redeem the Notes pursuant to one or more of the relevant provisions in the Indenture, and a single notice of redemption may be delivered with respect to redemptions made pursuant to different provisions. Any such notice may provide that redemptions made pursuant to different provisions will have different redemption dates and, with respect to redemptions that occur on the same date, may specify the order in which such redemptions are deemed to occur. In addition, notice of any redemption of, or any offer to purchase, the Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given in connection with an Equity Offering, other transaction (or series of related transactions) or an event that constitutes a Change of Control and prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof, and any such redemption or purchase may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related Equity Offering, transaction or event, as the case may be. In addition, if such redemption or purchase is 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 or purchase date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption or offer to purchase was mailed or delivered, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the redemption date or purchase date or by the redemption date or purchase date as so delayed, or such notice or offer may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if the Company reasonably believes that any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied or waived. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice or offer that payment of the redemption or purchase price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or offer to purchase may be performed by another Person.
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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 will be paid to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the Company.
On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
7. Sinking Fund
The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.
8. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption shall be sent to the holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, to each holder of Notes to the address of such holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date; provided that, in the case of an Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption or a European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption, such notice must be sent not less than 5 days prior to the Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date or European Asset Sale Mandatory Redemption Date, as applicable. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
9. Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control
Upon a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to repurchase all the Notes of each Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 10 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 10 days before an interest payment date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
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12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
The Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.
Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.
16. Security.
The Notes will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hold the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents on the Issue Date, and at any time after Issue Date, as applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
17. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
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19. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
20. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21. Governing Law
THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
22. ISINs and CUSIP Numbers
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
A Holder of Notes may upon written request and without charge to the Holder receive a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note. Requests may be made to: Kevin M. Connor, General Counsel, One AMC Way, 11500 Ash Street, Leawood, Kansas 66211.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: |
Your Signature: |
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while the Notes are Transfer Restricted Notes after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
¨ (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (2) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (3) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨ (4) pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;
¨ (5) (i) pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State in the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or
¨ (6) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Indenture.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if boxes (3), (4) or (5) are checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Date: |
Your Signature: |
Signature Guarantee: |
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: | ||
NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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of decrease
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of increase
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amount of
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box: ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$
Date: _______________________________ Your Signature: ____________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
Signature Guarantee: _____________________________________
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota, 55107-1419
Attention: Donald T. Hurrelbrink
Re: | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $[ ] aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes.
You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours, | ||
[Name of Transferor] | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signature |
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM
OF]
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota, 55107-1419
Attention: Donald T. Hurrelbrink
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[ ] principal amount of the 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”) of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Issuer”).
Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer ID Number:
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
(1) We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $100,000 principal amount of the Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
(2) We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date that is one years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuer or any affiliate of such Issuer was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Security evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made to an institutional “accredited investor” prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clause 2(b), 2(c) or 2(d) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.
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Dated: ________________
TRANSFEREE: __________________,
By: _____________________________________
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO ADD GUARANTORS
This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [ ], 20 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among [name of future Guarantor] (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent under the Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance of 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 of the Company (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 4.10 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis with the other Guarantors, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the other Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ARTICLE II
Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to be Bound. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the existing Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee the Guarantor Obligations pursuant to Articles Eleven of the Indenture on a senior secured basis.
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ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
SECTION 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Subsidiary Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Company as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Company.
SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 3.4 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
SECTION 3.5 Trustee not Responsible. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [First] Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.
SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the Sections in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written
[GUARANTOR], | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT E
Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
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EXHIBIT F
Form of Security Agreement
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Exhibit 4.7
EXECUTION VERSION
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
and
U.S. Bank National Association
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE
Dated as of July 31, 2020
2.95% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||
Article 1 | ||
Definitions | ||
Section 1.01. | Definitions | 1 |
Section 1.02. | Other Definitions | 30 |
Section 1.03. | Rules of Construction | 31 |
Section 1.04. | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 32 |
Article 2 | ||
The Securities | ||
Section 2.01. | Form and Dating | 33 |
Section 2.02. | Execution and Authentication | 34 |
Section 2.03. | Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent | 35 |
Section 2.04. | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 35 |
Section 2.05. | Holder Lists | 35 |
Section 2.06. | Transfer and Exchange | 36 |
Section 2.07. | Replacement Securities | 36 |
Section 2.08. | Outstanding Securities | 37 |
Section 2.09. | Securities Held by the Company or an Affiliate | 38 |
Section 2.10. | Temporary Securities | 38 |
Section 2.11. | Cancellation | 39 |
Section 2.12. | Defaulted Interest | 39 |
Section 2.13. | Cusip Numbers | 39 |
Section 2.14. | Deposit of Moneys | 39 |
Section 2.15. | Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities | 40 |
Section 2.16. | Special Transfer Provisions | 44 |
Section 2.17. | Restrictive Legends | 45 |
Article 3 | ||
Repurchase upon a fundamental change | ||
Section 3.01. | Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change | 46 |
Article 4 | ||
Covenants | ||
Section 4.01. | Payment of Securities | 50 |
Section 4.02. | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 50 |
Section 4.03. | Reports | 51 |
Section 4.04. | Compliance Certificate | 52 |
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Section 4.05. | Stay, Extension and Usury Laws | 52 |
Section 4.06. | Notice of Default | 52 |
Section 4.07. | Limitation on Additional Indebtedness | 52 |
Section 4.08. | Limitation on Liens | 54 |
Section 4.09. | Additional Guarantees | 54 |
Section 4.10. | Asset Sales | 55 |
Section 4.11. | After-Acquired Collateral | 59 |
Article 5 | ||
Successors | ||
Section 5.01. | When Company May Merge, Etc. | 60 |
Section 5.02. | Successor Substituted | 61 |
Article 6 | ||
Defaults and Remedies | ||
Section 6.01. | Events of Default | 62 |
Section 6.02. | Acceleration | 64 |
Section 6.03. | Other Remedies | 64 |
Section 6.04. | Waiver of Past Defaults | 65 |
Section 6.05. | Control by Majority | 65 |
Section 6.06. | Limitation on Suits | 66 |
Section 6.07. | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert Securities | 66 |
Section 6.08. | Collection Suit by Trustee | 66 |
Section 6.09. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 67 |
Section 6.10. | Priorities | 67 |
Section 6.11. | Undertaking for Costs | 67 |
Article 7 | ||
Trustee | ||
Section 7.01. | Duties of Trustee | 68 |
Section 7.02. | Rights of Trustee | 69 |
Section 7.03. | Individual Rights of Trustee | 70 |
Section 7.04. | Trustee’s Disclaimer | 70 |
Section 7.05. | Notice of Defaults | 70 |
Section 7.06. | Compensation and Indemnity | 71 |
Section 7.07. | Replacement of Trustee | 71 |
Section 7.08. | Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. | 72 |
Section 7.09. | Eligibility; Disqualification | 72 |
Section 7.10. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 73 |
Section 7.11. | Reports by Trustee to Holders | 73 |
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Article 8 | ||
Discharge of Indenture | ||
Section 8.01. | Termination of the Obligations of the Company | 73 |
Section 8.02. | Application of Trust Money | 74 |
Section 8.03. | Repayment to Company | 74 |
Section 8.04. | Reinstatement | 74 |
Article 9 | ||
Amendments | ||
Section 9.01. | Without Consent of Holders | 74 |
Section 9.02. | With Consent of Holders | 76 |
Section 9.03. | Revocation and Effect of Consents | 78 |
Section 9.04. | Notation on or Exchange of Securities | 79 |
Section 9.05. | Trustee Protected | 79 |
Section 9.06. | Effect of Amendment | 79 |
Article 10 | ||
Conversion | ||
Section 10.01. | Conversion Privilege | 79 |
Section 10.02. | Conversion Procedure and Payment Upon Conversion | 80 |
Section 10.03. | Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares | 84 |
Section 10.04. | Taxes on Conversion | 84 |
Section 10.05. | Company to Provide Common Stock | 84 |
Section 10.06. | Adjustment of Conversion Rate | 85 |
Section 10.07. | No Adjustment | 94 |
Section 10.08. | Other Adjustments | 95 |
Section 10.09. | Adjustments for Tax Purposes | 96 |
Section 10.10. | Notice of Adjustment and Certain Events | 96 |
Section 10.11. | Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers, Binding Share Exchanges or Sales on Conversion Privilege | 96 |
Section 10.12. | Trustee’s Disclaimer | 98 |
Section 10.13. | Rights Distributions Pursuant to Shareholders’ Rights Plans | 98 |
Section 10.14. | Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Securities Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes | 99 |
Section 10.15. | Applicable Stock Exchange Restrictions | 101 |
Article 11 | ||
Concerning the Holders | ||
Section 11.01. | Action by Holders | 101 |
Section 11.02. | Proof of Execution by Holders | 102 |
Section 11.03. | Persons Deemed Absolute Owners | 102 |
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Article 12 | ||
Holders’ Meetings | ||
Section 12.01. | Purpose of Meetings | 102 |
Section 12.02. | Call of Meetings by Trustee | 103 |
Section 12.03. | Call of Meetings by Company or Holders | 103 |
Section 12.04. | Qualifications for Voting | 103 |
Section 12.05. | Regulations | 104 |
Section 12.06. | Voting | 104 |
Section 12.07. | No Delay of Rights by Meeting | 105 |
Article 13 | ||
Redemption | ||
Section 13.01. | Optional Redemption; Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 105 |
Section 13.02. | Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed | 106 |
Section 13.03. | Notice of Redemption | 107 |
Section 13.04. | Deposit of Redemption Price | 108 |
Section 13.05. | Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 109 |
Section 13.06. | Securities Redeemed in Part | 109 |
Section 13.07. | Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds | 109 |
Article 14 | ||
GUARANTEE | ||
Section 14.01. | Guarantee | 111 |
Section 14.02. | Execution and Delivery of Guarantee for Future Guarantors | 113 |
Section 14.03. | Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge | 114 |
Section 14.04. | Right of Contribution | 115 |
Section 14.05. | No Subrogation | 115 |
Article 15 | ||
Collateral | ||
Section 15.01. | Security Documents | 115 |
Section 15.02. | Release of Collateral | 117 |
Section 15.03. | Suits to Protect the Collateral | 118 |
Section 15.04. | Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents | 119 |
Section 15.05. | Purchaser Protected | 119 |
Section 15.06. | Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee | 119 |
Section 15.07. | Certain Limits on Collateral | 119 |
Section 15.08. | Notes Collateral Agent | 120 |
Article 16 | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
Section 16.01. | Notices | 128 |
Section 16.02. | [Reserved] | 130 |
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Section 16.03. | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 130 |
Section 16.04. | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 131 |
Section 16.05. | Rules by Trustee and Agents | 131 |
Section 16.06. | Legal Holidays | 131 |
Section 16.07. | Duplicate Originals | 131 |
Section 16.08. | Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages | 131 |
Section 16.09. | Governing Law | 132 |
Section 16.10. | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 132 |
Section 16.11. | Successors | 133 |
Section 16.12. | Separability | 133 |
Section 16.13. | Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. | 133 |
Section 16.14. | Calculations in Respect of the Securities | 133 |
Section 16.15. | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Shareholders | 133 |
Section 16.16. | Force Majeure | 133 |
Section 16.17. | [Reserved] | 134 |
Section 16.18. | [Reserved] | 134 |
Section 16.19. | Benefits of Indenture | 134 |
Section 16.20. | Withholding | 134 |
Section 16.21. | U.S.A. Patriot Act | 134 |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Security |
Exhibit B | Form of Legend for Global Security |
Exhibit C | Form of Notice of Transfer Pursuant to Registration Statement |
Exhibit D | Form of Certificate of Transfer |
Exhibit E | Form of Certificate of Exchange |
Exhibit F | Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”), between AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01), the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and as collateral agent (the “Notes Collateral Agent” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee entered into that certain Indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018 (the “Original Indenture”);
WHEREAS, all of the Company’s 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Original Securities”) issued pursuant to the Original Indenture have been surrendered to the trustee under the Original Indenture for cancellation and immediately prior to the execution of this Amended and Restated Indenture and the issuance of the Securities hereunder the Original Securities will be cancelled by the trustee under the Original Indenture pursuant to a cancellation order delivered by the Company;
WHEREAS, although structured as an exchange, the primary purpose of the issuance of the Securities hereunder and the cancellation of the Original Securities is to amend the terms of the Original Securities to, among other things, extend the maturity date to May 1, 2026 and provide a first-priority lien on the Collateral and the Company and Holders may treat the exchange of the Original Securities for the Securities as an amendment to the terms of the Original Securities and a continuation of an investment in the Original Securities;
WHEREAS, at the time of the execution of the Amended and Restated Indenture, there are no Original Securities outstanding under the Original Indenture and the Original Indenture may be amended or supplemented without the consent of any Holder (as defined in the Original Indenture) pursuant to Section 9.01(h) thereof;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent now wish to enter into this Amended and Restated Indenture to amend and restate the Original Indenture in its entirety;
NOW, THEREFORE, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 2.95% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”).
Article 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01.
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“30% Threshold” means, as of the Adjustment Test Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 30% of the sum, in each case assuming Physical Settlement, of (A) all shares of Common Stock and any other class of common stock of the Company outstanding on such date, (B) the shares of Common Stock and any other class of common stock of the Company issuable upon exercise or settlement of any vested equity incentive awards then outstanding under equity incentive plans of the Company, and (C) to the extent not included in clause (B), all shares of Common Stock and any other class of common stock of the Company issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any convertible notes (including the Securities), warrants, options or other instruments that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for shares of Common Stock or any other class of common stock of the Company, excluding for purposes of this clause (C) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or settlement of any equity incentive awards, minus the Adjustment for Wanda Share Forfeitures.
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means the Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture having First Lien Priority (but without regard to the control of remedies) relative to the Securities with respect to the Collateral other than the Credit Agreement Obligations, the Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations and the New First Lien Notes Obligations; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or entered into such other intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, taken as a whole).
“Additional First Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Junior Secured Parties” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Adjustment Effectiveness Date” means the Adjustment Test Date, provided that, for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate, in respect of any conversion for which the applicable Observation Period includes the Adjustment Test Date, the Adjustment Effectiveness Date shall be the earliest Trading Day in such Observation Period.
“Adjustment for Wanda Share Forfeitures” means the lesser of (i) 5,666,000 as adjusted for share splits, reverse share splits, share dividends, or share combinations, and (ii) the difference between (x) the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock the Securities would be convertible into immediately following an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to the proviso to the definition of Conversion Rate, assuming Physical Settlement, as determined at such time, less (y) the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock the Securities would be convertible into immediately prior to an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant the proviso to the definition of Conversion Rate, assuming Physical Settlement, as determined at such time.
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“Adjustment Test Date” means the Close of Business on September 14, 2020 (or, if such date is not a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date) or the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change that occurs before September 14, 2020.
“Adjustment Test Price” means (i) the average of the Daily VWAP for each Trading Day in the period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on September 14, 2020 (or, if such date is not a Trading Day, ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date) with the Daily VWAP for each such Trading Day being weighted for purpose of calculating such average based on the trading volume used to calculate Daily VWAP for each such Trading Day or (ii) the Applicable Price for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change that occurs before September 14, 2020, as the case may be.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For this purpose, “control” shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of a Person through the ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for the beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depository that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Acquired Indebtedness” of any particular Person means Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person merged or consolidated with or into or became a Subsidiary of such particular Person or assumed by such particular Person in connection with the acquisition of assets from any other Person, and not incurred by such other Person in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into such particular Person or becoming a Subsidiary of such particular Person or such acquisition.
“Asset Sale” means:
(i) the sale, transfer, lease, license or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including of any Equity Interest owned by it; or
(ii) the issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division) (other than issuing directors’ qualifying shares, nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law and other than issuing Equity Interests to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (each of (i) and (ii), a “Disposition”);
in each case, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including allowing any registration or application for registration of any Intellectual Property that is no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, to lapse or go abandoned or be invalidated);
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(b) Dispositions of inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property or (iii) such Disposition is allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, for like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(d) Dispositions of property to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a Delaware LLC Division);
(e) (A) the Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any Disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture, (B) investments that constitute Permitted Investments under the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, (C) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06 of the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture or (D) Liens permitted by Section 4.07 of the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, in each case, other than by reference to this clause (e) of the definition of “Asset Sale” in the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture;
(f) any issuance, sale, pledge or other Disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(g) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(h) Dispositions of (A) accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties) and (B) receivables and related assets pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(i) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business and that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(j) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(k) [reserved];
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(l) Dispositions of investments in joint ventures 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;
(m) Dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A) acquired in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise required by a Governmental Authority in connection with an acquisition permitted hereunder;
(n) transfers of condemned property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar powers to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of property arising from foreclosure or similar action or that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such real property as part of an insurance settlement;
(o) Dispositions of property for Fair Market Value having an aggregate purchase price not to exceed the greater of (A) $200,000,000 and (B) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Disposition;
(p) the sale or discount (with or without recourse) (including by way of assignment or participation) of other receivables (including, without limitation, trade and lease receivables) and related assets in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing;
(q) the unwinding of any Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations; and
(r) Dispositions of any assets for not less than the Fair Market Value of (A) sales of Big Rapids 4 Theatre, Mesquite 10 Theatre, New Ulm 3 Theatre, Newnan 10 Theatre, Plaza 8 Theatre, Panama City 10 Theatre, Pines 1 Theatre, Narrows 8 Theatre, Vernon Hills 8 Theatre, Springfield 1 Theatre, Seth Childs 12 Theatre, vacant land adjacent to 19919 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Mesquite TX 75149 and (B) sale of interests in National CineMedia, LLC common units and National CineMedia, Inc. common shares.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the bankruptcy laws of the United States and the law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.
“Bankruptcy Order” means any court order made in a proceeding pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, containing an adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency, or providing for liquidation, winding up, dissolution or reorganization, or appointing a Custodian of a debtor or of all or any substantial part of a debtor’s property, or providing for the staying, arrangement, adjustment or composition of indebtedness or other relief of a debtor.
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“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof authorized to act for it.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means any obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis under any capital lease or financing lease of real or personal property which, in accordance with GAAP, has been recorded as a capitalized lease obligation (together with Indebtedness in the form of operating leases entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries after May 21, 1998 and required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet pursuant to EITF 97-10 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect).
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or options to acquire such capital stock.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) dollars, euro, pounds, Australian dollars, Swiss Francs, Canadian dollars, Yuan, Pesos or such other currencies held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States, the United Kingdom or such member nation of the European Union is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is a lender under the Senior Credit Facilities or (ii) has combined capital and surplus of at least (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank meeting the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) above being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company (including any of the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities) or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of (i) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (ii) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks, in each case, for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States or (ii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a Fair Market Value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;
(f) marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either (i) having assets in excess of (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks or other U.S. financial institutions and (y) $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks or other non-U.S. financial institutions or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
(g) securities with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof);
(h) investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;
(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in euro or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;
(j) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through (i) of this definition;
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(k) auction rate securities issued by any domestic corporation or any domestic government instrumentality, in each case rated at least “A-1” (or its equivalent) by S&P or at least “P-1” (or its equivalent) by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition (or with interest rates or dividend yields that are re-set at least every 35 days);
(l) qualified purchaser funds regulated by the exemption provided by Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which funds possess a “AAA” rating from at least two nationally recognized agencies and provide daily liquidity;
(m) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business, provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and
(n) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (m) above.
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (a) any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management or treasury services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds, (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements and (c) other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as:
(a) any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Capital Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total outstanding voting power of all classes of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Voting Stock”), provided, however, that a transaction described in this clause (a) shall not constitute a “Change in Control” if (i) such transaction occurs prior to such time that Wanda and its Affiliates first cease to hold fifty percent (50%) or more of voting power of the Company’s Voting Stock, any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that includes Wanda or one or more Affiliates of Wanda has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Capital Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total outstanding voting power of the Company’s Voting Stock, provided that Wanda and its Affiliates, collectively, hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s Voting Stock “beneficially owned” by such “person” or “group” or (ii) such “person” or “group” that has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Capital Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total outstanding voting power of the Company’s Voting Stock is Silver Lake Group (as defined in the Investment Agreement) or any of its Affiliates or any “group” that includes Silver Lake Group or one or more Affiliates of Silver Lake Group, provided that Silver Lake Group and its Affiliates, collectively, hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s Voting Stock “beneficially owned” by such “person” or “group;”
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(b) the consummation of a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company and/or one or more of the Company’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries (for the avoidance of doubt a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person is not subject to this clause (b));
(c) any transaction or series of related transactions is consummated in connection with which (whether by means of merger, exchange, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition or otherwise) all or substantially all of the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for, converted into, acquired for or constitute solely the right to receive other securities, other property, assets or cash, but excluding the consummation of any merger, exchange, tender offer, consolidation or acquisition of the Company with or by another Person pursuant to which the Persons that “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction “beneficially own,” directly or indirectly, immediately after such transaction, shares of the surviving, continuing or acquiring corporation’s Voting Stock representing at least a majority of the total outstanding voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Stock of the surviving, continuing or acquiring corporation in substantially the same proportion relative to each other as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction, other than changes in proportionality as a result of any cash/stock election provided under the terms of the definitive agreement regarding such transaction; or
(d) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any transaction that constitutes a “Change in Control” pursuant to both clause (a) and clause (c) shall be deemed a “Change in Control” solely under clause (c) above and (y) a transaction or transactions described in any of clause (a) through (c) above (including any merger of the Company solely for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation) shall not constitute a “Change in Control” if (i) at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Common Stock or Reference Property into which the Securities have become convertible pursuant to Section 10.11 (other than cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of common equity listed or quoted on The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) (or which will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with such consolidation or merger) and (ii) as a result of such transaction or transactions, the Securities become convertible or exchangeable for such consideration pursuant to Section 10.11.
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“Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
“Closing Sale Price” on any date means the per share price of the Common Stock on such date, determined (i) on the basis of the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price per share is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in the composite transactions for the Relevant Stock Exchange; or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national securities exchange on the relevant date, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock on the relevant date, as reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or a similar organization; provided, however, that in the absence of any such report or quotation, the “Closing Sale Price” shall be the price determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for such purpose as most accurately reflecting the per share price that a fully informed buyer, acting on his own accord, would pay to a fully informed seller, acting on his own accord in an arms-length transaction, for one share of Common Stock. The “Closing Sale Price” shall be determined without reference to after-hours or extended market trading.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
“Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company at the date of this Indenture, subject to Section 10.11.
“Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provision hereof and thereafter means the successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such successor or subsequent successor.
“Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
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“Controlling Collateral Agent” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Conversion Date” with respect to a Security means the date on which a Holder satisfies all the requirements for such conversion specified under Section 10.01(b).
“Conversion Notice” means a “Conversion Notice” in the form attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Conversion Price” means as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“Conversion Rate” shall initially be 52.7704, subject to adjustment as provided in Article 10; provided that if, on the Adjustment Test Date, the product of (i) the Adjustment Test Price for the Common Stock and (ii) 120% is less than the Conversion Price as of such date before giving effect to this paragraph, then the then applicable Conversion Rate shall, as of the Adjustment Effectiveness Date, be increased to the amount that results in the Conversion Price being equal to the greater of (i) the product of (A) 120% and (B) the Adjustment Test Price for the Common Stock and (ii) the Conversion Price at which the outstanding Securities (assuming all SL Securities initially issued pursuant to this Indenture are outstanding) would as of such date be convertible (assuming Physical Settlement of such conversion) into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the 30% Threshold. For the avoidance of doubt, the Conversion Rate shall not be reduced and the Conversion Price shall not be increased in each case pursuant to the proviso in the preceding sentence.
“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time this Indenture shall be administered, which office as of the date hereof is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107. With respect to presentation for transfer or exchange, conversions or principal payment, such address shall be U.S. Bank, National Association, EP-MN-WS3C, 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Credit Agreement Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Currency Hedging Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to an arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
“Custodian” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrate or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law or any other person with like powers.
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“Daily Conversion Value” means, for each Trading Day during the Observation Period, one-twenty-fifth of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.
“Daily Measurement Value” means the Specified Dollar Amount (if any), divided by 25.
“Daily Settlement Amount,” for each Trading Day during the Observation Period, shall consist of:
(a) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day; and
(b) if the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.
“Daily VWAP” means, for each Trading Day during the relevant Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “AMC <EQUITY> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Delaware LLC” means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed, sold or otherwise disposed of or returned in exchange for consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents in compliance with Section 4.10.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
“European Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, among Odeon Cinemas Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Lloyds Bank PLC, Barclays Bank PLC and Bank of America Lynch International Limited, as arrangers, and the other lenders party thereto, as may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, together with any extensions, revisions, refinancings, renewals, refundings, restructurings or replacements thereof, provided there shall be no (i) increase in the amount of Indebtedness that may be borrowed under the European Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, (ii) creation of liens with higher or lower priority than liens existing on Issue Date, (iii) creation of a “last-out” tranche or other issuance of debt that is higher or lower in right of payment than Indebtedness under the European Credit Agreement existing on the Issue Date or subject to turnover provisions or (iv) similar items that adversely affect the Holders; it being understood that the aggregate principal amount outstanding permitted thereunder shall be the principal amount outstanding under the European Credit Agreement on Issue Date, assuming that all revolving loans are fully drawn on the Issue Date, (plus any increase relating to unpaid accrued interest and premium plus other amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with any such extension, revision, refinancing, renewal, refunding, restructuring or replacement).
“Ex Date” means the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Stock on the Relevant Stock Exchange (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by the Relevant Stock Exchange.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Assets” means:
(1) any fee-owned real property (i) that does not constitute a Material Real Property, (ii) located in a jurisdiction that imposes a mortgage recording tax or similar fee and/or (iii) located in an area determined by FEMA to have special flood hazards;
(2) all leasehold interests in real property;
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(3) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction, but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction);
(4) any asset if, to the extent that and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Notes Obligations is prohibited by any Requirements of Law (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable Requirements of Law) or would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction;
(5) margin stock and, to the extent prohibited by, or creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) under the terms of any applicable Organizational Documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, Equity Interests in any Person other than the Company and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries;
(6) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Company;
(7) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto;
(8) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject thereto (including pursuant to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement) to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(9) in excess of 65% of the voting Equity Interests of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) any FSHCO;
(10) receivables and related assets (or interests therein) (a) sold to any Receivables Subsidiary or (b) otherwise pledged, factored, transferred or sold in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
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(11) commercial tort claims with a value of less than $15 million and letter-of-credit rights with a value of less than $15 million (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by a UCC filing);
(12) Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(13) any aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines or helicopters, or any equipment or other assets constituting a part thereof;
(14) any and all assets and personal property owned or held by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary);
(15) any Equity Interest in Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and
(16) any proceeds from any issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited to be incurred under this Indenture that are paid into an escrow account to be released upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events, including cash or Cash Equivalents set aside at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, to the extent such cash or Cash Equivalents prefund the payment of interest or premium or discount on such Indebtedness (or any costs related to the issuance of such indebtedness) and are held in such escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose.
“Existing First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued in the original principal amount of $500,000,000.
“Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Existing First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“Existing First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of April 24, 2020, pursuant to which the Existing First Lien Notes were issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Existing First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Existing First Lien Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Existing First Lien Notes.
“Existing Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024, the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, the Company’s 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and the Company’s 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027.
“Fair Market Value” means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, such value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.
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“FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“First Lien Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the Senior Credit Facilities, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Senior Credit Facilities.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among the Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto giving effect to any joinders thereto, each dated as of the Issue Date, pursuant to which the Notes Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent became parties thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (1) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (2) the Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, (3) the New First Lien Notes Obligations, (4) the Secured Notes Obligations, (5) the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations and (6) each Series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien Priority” means, with respect to specified Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien that is equal in priority to the Liens on specified Collateral (but without regard to control of remedies) and is subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Existing First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Notes Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties or Additional Junior Secured Parties from time to time party thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that has no material assets other than Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness in one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to occur upon the occurrence of either a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.
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“GAAP” means (including as used in definitions incorporated from the Indenture for the 2027 Notes) generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect on the September 14, 2018, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Guarantee” means, individually, any guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this Indenture by a Guarantor and any supplemental indenture applicable thereto (including pursuant to Exhibit F), and, collectively, all such guarantees. Each such Guarantee will be in the form prescribed in this Indenture.
“guarantee” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation 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
(ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Indenture as a Guarantor on the Issue Date, each other Subsidiary of the Company that thereafter guarantees the Securities in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and any Parent Guarantor.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Indenture” means this Amended and Restated Indenture as further amended or supplemented from time to time.
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“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Interest Payment Date” means September 15 and March 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2020.
“Interest Rate Protection Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement, option or future contract or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.
“Investment Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020, by and among the Company, SLA CM Avatar Holdings, L.P., Sargas Investment Pte. Ltd. and the other Persons that may become party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Issue Date” means July 31, 2020.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means an event described in the definition of Fundamental Change after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from the definition of Change in Control (including, without limitation, the exception described in the paragraph immediately following such clauses), but without regard to the exclusion set forth in clause (c) of the definition of Change in Control.
“Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to the Common Stock or any other security, (i) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence for more than one-half hour period in the aggregate on any Scheduled Trading Day for Common Stock or such other security of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) of the Common Stock or such other security or in any options contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock or such other security, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day.
“Material Real Property” means each fee owned parcel of real property owned by the Company or any Guarantor having a book value equal to or in excess of $15,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Indenture with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (a) the Measurement Date for real property owned as of the Measurement Date, (b) the date of acquisition for real property acquired after the Measurement Date or (c) the date on which the entity owning such real property becomes a Guarantor after the Measurement Date, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company.
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“Maturity Date” means May 1, 2026.
“Measurement Date” means April 22, 2019.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the proceeds received in respect of such event in cash or Cash Equivalents, including (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earn-out (but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds that are actually received and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments that are actually received, minus (b) the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such event (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant, accountant and other customary fees), (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale (including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback or similar proceeding), (A) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any Asset Sale to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction, (B) the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Securities) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, (C) the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (C)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (D) the amount of any liabilities directly associated with such asset and retained by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable, including any withholding taxes estimated to be payable in connection with the repatriation of such Net Proceeds), and the amount of any reserves established by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, that are associated with such event, provided that any reduction at any time in the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt by the Company at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of such reduction.
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“Obligations” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations and guarantees), premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of, or which would have accrued but for the filing of, any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, claims for rescission, damages, gross-up payments and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness or otherwise.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“New First Lien Notes” means the Company’ 10.500% first lien secured notes due 2026 issued on the Issue Date to certain holders of the Company’s Existing Senior Subordinated Notes in the original principal amount of up to $200.0 million.
“New First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the New First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“New First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of Issue Date, pursuant to which the New First Lien Notes were issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“New First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the New First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the New First Lien Notes.
“Notes Collateral Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the holders of the Securities under the Security Documents and any successor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Observation Period,” with respect to any Security (other than an SL Security) surrendered for conversion, means: (i) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to the 27th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Original Maturity Date, the 25 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date; and (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the 27th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Original Maturity Date, the 25 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 27th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Original Maturity Date; and, with respect to SL Securities, has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a)(v).
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“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Director of Treasury, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary and any Vice President of the Company.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (i) by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any of the Vice Presidents of the Company, and (ii) by the Controller, Director of Treasury, Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any of the Vice Presidents of the Company, delivered to the Trustee.
“Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion that meets the requirements of Section 16.04 from legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, or other counsel, including counsel for the transferor or transferee, who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Original Maturity Date” means September 15, 2024.
“Parent Entity” means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of the Company.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means the following:
(i) (a) Indebtedness of the Company or any guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Second Lien Notes and the guarantees thereof and (b) Indebtedness of Odeon Cinemas Limited or any guarantor under the European Credit Agreement;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date (other than the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes and the Second Lien Notes or Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities or the European Credit Agreement);
(iii) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of Permitted Interest Rate Protection Agreements;
(iv) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any one or the other of them;
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(v) Indebtedness Incurred to renew, extend, refinance or refund (each, a “refinancing”) the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Existing First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes, any other Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date or any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xii) below in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced plus the amount of any premium required to be paid in connection with such refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness so refinanced or the amount of any premium reasonably determined by the Company as necessary to accomplish such refinancing by means of a tender offer or privately negotiated repurchase, plus the expenses of the Company incurred in connection with such refinancing; provided, that in the event such Indebtedness being renewed, extended, refinanced or refunded is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities or a Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement, then the related financing shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or Guarantee, as applicable; provided further that any Liens on the Collateral securing any refinancing of the Second Lien Notes or the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes pursuant to this clause (v) shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Securities;
(vi) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Incurred in connection with the guarantee of any Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that in the event such Indebtedness that is being guaranteed is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities or a Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement, then the related guarantee shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee;
(vii) Indebtedness relating to Currency Hedging Obligations entered into solely to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from fluctuations in currency exchange rates and not to speculate on such fluctuations;
(viii) Capital Lease Obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ix) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with one or more standby letters of credit or performance bonds issued in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to self-insurance obligations;
(x) Indebtedness represented by property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance (which may be in the form of letters of credit);
(xi) Acquired Indebtedness; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either (a) the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Debt Ratio test set forth in Section 4.07(a) herein or (b) the Consolidated Debt Ratio of the Company would be equal to or less than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation; and
(xii) additional Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect (including the pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom) thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (xii) (when aggregated with the aggregate amount of refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (v) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not exceed (except as contemplated by clause (v)), $100.0 million.
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“Permitted Interest Rate Protection Agreements” means, with respect to any Person, Interest Rate Protection Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business by such Person that are designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Permitted Indebtedness and that have a notional amount no greater than the payment due with respect to Permitted Indebtedness hedged thereby.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning set forth in the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture.
“Permitted Receivables Financing” means receivables securitizations or other receivables financings (including any factoring program) that are non-recourse to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except for (a) recourse to any Foreign Subsidiaries that own the assets underlying such financing (or have sold such assets in connection with such financing), (b) any customary limited recourse or, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, (c) any performance undertaking or guarantee, to the extent applicable only to an entity other than the Company or any Guarantor, that is customary in the relevant local market, and (d) an unsecured parent guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a parent company of a Foreign Subsidiary of obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries, and, in each case, reasonable extensions thereof); provided that, with respect to Permitted Receivables Financings incurred in the form of a factoring program, the outstanding amount of such Permitted Receivables Financing for the purposes of this definition shall be deemed to be equal to the Permitted Receivables Net Investment for the last Test Period.
“Permitted Receivables Net Investment” means the aggregate cash amount paid by the purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program in connection with their purchase of accounts receivable and customary related assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such accounts receivable and related assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing in the form of a factoring program which are payable to any Person other than a Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.
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“Physical Security” means permanent certificated Securities in registered non-global form issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples in excess thereof.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Special Purpose Entity established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and any other subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) involved in a Permitted Receivables Financing which is not permitted by the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing to guarantee the Obligations or provide Collateral.
“record date” means, unless the context requires otherwise, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
“Record Date” for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest Payment Date means, the September 1 or March 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business (which may consist of securities of a Person, including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary).
“Relevant Stock Exchange” means The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock (or other security for which the Closing Sale Price must be determined) is not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, the principal other U.S. national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed.
“Repurchase Notice” means a “Repurchase Notice” in the form attached as Attachment 3 to the form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, official administrative pronouncements, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
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“Restricted Global Security” means a Global Security that bears the Security Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Security” means a Security that constitutes a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act until such time as such Security is freely tradable by a Person who is not (and has not been for the three months preceding the applicable transfer) an “affiliate” (as defined in such rule) pursuant to such rule. None of the Securities issued on the Issue Date shall be Restricted Securities as of the Issue Date.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Sale Leaseback” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed of.
“Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock is not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Lien Notes” means the Company’ 10%/12% cash/PIK toggle second lien secured notes due 2026 to be issued on the Issue Date in the original principal amount of up to $1.66 billion.
“Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Second Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“Secured Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Securities, this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents relating to the Securities.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Notes Collateral Agent.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, other security agreements relating to the Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states) applicable to the Collateral, each for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
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“Securities Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.
“Senior Credit Facilities” means the revolving credit facility and the term loan facilities under that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013, and as amended on December 11, 2015, November 8, 2016, May 9, 2017, June 13, 2017, August 14, 2018, April 22, 2019, April 23, 2020 and July 31, 2020, among the Company, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and any related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit, guarantees and other documents, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, replacements, exchanges or refinancings thereof, in whole or in part, and any financing arrangements that amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, restate, refund, replace, exchange or refinance any part thereof; provided that for so long as the beneficial owner of SL Securities on the Issue Date or its affiliates (collectively, the “Beneficial Owner”) beneficially own a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, without the written consent of such Beneficial Owner, there shall be no (i) increase in the amount of Indebtedness that may be borrowed under the Senior Credit Facilities as in effect on the Issue Date, (ii) creation of liens with higher or lower priority than liens existing on the Issue Date, (iii) creation of a “last-out” tranche or other issuance of debt that is higher or lower in right of payment than Indebtedness existing under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date or subject to turnover provisions, (iv) amendments or waivers with respect to Section 6.02 (Liens), 6.04 (Investments, Loans Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions), 6.05 (Asset Sales) and 6.08 (Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness) of the Credit Agreement or which would permit any action that would not otherwise be permitted by any of such sections; provided that any amendment to such sections of the Credit Agreement that would have the effect of making the listed covenants no less favorable to the Holders than the covenants that were in effect prior to the amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020, shall be permitted without the consent of the Beneficial Owner or (v) similar items that adversely affect the Holders; it being understood that the aggregate principal amount outstanding permitted under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be the principal amount outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on Issue Date, assuming the revolving portion of the Senior Credit Facilities is drawn in full on the Issue Date, (plus any increase relating to unpaid accrued interest and premium plus other amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with any such extension, revision, increase, refinancing, renewal, refunding, restructuring or replacement).
“Senior Indebtedness” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing First Lien Notes, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes and the Securities (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;
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(2) (a) all Swap Obligations (and all guarantees thereof) and (b) Cash Management Obligations (and guarantees thereof); provided that such Swap Obligations and Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture;
(3) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and
(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3); provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(a) any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;
(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in right of payment 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.
“Settlement Method” means, with respect to any conversion of Securities, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to have been elected) by the Company.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
“Silver Lake First Lien Notes” means the Company’s 10.500% first lien secured notes due 2026 issued on the Issue Date to affiliates of Silver Lake in the original principal amount of up to $100.0 million.
“Silver Lake First Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for holders of the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
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“Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of Issue Date, pursuant to which the Silver Lake First Lien Notes were issued, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial trustee and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Silver Lake First Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture, the subsidiary guarantees and the security documents relating to the Silver Lake First Lien Notes.
“Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
“SL Global Securities” means the Global Securities issued and authenticated on the Issue Date with an initial balance of $450,000,000 and identified by the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth in Section 2.13.
“SL Securities” means the SL Global Securities issued and authenticated on the Issue Date and the Physical Securities issued and authenticated on the Issue Date or any Physical Securities or temporary Securities issued in exchange for the SL Global Securities.
“Special Purpose Entity” means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities and impose requirements intended to preserve its separateness from the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Specified Dollar Amount” means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice (or deemed specified pursuant to this Indenture) related to any converted Securities (or portion thereof).
“Swap” means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the total equity interests or the voting securities or other voting interests are owned or controlled, or the ability to select or elect fifty percent (50%) or more of the directors or similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person, or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any other Person of which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a managing member or general partner.
“Termination of Trading” shall be deemed to occur if the Common Stock (or other common equity into which the Securities are then convertible) is not listed for trading on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors).
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“Test Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been (or were required to have been) delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a); provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended March 31, 2020.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Trading Day” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event, (ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, and (iii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock (or other security for which a Closing Sale Price must be determined) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereafter means the successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such successor or subsequent successor.
“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Note Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
“Unrestricted Global Security” means a Global Security that does not bear the Security Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means each of Centertainment Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and AMC Theatres of UK Limited and each of their respective Subsidiaries.
“Vehicles” means all railcars, cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.
“Wanda” shall mean Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd.
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“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Time” means the time the beneficial owners of the SL Securities are notified by the Company in writing of the Blackout Period and withdrawal of the redemption notice with respect to the SL Securities in accordance with the Investment Agreement.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term | Defined in Section |
“Acceptable Commitment” | 4.10(b) |
“Advance Offer” | 4.10(c) |
“Advance Portion” | 4.10(c) |
“Applicable Price” | 10.14(d) |
“Asset Sale Offer” | 4.10(c) |
“Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period” | 4.10(b) |
“Authorized Officers” | 15.01(c) |
“Blackout Period” | 13.01(c) |
“Cash Settlement” | 10.02(a) |
“CERCLA” | 15.08 |
“Clause A Distribution” | 10.06(c) |
“Clause B Distribution” | 10.06(c) |
“Clause C Distribution” | 10.06(c) |
“Combination Settlement” | 10.02(a) |
“Commitment Application Period” | 4.10(b) |
“Common Stock Private Placement Legend” | 2.17(b) |
“Consolidated Debt” | 4.07 |
“Consolidated Debt Ratio” | 4.07 |
“Consolidated EBITDA” | 4.07 |
“Conversion Agent” | 2.03 |
“Conversion Obligation” | 10.01(a) |
“Distributed Property” | 10.06(c) |
“dividend threshold” | 10.06(d) |
“Effective Date” | 10.14(a) |
“effective date” | 10.06(k) |
“Electronic Means” | 14.01(b) |
“Event of Default” | 6.01 |
“Excess Proceeds” | 4.10(b) |
“Fundamental Change Notice” | 3.01(b) |
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” | 3.01(a) |
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” | 3.01(a) |
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right” | 3.01(a) |
“Global Security” | 2.01 |
“Incur” | 4.07 |
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Term | Defined in Section |
“Indebtedness” | 4.07 |
“Instructions” | 16.01(c) |
“IRR” | 13.01(b) |
“IRR Redemption Price” | 13.01(b) |
“Make-Whole Applicable Increase” | 10.14(b) |
“Make-Whole Conversion Period” | 10.14(a) |
“Merger Event” | 10.11 |
“Offer Amount” | 13.07(b) |
“Offer Period” | 13.07(b) |
“Open Period” | 13.01(c) |
“Original Indenture” | Preamble |
“Original Securities” | Preamble |
“Par Redemption Price” | 13.01 |
“Parent Guarantor” | 4.08 |
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” | 4.10(c) |
“Participants” | 2.15 |
“Paying Agent” | 2.03 |
“Physical Settlement” | 10.02(a) |
“Redemption Date” | 13.01(d) |
“Redemption Price” | 13.01(b) |
“Reference Property” | 10.11 |
“Registrar” | 2.03 |
“Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” | 3.01(a) |
“Security Document Order” | 15.08 |
“Securities” | Preamble |
“Settlement Amount” | 10.02(a)(iv) |
“Settlement Notice” | 10.02(a)(iii) |
“SL Settlement Notice” | 10.02(a)(v) |
“Specified Return Requirement” | 13.01(b) |
“Spin-Off” | 10.06(c) |
“Theatre Completion” | 4.07 |
“Trigger Event” | 10.06(c) |
“Valuation Period” | 10.06(c) |
“Voting Stock” |
1.01
(Definition of “Change in Control”) |
Section 1.03. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time;
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(iii) | “or” is not exclusive; |
(iv) | “including” means “including without limitation;” |
(v) | words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular; |
(vi) | provisions apply to successive events and transactions; |
(vii) the term “principal” means the principal of any Security payable under the terms of such Securities, unless the context otherwise requires;
(viii) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture;
(ix) references to currency shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise; and
(x) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
Section 1.04. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“Commission” means the SEC.
“indenture securities” means the Securities.
“indenture security holder” means a Holder.
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
“obligor” on the indenture securities and the Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Securities and the Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no obligation or requirement under the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable to the Company or any Guarantor.
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Article 2
The Securities
Section 2.01. Form and Dating. The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and forms a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage; provided that such notations, legends or endorsements are in a form acceptable to the Company. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
$450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the SL Securities shall initially be issued in the form of Global Securities and $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the SL Securities shall initially be issued in the form of Physical Securities in each case, if applicable, bearing any legends required by Section 2.17. Physical Securities may be issued in exchange for Global Securities pursuant to Section 2.15. Physical Securities may be issued in exchange for interests in a Global Security solely pursuant to Section 2.06.
So long as the Securities, or portion thereof, are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depository, unless otherwise required by law, subject to Section 2.15, such Securities may be represented by one or more Securities in global form registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository (“Global Securities”). The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository in accordance with this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.
(a) Initial Securities. $450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the SL Securities shall initially be issued in the form of Global Securities and $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the SL Securities shall initially be issued in the form of Physical Securities in each case, if applicable, bearing any legends required by Section 2.17. Physical Securities may be issued in exchange for Global Securities solely pursuant to Section 2.15. Physical Securities may be exchanged for interests in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.06.
(b) Global Securities Generally. Any Global Securities shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect issuances, repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Security, at the written direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of, and interest on, any Global Securities (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) shall be made to the Depository in immediately available funds. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Depository’s custodian with respect to the Global Securities. The Company has entered into a letter of representations with the Depository in the form provided by the Depository and the Trustee and each Securities Agent are hereby authorized to act in accordance with such letter and the Applicable Procedures.
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Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication. One duly authorized Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
A Security’s validity shall not be affected by the failure of an Officer whose signature is on such Security to hold, at the time the Security is authenticated, the same office at the Company.
A Security shall not be valid until duly authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
Upon a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000. The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $600,000,000, subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph and except for Securities authenticated and delivered in lieu of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities pursuant to Section 2.07.
The Company may not, without the consent of Holders of 100% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities, increase the aggregate principal amount of Securities by issuing additional Securities in the future (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer or exchange for or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 3.01(h), 10.02(f) and 13.06).
Upon a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities, including Securities not bearing the Security Private Placement Legend, to be issued to the transferees when sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act as set forth in Section 2.16(b) or when not otherwise required under this Indenture to bear the Security Private Placement Legend.
The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such authenticating agent. An authenticating agent so appointed has the same rights as a Securities Agent to deal with the Company and its Affiliates.
If a Company Order pursuant to this Section 2.02 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, then any instructions by the Company to the Trustee with respect to endorsement, delivery or redelivery of a Security that is a Global Security shall be in writing. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.
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Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company shall maintain, or shall cause to be maintained, (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”), (ii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”) and (iii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (“Conversion Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint or change one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents, subject to providing written notification to the Trustee of any such new registrar, paying agent or conversion agent, and may act in any such capacity on its own behalf. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional conversion agent.
The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Securities Agent not a party to this Indenture, if any. Such agency agreement, if any, shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Securities Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Securities Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain an entity other than the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all moneys held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the Securities, and shall 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 and account for any funds so paid by it. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such money. If the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold as a separate trust fund all money held by it as Paying Agent; provided that the Company may not act as Paying Agent upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default. Upon an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(i), Section 6.01(j) or Section 6.01(k), the Trustee shall automatically be the Paying Agent.
Section 2.05. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders appearing in the security register of the Registrar and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA.
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Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Generally. Subject to Section 2.15 and Section 2.16, where Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to register their transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements under this Indenture for such transaction are met. To permit registrations of such transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request or upon the Trustee’s receipt of a Company Order therefor. The Company, the Registrar or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Security for which a Repurchase Notice or notice of redemption pursuant to Article 13 has been delivered, and not withdrawn, in accordance with this Indenture, except if the Company has defaulted in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or the Redemption Price with respect to such Security or to the extent that a portion of such Security is not subject to such Repurchase Notice or notice of redemption.
No service charge shall be made for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Securities, but the Company and the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp, issue or transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07, Section 2.10, Section 3.01, Section 9.04 or Section 10.02, in each case, not involving any transfer.
(b) Exchanges of Physical Securities for Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. A Holder may request a transfer or exchange of a Physical Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Physical Securities to be eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depository, if upon such transfer or exchange such interest could be held in a Global Security. A holder may transfer or exchange a Physical Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security by (i) surrendering such Physical Security for registration of transfer or exchange, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer required by any of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar, at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purposes pursuant to Section 4.02; (ii) if such Physical Security is a Restricted Security, delivering any documentation required by Section 2.16; (iii) complying with Section 2.16(e), if applicable; (iv) satisfying all other requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.06 and Section 2.15; and (v) providing written instructions to the Trustee to make, or to direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment in its books and records with respect to the applicable Global Security to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by such Global Security, which instructions will contain information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase. Upon the satisfaction of conditions (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), as applicable, the Trustee will cancel such Physical Security and cause, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of such Physical Security, and will credit or cause to be credited the account of the Person specified in the instructions provided by the exchanging Holder in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Physical Security. If no Global Securities are then outstanding, the Company, in accordance with Section 2.02, will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company order and in accordance with Section 2.02, will authenticate, a new Global Security in the appropriate aggregate principal amount.
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Section 2.07. Replacement Securities. If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, at the Holder’s expense, a replacement Security upon surrender to the Trustee of the mutilated Security, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of the loss, destruction or theft of the Security satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security, if required by the Trustee or the Company, indemnity (including in the form of a bond) must be provided by the Holder that is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (with respect to the Trustee) and the Company to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Trustee or any Securities Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Security is replaced.
In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay the amounts due in respect of such Security as provided hereunder.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company only as provided in Section 2.08.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those converted, those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except to the extent provided in Section 2.09, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, or a court holds, that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Company) holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, money sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any), as the case may be, with respect to all Securities to be repurchased or paid on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, in each case, payable as herein provided on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, then (unless there shall be a Default in the payment of such aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price, principal amount, or of such accrued and unpaid interest), except as otherwise provided herein, on and after such date such Securities shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding, interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue, and such Securities shall be deemed to be paid whether or not such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent. Thereafter, all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate with respect to such Securities, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or principal amount, as the case may be, plus, if applicable, such accrued and unpaid interest in accordance with this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, any Securities that are not submitted by a Holder for a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, and subsequently repurchased, pursuant to Section 3.01 shall remain outstanding.
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If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 10 then, from and after the time of such conversion on the Conversion Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding, and interest, if any, shall cease to accrue on such Security unless there shall be a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration payable and/or deliverable hereunder upon such conversion (except that any such Security will remain outstanding solely for the purpose of receiving any interest or other amounts due following such conversion as set forth in this Indenture).
Section 2.09. Securities Held by the Company or an Affiliate. In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be considered to be outstanding for purposes of this Section 2.09 if the pledgee establishes, to the satisfaction of the Trustee, the pledgee’s right so to concur with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not, and is not acting at the direction or on behalf of, the Company, any other obligor on the Securities, an Affiliate of the Company or an Affiliate of any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to whether the pledgee has established the foregoing, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall provide full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. Notwithstanding Section 316(a)(1) of the TIA (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not apply to this Indenture until this Indenture is qualified under the TIA) or anything herein to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no SL Securities shall be deemed to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for purposes of this Indenture, the Securities and any direction, waiver or consent with respect thereto.
Section 2.10. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order therefor, authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order therefor, shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, each temporary Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities, and such temporary Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
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Section 2.11. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee shall promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or cancellation in accordance with its customary procedures. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 10. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedure for the disposal of cancelled securities.
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If, and to the extent, the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay in cash the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent not prohibited by applicable statute or case law, interest on such defaulted interest at the rate provided in the Securities. The Company may pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix such special record date and payment date. At least fifteen (15) calendar days before the special record date, the Company shall send to Holders and the Trustee a notice that states the special record date, payment date and amount of interest to be paid. Upon the due payment in full, interest shall no longer accrue on such defaulted interest pursuant to this Section 2.12.
Section 2.13. Cusip Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers printed on the notice or on the Securities; and provided further that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and the effectiveness of any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, such CUSIP numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
On the Issue Date, the Securities shall initially bear the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth in the following sentence. The CUSIP and ISIN numbers for the SL Global Securities that are Unrestricted Global Securities shall be 00165CAW4 and US00165CAW47, respectively; and the CUSIP and ISIN numbers for Unrestricted Global Securities other than SL Global Securities shall be 00165CAV6 and US00165CAV63, respectively.
Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) money, in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
If any Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, shall be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest or other amount shall accrue as a result of such postponement.
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Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities.
(a) Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees, as the case may be, and (iii) bear the legends such Global Securities are required to bear under Section 2.17.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Participants”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depository (or its nominee) may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for all purposes whatsoever; provided, however, that each SL Security that is a Global Security shall be subject to the rights under Section 9.02, Section 10.02(c) and Section 13.01 of the beneficial owners of such SL Global Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, any Securities Agent or any of their respective agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and Participants, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(b) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.15 or Section 2.16, transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. In addition, one or more Physical Securities shall be transferred to each owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, as identified by the Depository, in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Securities if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that the Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for any Global Security, or the Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act, and, in either case, a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written request from the beneficial owner (via the Depository) of the relevant Securities to issue Physical Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, if any event described in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence occurs, any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security will be entitled to receive one or more Physical Securities in exchange for its beneficial interest or interests in the Global Securities, and if any event described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence occurs, only the beneficial owner that has made a written request to the Registrar (via the Depository) will be entitled to receive one or more Physical Securities in exchange for its beneficial interest or interests in the Global Securities. The Company may also exchange beneficial interests in a Global Security for one or more Physical Securities registered in the name of the owner of beneficial interests if the Company and the owner of such beneficial interests agree to so exchange.
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(c) The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as, to the extent applicable, the other provisions of this Section 2.15(c) that follow:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security (or a Restricted Global Security with the same CUSIP number) in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Security Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this clause (i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of a beneficial interest in a Global Security that are not addressed by Section 2.15(c)(i), there must be delivered (A) such instruction or order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant to the Depository, as may be required by the Applicable Procedures, directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (B) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Security contained in this Indenture, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the Global Securities pursuant to Section 2.15(d).
(iii) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of this Section 2.15(c) and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit E; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security 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 Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit D;
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and, in each such case set forth in this clause (iii), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in connection with such exchange or transfer of beneficial interests to the relevant Person or in connection with any re-sales of the beneficial interests in the Unrestricted Global Security that are beneficially owned by such Person on the date of such opinion.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in one Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in another Restricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP or different legends or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP or different legends if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of this Section 2.15(c) and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP or different legends, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit E; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP or different legends, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit D.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary provided herein, a holder of a beneficial interest in a Security that is not an SL Security may not exchange or transfer such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an SL Security.
(d) At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Physical Securities or a particular Global Security has been repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Physical Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository 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 Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
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(e) In connection with the transfer of a Global Security in its entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.15(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon written instructions from the Company authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations.
(f) Any Physical Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.15(b), shall bear the same legend(s), if any, from Exhibit B that are borne by the relevant Global Security, except to the extent the requirements of Section 2.15(c)(iii) or Section 2.15(c)(iv) are satisfied with respect to the removal or addition of any legend, mutatis mutandis for the fact that a Physical Security is being issued rather than a beneficial interest in a Global Security.
(g) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(h) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on the transfer of any interest in any Securities imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(i) Neither the Trustee nor any Securities Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository.
(j) No service charge shall be made to or by a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or to or by a Holder of a Physical Security for any registration of transfer or exchange.
(k) All Global Securities and Physical Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Securities or Physical Securities shall evidence the same debt of the Company and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Securities or Physical Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(l) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and, subject to Section 2.09, for all other purposes, and neither of the Trustee or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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(m) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.
(n) At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Securities or Physical Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and send, the replacement Global Securities and Physical Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(o) Neither the Trustee nor any Securities Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of an interest in the Global Securities, an agent member of, or a participant in, the Depository or other person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominees or of any Participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Global Securities or with respect to the delivery to any Participant, agent member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Securities (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Securities. The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Securities shall be exercised only through the Depository, subject to its applicable rules and procedures. The Trustee and each agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its agent members, Participants and any beneficial owners.
Section 2.16. Special Transfer Provisions.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, but except as provided in Section 2.15(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(b) Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities not bearing the Security Private Placement Legend, unless the Company notifies the Trustee in writing otherwise, the Trustee shall deliver Securities that do not bear the Security Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities bearing the Security Private Placement Legend, the Trustee shall deliver only Securities that bear the Security Private Placement Legend unless (i) the requested transfer, exchange or replacement is after the Resale Restriction Termination Date, (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee and the Company an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and addressed to the Company to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in connection with such transfer, exchange or replacement of such Securities in connection with any re-sales of such Securities on the date of such opinion or (iii) such Security has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the Holder selling such Securities has delivered to the Registrar a notice in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
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(c) By its acceptance of any Security or any Common Stock bearing the Security Private Placement Legend or the Common Stock Private Placement Legend, each holder thereof acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such security set forth in this Indenture and in the Security Private Placement Legend or Common Stock Private Placement Legend, as applicable, and agrees that it will transfer such security only as provided in this Indenture and as permitted by applicable law.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.15 or this Section 2.16 in accordance with its customary document retention policies. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
(d) The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, purchase the Securities in the open market or by tender offer at any price or by private agreement without giving prior notice to Holders. The Company may, at its option, surrender to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities the Company purchases in this manner. Securities surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation may not be reissued or resold and shall be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 2.11.
(e) Any Physical Securities that are purchased or owned by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries may not be resold by the Company, such Subsidiary or such Affiliate in a transaction in which the transferee takes its interest in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Securities no longer being Restricted Securities.
Section 2.17. Restrictive Legends.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Each Global Security shall bear the legend as set forth in Exhibit B.
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Article 3
Repurchase upon a fundamental change
Section 3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder of Securities shall have the right (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”), at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase (a “Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change”) all of such Holder’s Securities (or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 in principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a date selected by the Company (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”), which shall be no later than thirty five (35) Business Days, and no earlier than twenty (20) Business Days (or as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3.01(j)), after the date the Fundamental Change Notice is sent in accordance with Section 3.01(b), at a price, payable in cash, equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the Securities (or portion thereof) to be so repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”), subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) delivery to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice, no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, of a Repurchase Notice, in the form set forth in the Securities or any other form of written notice substantially similar thereto, in each case, duly completed and signed, with appropriate signature guarantee, stating:
(A) the certificate number(s) of the Securities that the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, if such Securities are Physical Securities;
(B) the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(C) that such principal amount of Securities are to be repurchased pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in this Section 3.01; and
(ii) delivery to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice, at any time after the delivery of such Repurchase Notice, of such Securities (together with all necessary endorsements) with respect to which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right is being exercised, if such Securities are Physical Securities, or book-entry transfer of the Securities, if the Securities are Global Securities, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures;
provided, however, that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, then the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Securities at the Close of Business on such Record Date (without any surrender of such Securities by such Holder), and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall not include any accrued but unpaid interest.
If such Securities are held in book-entry form through the Depository, the delivery of any Securities, Repurchase Notice, Fundamental Change Notice or notice of withdrawal pursuant to the second immediately succeeding paragraph shall comply with the Applicable Procedures.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder that has delivered the Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.01(a) to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent) or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice shall have the right to withdraw such Repurchase Notice by delivery, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, if there shall be a Default in the payment of the Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, at any time during which such Default is continuing), of a written notice of withdrawal to the Company (if acting as its own Paying Agent) or the Paying Agent, which notice shall be delivered in accordance with, and contain the information specified in, Section 3.01(b)(x).
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(b) On or before the 20th Business Day after the consummation of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, to all Holders of the Securities in accordance with Section 16.01 a notice (the “Fundamental Change Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right arising as a result thereof. The Company shall deliver a copy of the Fundamental Change Notice to the Trustee at the time such notice is delivered to the Holders. Each Fundamental Change Notice shall state:
(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(iv) the last date on which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right may be exercised, which shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(vi) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right;
(viii) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid no later than the later of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of the Security (together with all necessary endorsements);
(ix) that, except as otherwise provided herein with respect to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, on and after such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (unless there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), interest on Securities subject to Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change will cease to accrue, and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive, in accordance herewith, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
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(x) that a Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election in the Repurchase Notice prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or such longer period as may be required by law, delivered in the same manner as the related Repurchase Notice was delivered and setting forth the name of such Holder, a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have Securities purchased by the Company on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the certificate number(s) of such Securities to be so withdrawn (if such Securities are Physical Securities) the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder to be so withdrawn, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof and the principal amount, if any, of the Securities of such Holder that remain subject to the Repurchase Notice delivered by such Holder in accordance with this Section 3.01, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; provided, however, that if there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, a Holder shall be entitled to withdraw its election in the Repurchase Notice at any time during which such Default is continuing;
(xi) the Conversion Rate and, if applicable, any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that will result from such Fundamental Change;
(xii) that Securities with respect to which a Repurchase Notice is given by a Holder may be converted pursuant to Article 10 only if such Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with this Section 3.01 or the Company defaults in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price; and
(xiii) the CUSIP number or numbers, as the case may be, of the Securities.
At the Company’s request, upon prior notice reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Trustee shall send such Fundamental Change Notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the form and content of such Fundamental Change Notice shall be prepared by the Company.
No failure of the Company to give a Fundamental Change Notice shall limit any Holder’s right pursuant hereto to exercise a Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.
(c) Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.01, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to each Security as to which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right shall have been exercised to the Holder thereof no later than the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of book-entry transfer or when such Security is surrendered to the Paying Agent together with any necessary endorsements.
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(d) The Company shall, in accordance with Section 2.14, deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) money, in funds immediately available on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change for all of the Securities that are to be repurchased by the Company on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change. The Paying Agent shall, promptly after delivering the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to Holders entitled thereto and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company as soon as practicable, any money in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(e) Once the Fundamental Change Notice and the Repurchase Notice have been duly given in accordance with this Section 3.01, the Securities to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change shall, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, become due and payable in accordance herewith, and, on and after such date (unless there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), except as otherwise provided herein with respect to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, such Securities shall cease to bear interest (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Securities has been made or the Securities have been delivered to the Paying Agent), and all rights of the relevant Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive, in accordance herewith, such consideration and any other applicable rights under those sections set forth in the proviso in Section 8.01.
(f) Securities with respect to which a Repurchase Notice has been duly delivered in accordance with this Section 3.01 may be converted pursuant to Article 10 only if such Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with this Section 3.01 or the Company defaults in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(g) If any Security shall not be paid on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date upon book-entry transfer or surrender thereof for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Security shall, until paid, bear interest, payable in cash, at the rate borne by such Security on the principal amount of such Security, and such Security shall be convertible pursuant to Article 10 if any Repurchase Notice with respect to such Security is withdrawn pursuant to this Section 3.01.
(h) Any Security that is to be submitted for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change only in part shall be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with a notarization or medallion guarantee), and the Company shall promptly execute, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, of the same tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of such Security not duly submitted for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.
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(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default relating to the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, there shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to this Section 3.01 on any date if, on such date, the principal amount of the Securities shall have been accelerated in accordance with this Indenture and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded on or prior to such date in accordance with this Indenture. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities held by it during the continuance of such an acceleration.
(j) In connection with any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the Company shall, to the extent required (i) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1, Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act, and with all other applicable laws; (ii) file a Schedule TO or any other schedules required under the Exchange Act or any other applicable laws; and (iii) otherwise comply with all applicable United States federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Securities; provided that any time period specified in this Article 3 shall be extended to the extent necessary for such compliance.
Article 4
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay all amounts and make deliveries of securities due with respect to the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. All such amounts shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent holds (or, if the Company is acting as Paying Agent, the Company has segregated and holds in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) on that date money sufficient to pay the amount then due with respect to the Securities. The Company will pay, in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, all amounts due in cash with respect to the Securities, which amounts shall be paid (a) in the case of a Global Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Depository or its nominee; and (b) in the case of a Physical Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account within the United States as specified in writing to the Paying Agent by such Holder or, if such Holder does not specify an account, by mailing a check to the address of such Holder set forth in the register of the Registrar. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. With respect to principal payments, presentation and surrender of Securities is required prior to final payment.
The Company shall pay, in cash, interest on any overdue amount (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest) at the rate borne by the Securities.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain, or cause to be maintained, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, payment or conversion. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain, or fail to cause to be maintained, any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
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The Company will maintain, or cause to be maintained, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantors in respect of the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture (other than the type contemplated by Section 16.09(c)) may be served, provided that such office or agency may instead be at the principal office of the Company located in the United States (and, notwithstanding the final sentence of this Section 4.02, shall initially be at such office until the Company notifies the Trustee otherwise).
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. 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 initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as an agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 4.03. Reports.
(a) The Company shall provide to the Trustee a copy of each report the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act no later than the date 15 Business Days after such report is required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act (after giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that each such report will be deemed to be so provided to the Trustee if the Company files such report with the SEC through the SEC’s EDGAR database no later than the time such report is required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act (taking into account any applicable grace periods provided thereunder). In addition, while the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective investors, upon request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144(c)(2) under the Securities Act.
(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
(c) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to determine or monitor whether the Company has delivered reports in accordance with this Section 4.03.
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Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate. The Company and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, a certificate from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company stating that such officer has conducted or supervised a review of the activities of the Company and the Guarantors and the performance of their obligations under this Indenture and the Securities and that, based upon such review, no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder or thereunder or, if a Default or Event of Default then exists, specifying such event, status and the remedial action proposed to be taken by the Company and each Guarantor with respect to such Default or Event of Default.
Section 4.05. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. Each of the Company and each Guarantor 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, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and each of the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, 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.
Section 4.06. Notice of Default. Within 30 days of the Company’s becoming aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of such Default or Event of Default, and any remedial action proposed to be taken.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Additional Indebtedness.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall cause all of its Subsidiaries not to, Incur any Indebtedness unless after giving effect to such event on a pro forma basis (including the pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Company’s Consolidated Debt Ratio for the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such event for which internal financial statements are available, taken as one period is less than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00 (such condition not being applicable to the Incurrence of Permitted Indebtedness); provided that the Company shall not, and shall cause all of its Subsidiaries not to, Incur any Indebtedness under this paragraph to refinance or replace the Senior Credit Facilities.
(b) Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on preferred stock in the form of additional shares of preferred stock of the same class, the accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.07.
“Consolidated Debt” of any Person means, as of a date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the such Person and its Subsidiaries as of such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and assuming that any revolving credit facility was then fully drawn.
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“Consolidated Debt Ratio” of any Person means, as of a date of determination and for any period, the ratio of (i) the Consolidated Debt of such Person as of such date of determination, to (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period.
“Consolidated EBITDA” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture for the 2027 Notes; provided that for purposes of this definition, all transactions involving the acquisition of any Person or motion picture theatre by another Person shall be accounted for on a “pooling of interests” basis and not as a purchase; provided, further, that with respect to any references of Consolidated EBITDA in either Section 4.10 hereof or in the definition of “Asset Sale;” Consolidated EBITDA shall have the meaning set forth in the Silver Lake First Lien Notes Indenture; provided, further, that, solely with respect to calculations of the Consolidated Debt Ratio:
(i) Consolidated EBITDA shall include the effects of incremental contributions the Company reasonably believes in good faith could have been achieved during the relevant period as a result of a motion picture theatre or screen which was first opened for business by the Company or a Subsidiary during the applicable period (a “Theatre Completion”) had such Theatre Completion occurred as of the beginning of the relevant period; provided, however, that such incremental contributions were identified and quantified in good faith in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at the time of any calculation of the Consolidated Debt Ratio;
(ii) Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any motion picture theatre or screen that was permanently or indefinitely closed for business at any time on or subsequent to the first day of such period as if such theatre or screen was closed for the entire period; and
(iii) all preopening expense and theatre closure expense which reduced/(increased) Consolidated Net Income (Loss) (as defined in the Indenture for the 2027 Notes) during any applicable period shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA.
“Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by merger, conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, guarantee or become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided, however, that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation (including, without limitation, preferred stock, temporary equity, mezzanine equity or similar classification) of such Person that exists at such time, and is not theretofore classified as Indebtedness, becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided further, however, that any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary; and provided further, however, that solely for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.07, amortization of debt discount shall not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness, provided that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness Incurred shall at all times be the aggregate principal amount at stated maturity.
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“Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture for the 2027 Notes. For the avoidance of doubt any obligations under any operating leases (as determined under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018) shall not be included as Indebtedness.
“Indenture for the 2027 Notes” means the indenture, dated as of March 17, 2017, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, pursuant to which the Company issued its 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027, as amended and in effect on September 14, 2018.
Section 4.08. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not and will not permit any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind securing any Existing Senior Subordinated Notes or any guarantees thereof, or any renewal, extension, refinancing or refunding of the foregoing, including successive renewals, extensions, refinancings and refundings, upon any of their property or assets (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries of the Company or of any Parent Guarantor), now owned or hereafter acquired, unless contemporaneously with the incurrence of such Lien effective provision (which shall be on terms acceptable to the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding SL Securities, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) is made to secure the Obligations due under this Indenture and the Securities or, in respect of any Lien on any Guarantor’s property or assets, the Indenture and any Guarantee of such Guarantor, and on a senior basis to the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of the Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of each of the Liens securing the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes described in the preceding paragraph.
Section 4.09. Additional Guarantees. After the Issue Date, the Company will cause (i) each Subsidiary which guarantees obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing First Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes, the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes or any other Indebtedness, within 30 days of the date of such Subsidiary’s guarantee of such other Indebtedness, and (ii) the issuer of any Reference Property upon consummation of a Merger Event (a “Parent Guarantor”) to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Guarantor or issuer will unconditionally guarantee (subject to release as described below), on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest, if any, on the Securities on a senior secured basis. Such Guarantor or issuer will also execute and deliver joinders to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and applicable Security Documents or new intercreditor agreements and security documents, together with any filings and agreement to the extent required by the Security Documents to create or perfect the security interests for the benefit of the Holders in the Collateral within the time periods referenced in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Subsidiary or issuer of any Reference Property without rendering the Guarantee as it relates to such Subsidiary or issuer of any Reference Property, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Guarantor is released and discharged in full from its obligations under its Guarantees of (a) the Senior Credit Facilities and related documentation and (b) all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, then the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged.
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Section 4.10. Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale (including (x) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) any Sale Leaseback) unless:
(1) such Asset Sale is made for Fair Market Value; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, a Sale Leaseback or the Disposition of a Multiplex theatre, in any such Asset Sale with a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales completed or contractually agreed upon since the Issue Date, received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
(b) Within 450 days after receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale (the “Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period”), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale (the “Applicable Proceeds”)
(1) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale constituted Collateral, to repay (i) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) Obligations under the Existing First Lien Notes, (iii) Obligations under the New First Lien Notes, (iv) Obligations under the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, (v) Obligations under the Securities or (vi) any Additional First Lien Obligations and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will either (A) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Securities on a ratable basis with any such First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this clause (1) by purchasing Securities through open-market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions (which may be below par) and/or (B) make an offer (in accordance with the provisions set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Securities on a ratable basis with any First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this clause (1) for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon (which offer shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale Offer for purposes hereof).
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(2) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale did not constitute Collateral:
(i) to repay (u) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, (v) Obligations under the Existing First Lien Notes, (w) Obligations under the Silver Lake First Lien Notes, (x) Obligations under the New First Lien Notes, (y) Obligations under the Securities or (z) any Additional First Lien Obligations and, in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will either (A) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Securities on a ratable basis with any such First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(i) by purchasing Securities through open-market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions (which may be below par) and/or (B) make an offer (in accordance with the provisions set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Securities on a ratable basis with any First Lien Obligations repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(i) for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon (which offer shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale Offer for purposes hereof); or
(ii) to repay Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness (other than any Senior Indebtedness referred to in clause (2)(i) above) and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will either (A) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Securities on a ratable basis with any such Senior Indebtedness repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(ii) by purchasing Securities through open-market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions (which may be below par) and/or (B) make an offer (in accordance with the provisions set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Securities on a ratable basis with any Senior repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(ii) for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon (which offer shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale Offer for purposes hereof);
(3) to invest in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Indenture); or
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(4) any combination of the foregoing;
(c) provided that, in the case of clause (3) above, a binding commitment or letter of intent shall be treated as a permitted application of the Applicable Proceeds from the date of such commitment or letter of intent so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment or letter of intent with the good faith expectation that such Applicable Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment or letter of intent within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (the period from the consummation of the Asset Sale to such date, the “Commitment Application Period”), and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason after the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and before the Applicable Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Applicable Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary reasonably expects to enter into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and such Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner prior to the expiration of the Commitment Application Period. To the extent Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale exceed amounts that are invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b), such excess amount will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that any amount of Applicable Proceeds offered to Holders of any Securities pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) above shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to whether such offer is accepted by any Holders.If at any time the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100.0 million, then the Company shall within 20 Business Days make an offer to all Holders and, if required or permitted by the terms of any other First Lien Obligations and/or, to the extent that the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Securities (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the Holders of such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of the Securities and such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, out of the amount of the Excess Proceeds (in the case of any First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, in accordance with the documents governing such First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness). The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer by sending the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 13.07. The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligation with respect to such Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (an “Advance Offer”) with respect to all or part of the available Applicable Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”).
(d) If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Securities and, if applicable, First Lien Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero (regardless of whether there are any remaining Excess Proceeds upon such completion), and in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds.
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(e) Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Applicable Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the holder of such Applicable Proceeds may apply any Applicable Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility (including under the Senior Credit Facilities) or otherwise invest such Applicable Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may apply any Retained Declined Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture and such Retained Declined Proceeds shall in no event and under no circumstances constitute Excess Proceeds.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary are prohibited or delayed under any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Company, the portion of such Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.10 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable Requirement of Law will not permit repatriation to the Company (the Company hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirement of Law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable Requirement of Law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Applicable Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.10, and (ii) to the extent that and for so long as the Company has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), the Applicable Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.10 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that when the Company determines in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Applicable Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary would no longer have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation), such Applicable Proceeds shall be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) in compliance with this Section 4.10.
(g) For purposes of clause (a)(2) of this Section 4.10 (and no other provision), the following shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents:
(1) the greater of the principal amount and carrying value of any liabilities (as reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the Company (or a Parent Entity) provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto), or if incurred, accrued or increased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the balance sheet of the Company (or Parent Entity) or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence, accrual or increase had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Secured Notes Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) pursuant to a written agreement which releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such liabilities;
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(2) any securities received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Asset Sale; and
(3) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess (at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration) of 5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
(h) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer or an Advance Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the asset sale provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the asset sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
(i) The provisions of this Indenture relating to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Securities as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. An Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer may be made at the same time as consents are solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Securities and/or the Guarantees so long as the tender of the Securities by a Holder is not conditioned upon the delivery of consents by such Holder.
Section 4.11. After-Acquired Collateral. From and after the Issue Date, and subject to the applicable limitations and exceptions set forth in the Security Documents and this Indenture (including with respect to Excluded Assets), if the Company or any Guarantor creates any additional security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute Collateral to secure any First Lien Obligations, the Company and each of the Guarantors shall concurrently grant a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon any such Collateral, as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
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Article 5
Successors
Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, Etc. Subject to Section 5.02, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (other than one or more Subsidiaries of the Company (it being understood that this Article 5 shall not apply to a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of property or assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries)), whether in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless each of the following is satisfied: (i)(x) the Company is the continuing Person or (y) such other Person is organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, such other Person assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and following such transaction or series of related transactions the Reference Property does not include interests in an entity that is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, except in the case of the consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary with or into the Company, the Company (or the surviving entity if the Company is not the continuing corporation) will (A) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Debt Ratio set forth in Section 4.07(a) or (B) have a Consolidated Debt Ratio equal to or less than the Consolidated Debt Ratio immediately prior to such transaction and (iv) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case Section 5.01(i)(y) and Section 14.03(b), as applicable, shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities.
For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person other than the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties or assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the consolidated properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee substantially concurrently with or prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which may rely upon such Officers’ Certificate as to the absence of Defaults and Events of Default and other statements of fact) stating that the proposed transaction and, if required, such supplemental indenture (if any) will, upon consummation of the proposed transaction, comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
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Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger or any sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Securities, the due and punctual payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to all Securities repurchased on each Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the due and punctual payment of the Redemption Price due on a Redemption Date, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Securities and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture and the Securities to be performed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities that such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger or any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 5, the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 5, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Securities and its obligations under this Indenture shall terminate. To the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the successor Person are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the successor Person will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Security Documents;
In case of any such consolidation, merger or any sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
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Article 6
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default. An “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of the principal of any Security when due, whether on the Maturity Date, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to a Fundamental Change, on a Redemption Date, upon acceleration or otherwise;
(b) default in the payment of any interest on any Security when it becomes due, if such default continues for thirty (30) days after the date when due;
(c) the Company fails to satisfy its conversion obligations upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion rights pursuant hereto;
(d) failure to (i) comply with the requirements of Article 5 or Section 14.03(b) or (ii) issue a Fundamental Change Notice in accordance with Section 3.01(b) when due.
(e) failure to comply with any other term, covenant or agreement set forth in the Securities or this Indenture and such failure continues for the period, and after the notice, specified in the last paragraph of this Section 6.01;
(f) (i) one or more defaults in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Indebtedness of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor, aggregating $50.0 million or more, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated maturity thereof, and such default or defaults shall have continued after any applicable grace period and shall not have been cured or waived or (ii) Indebtedness of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor, aggregating $50.0 million or more, shall have been accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by regularly scheduled prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;
(g) any holder of any Indebtedness in excess of $50.0 million in the aggregate of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor shall notify the Trustee of the intended sale or disposition of any assets of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor that have been pledged to or for the benefit of such Person to secure such Indebtedness or shall commence proceedings, or take action (including by way of set-off) to retain in satisfaction of any such Indebtedness, or to collect on, seize, dispose of or apply, any such asset of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument evidencing any such Indebtedness of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor or in accordance with applicable law;
(h) one or more final judgments or orders shall be rendered against the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor for the payment of money, either individually or in an aggregate amount, in excess of $50.0 million and shall not be discharged and either (i) an enforcement proceeding shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall have been a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, was not in effect;
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(i) the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor, pursuant to, or under or within the meaning of, any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(ii) consents to the entry of a Bankruptcy Order in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or files a proposal or other scheme of arrangement involving the rescheduling or composition of its indebtedness;
(v) files a petition in bankruptcy or an answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; or
(vi) consents to the filing of such petition in bankruptcy or the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian;
(j) a court of competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case or proceeding enters a Bankruptcy Order against the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor, and such Bankruptcy Order remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
(k) a Custodian shall be appointed out of court with respect to the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor, or with respect to all or any substantial part of the property of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor;
(l) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Guarantee.
(m) (i) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document (x) shall cease to be, or (y) shall be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, except (A) in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Document and this Indenture, (B) as a result of the failure of the Controlling Collateral Agent or Notes Collateral Agent to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (C) as to Collateral consisting of real property, to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage; and (ii) such default continues for 30 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding;
(n) any material provision of any Security Document or any Guarantee shall for any reason be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or such Guarantor other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder; or
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(o) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Guarantor shall cease to be in full force and effect.
A Default under clause (e) above shall not be an Event of Default until (A) the Trustee notifies the Company in writing, or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee in writing, of the Default and (B) the Default is not cured within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” If the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities request the Trustee to give such notice on their behalf, the Trustee shall do so. When a Default is cured, it ceases to exist for all purposes under this Indenture.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
(a) Subject to Section 6.02(b), if applicable, if an Event of Default (excluding an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i), Section 6.01(j) or Section 6.01(k)) has occurred and is continuing, either the Trustee, by written notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities to be immediately due and payable in full. Upon such declaration, the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, all Securities shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i), Section 6.01(j) or Section 6.01(k) occurs, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
(b) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind or annul an acceleration and its consequences if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) all existing Events of Default, except the nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived (or are waived concurrently with such rescission or annulment) and (iii) all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06 have been paid. Upon any such rescission or annulment, the Events of Default that were the subject of such acceleration shall cease to exist and deemed to have been cured for every purpose.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of amounts due with respect to the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative.
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In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Securities parties to any such proceedings.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant hereto or any rescission and annulment pursuant hereto or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 6.07 and Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may on behalf of all Holders of Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences, other than a Default or Event of Default (a) in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Security, or in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or the Redemption Price, as the case may be, (b) arising from a failure by the Company to convert any Securities in accordance with this Indenture or (c) in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities which, under Section 9.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected, if:
(i) all existing Defaults or Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities that have become due solely by the declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived; and
(ii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
When a Default or an Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases to exist for all purposes under this Indenture, but no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any rights of Holders or the Trustee related thereto.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to the Securities. However, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, in personal liability unless the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, is offered indemnity satisfactory to it; provided that the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, that is not inconsistent with such direction.
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Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Except with respect to any proceeding instituted in accordance with Section 6.07 and subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, a Holder shall not have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy under this Indenture unless:
(a) such Holder previously shall have given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders shall have offered and if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to or of the Trustee in connection with pursuing such remedy; and
(d) the Trustee shall have failed to comply with the request for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, and during such sixty (60) day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). A Holder shall have the right to not enforce any right under this Indenture except in the manner herein.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of all amounts (including any principal, interest or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or the Redemption Price) due with respect to the Securities, on or after the respective due dates as provided herein, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to convert a Security, or receive consideration due upon conversion of a Security, in accordance with this Indenture, or to bring suit for the enforcement of such right, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount due with respect to the Securities, including any unpaid and accrued interest.
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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or its creditors or properties.
The Trustee may collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any 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 the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06.
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 Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: | to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent for amounts due under Section 7.06; |
Second: | to Holders for all amounts due and unpaid on the Securities, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities; and |
Third: | the balance, if any, to the Company. |
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment by it to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least fifteen (15) days before each such record date, the Trustee shall send to each Holder and the Company a written notice that states such record date and payment date and the amount of such payment.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by a Holder or group of Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
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Article 7
Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall 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 liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Trustee shall 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
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on or the investment of 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.
(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it in good faith 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; if, however, the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled during normal business hours to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney upon reasonable prior notice, at the sole cost of the Company, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection, and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(e) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided that the Trustee’s action does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(g) Except with respect to Section 4.01, where it acts as Paying Agent, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article 4. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) for which it acts as Paying Agent or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Article 4 (other than Section 4.04 and 4.06) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely on Officers’ Certificates).
(h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested by this Indenture at the request or demand of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or demand.
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(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Securities Agent, agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j) The Trustee may request that the Company and any Guarantor 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, which certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(k) Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee or any Securities Agent be liable under or in connection with this Indenture and the Securities for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee or such Securities Agent has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought.
(l) No bond or surety shall be required of the Trustee with respect to performance of the Trustee’s duties and powers hereunder;
(m) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by this Indenture or the Securities.
(n) Any discretion, permissive right, or privilege of the Trustee hereunder shall not be deemed to be or otherwise construed as a duty or obligation of the Trustee hereunder.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights the Trustee would have if it were not Trustee. Any Securities Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must comply with Section 7.09.
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities; the Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities; and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing as to which the Trustee is deemed to have knowledge in accordance with Section 7.02(g), then the Trustee shall send to each Holder a notice of the Default or Event of Default within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice or after acquiring such knowledge, as applicable, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment or delivery of any amounts due (including principal, interest, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price or the consideration due upon conversion) with respect to any Security, the Trustee may withhold such notice if, and so long as it in good faith determines that, withholding such notice is in the best interests of Holders.
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Section 7.06. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services hereunder as shall be mutually agreed upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it pursuant to, and in accordance with, any provision hereof, except for any such expenses as shall have been caused by the Trustee’s own negligence or willful misconduct. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and out-of-pocket expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Trustee shall provide the Company with reasonable notice of any expense not in the ordinary course of business.
The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, cost or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and taxes other than those based upon the income of the Trustee) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, the performance of its duties and/or the exercise of its rights hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section 7.06, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers and duties hereunder. The Company and the Guarantors need not pay for any settlement made without their consent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnification; provided that failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under this Section 7.06. The Company and the Guarantors need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own negligence or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay amounts due on particular Securities.
The indemnity obligations of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the Trustee provided for in this Section 7.06 shall survive any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any termination of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i), Section 6.01(j) or 6.01(k) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.07. Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall continue its role until the appointment of a successor Trustee is effective.
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The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing thirty (30) days prior to such resignation. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee so that no vacancy exists in the role of Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within thirty (30) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09, the Company or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall send a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.06.
Section 7.08. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder.
Section 7.09. Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that (i) is an entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and (iii) has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
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Section 7.10. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. To the extent the TIA then applies to the Indenture, the Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). To the extent the TIA then applies to the Indenture, a Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to §311(a) to the extent indicated.
Section 7.11. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2019, the Trustee shall send to all Holders of the Securities, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar, a brief report in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also send all reports as required by TIA § 313(c). A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders of Securities shall be delivered to the Company and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.
Article 8
Discharge of Indenture
Section 8.01. Termination of the Obligations of the Company. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Securities will be released and the Trustee shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if (a) either (i) all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable at their scheduled maturity, upon conversion or Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, or redemption, and in either case the Company irrevocably deposits, prior to the applicable due date, with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (if the Paying Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) cash (or, in the case of conversion, delivers to the Holders in accordance with Article 10 cash, Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional shares) or a combination thereof, as applicable, solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligation) sufficient to satisfy all obligations due and owing on all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) on the Maturity Date, the relevant settlement date of any conversion, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (b) the Company pays to the Trustee all other sums payable hereunder by the Company or any Guarantor (including without limitation to every Guarantor with the resulting effect that no Guarantor remains subrogated to the rights of the Holders against the Company pursuant to Section 14.05); (c) no default or Event of Default under this Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; and (d) the Company or any Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which may rely on the Officers’ Certificate as to the absence of a default, breach or violation and as to any factual matters), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; provided, however, that Section 2.03, Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.08, Section 7.06, Section 7.07, Section 7.08, Section 7.09, Section 16.09 and Section 16.14, and this Article 8 shall survive any discharge of this Indenture until such time as all payments in respect of the Securities have been paid in full and there are no Securities outstanding; provided further, however, that Section 7.06 shall also survive after the Securities are paid in full and there are no Securities outstanding.
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Section 8.02. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust all money deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 and shall apply such deposited money through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of amounts due on the Securities.
Section 8.03. Repayment to Company. Subject to applicable escheatment laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of, and pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company, any excess money or property held by them at any time. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the Company of any money or property that has been held by it and has, for a period of two (2) years, remained unclaimed for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company any money held by them for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities that remains unclaimed for two (2) years. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, subject to applicable law, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money and payment shall, subject to applicable law, cease.
Section 8.04. Reinstatement. If any money, Common Stock or other consideration cannot be applied in accordance with Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit or delivery had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.01 and Section 8.02; provided, however, that if the Company or any Guarantor has made any payment of amounts due with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, then the Company or such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money, Common Stock or other consideration held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Article 9
Amendments
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company, any Guarantor (with respect to its Guarantee, this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor or the Security Documents to which it is a party and excluding any amendment or supplement the sole purpose of which is to add an additional Guarantor), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents without notice to or the consent of any Holder:
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(a) to comply with Article 5 or Section 10.11;
(b) to add Collateral with respect to any or all of the Securities and/or the Guarantees;
(c) to evidence and provide for the appointment of a successor Trustee in accordance with Section 7.07 or a successor Notes Collateral Agent;
(d) to comply with the provisions of any securities depository, including the Depository, clearing agency, clearing corporation or clearing system, or the requirements of the Trustee or the Registrar, relating to transfers and exchanges of any applicable Securities pursuant to this Indenture;
(e) to add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company described in this Indenture for the benefit of Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(f) to make provision with respect to adjustments to the Conversion Rate as required by this Indenture or to increase the Conversion Rate in accordance with this Indenture;
(g) to irrevocably elect or eliminate one or more Settlement Methods and/or irrevocably elect a minimum Specified Dollar Amount, in each case except with respect to a Security (i) as to which a Conversion Date has occurred, (ii) following the 27th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date or (iii) in the case of SL Securities only as provided in Section 10.02(a)(v);
(h) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(i) to permit the conversion of the Securities into Reference Property in accordance with Section 10.11;
(j) to comply with the requirement of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture under the TIA;
(k) to add a Guarantor or Guarantee under this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents, or to release any such Guarantor or Guarantee if at the time of such release such Guarantor is not otherwise required by this Indenture to be a Guarantor;
(l) to release any Collateral from the Lien securing the Securities when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Indenture (including any release of any Lien that is not then otherwise required by this Indenture to be pledged as security for the Securities) or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
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(m) to add any Additional First Lien Secured Parties to any Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or add any junior lien secured parties to any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(n) in the case of any Security Document, to include therein any legend required to be set forth therein pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, or to modify any such legend as required by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(o) with respect to the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as provided in the relevant Security Document, First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; or
(p) to provide for the succession of any parties to the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from time to time of the Senior Credit Facilities or any other agreement that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
In addition, the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may enter into a supplemental indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency in this Indenture in a manner that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. Subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph, the Company may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Securities, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the other Security Documents with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including, without limitation, consents obtained from Holders in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities) and in compliance with Section 4.19 of the Investment Agreement. Subject to Section 6.04 and 6.07, the immediately succeeding paragraph and Section 4.19 of the Investment Agreement, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may, by written notice to the Trustee, waive by consent (including, without limitation, consents obtained from Holders in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities) compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, the Securities, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document without notice to any other Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:
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(a) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or the payment date of any installment of interest on, any Security;
(b) reduce the principal amount of any Security, or any interest on, any Security or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Security;
(c) change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or any interest on, any Security;
(d) impair the right of any Holder to receive any payment on, or with respect to, or any delivery or payment due upon the conversion of, any Security or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any delivery or payment on, or with respect to, or due upon the conversion of, any Security;
(e) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or modify, in a manner adverse to Holders, the obligation of the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 to repurchase Securities upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change;
(f) reduce the Conversion Rate other than as provided in this Indenture or adversely affect the right of Holders to convert Securities in accordance with Article 10;
(g) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities whose Holders must consent to a modification to or amendment of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities; or
(h) modify the provisions of this Article 9 that require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions of Section 6.04 with respect to modification and waiver (including waiver of a Default or an Event of Default), except to increase the percentage required for modification or waiver or to provide for the consent of each affected Holder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary, so long as any SL Securities are outstanding, without the consent of the Holders of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the SL Securities, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not modify (x) any provision contained in this Indenture specifically and uniquely applicable to the SL Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of, or the holders of a beneficial interest in, the SL Securities, (y) the proviso to the definition of Conversion Rate or (z) Section 13.01(b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Security Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Secured Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents.
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Promptly after an amendment, supplement or waiver under Section 9.01 or this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, to Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
In addition, Holders will be deemed to have consented for purposes of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee will be authorized, to amend or supplement the Security Documents to add additional secured parties to the extent Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations held by such parties are permitted under this Indenture. In executing any such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Security Document or in entering into a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and (subject to their duties set forth in this Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement, consent or waiver or new agreement is authorized or permitted by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, and/or Security Document, as the case may be, and complies with the provisions thereof and of this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no opinion of counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective (or until such earlier date as specified by the Company in connection with the solicitation of such consent), a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective (or such earlier date specified by the Company in connection with the solicitation of such consent).
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective with respect to the Securities, it shall bind every Holder unless such amendment, supplement or waiver makes a change that requires, pursuant to Section 9.02, the consent of each Holder affected. In that case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.
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Nothing in this Section 9.03 shall impair the Company’s rights pursuant to Section 9.01 to amend this Indenture or the Securities without the consent of any Holder in the manner set forth in, and permitted by, such Section 9.01.
Section 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security as directed and prepared by the Company about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.
Section 9.05. Trustee Protected. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9; provided, however, that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent need not sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 that adversely affects the Trustee’s or the Collateral Agent’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. The Trustee shall receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as to legal matters and an Officers’ Certificate as to factual matters that any supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver is permitted or authorized pursuant to this Indenture and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions). Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the execution by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent of any such amendment, supplement, consent waiver or other modification to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents or the entering into of a new intercreditor agreement or Security Document.
Section 9.06. Effect of Amendment. Upon the due execution and delivery of any amendment in accordance with this Article 9, this Indenture, the Securities, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, as applicable, shall be modified in accordance therewith and, except as set forth in Section 9.02 and Section 9.03, every Holder of Securities shall be bound thereby.
Article 10
Conversion
Section 10.01. Conversion Privilege.
(a) Subject to the limitations of this Section 10.01, Section 10.02, Section 10.11 and the settlement provisions of Section 10.14(c), and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 10, each Holder of a Security shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) of such Security at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Original Maturity Date, in each case, at the then applicable Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities (subject to the settlement provisions of Section 10.02, the “Conversion Obligation”).
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(b) To convert its Security, a Holder of a Physical Security must (i) complete and manually sign the Conversion Notice, with appropriate notarization or signature guarantee, or facsimile of the Conversion Notice and deliver the completed Conversion Notice or a facsimile thereof to the Conversion Agent, (ii) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent, (iii) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent, (iv) pay all transfer or similar taxes if required pursuant to Section 10.04 and (v) pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date if so required by Section 10.02(d). If a Holder holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security, to convert such Security, the Holder must comply with clauses (iv) and (v) above and the Depository’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Security.
(c) A Holder may convert a portion of the principal amount of a Security if such portion is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of such Security.
Section 10.02. Conversion Procedure and Payment Upon Conversion.
(a) Subject to this Section 10.02 and Section 10.11 and the settlement provisions of Section 10.14(c), upon conversion of any Security, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, cash (“Cash Settlement”), Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 10.03 (“Physical Settlement”) or a combination of cash and Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 10.03 (“Combination Settlement”), at its election, as set forth in this Section 10.02.
(i) All conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the 27th Scheduled Trading Day immediately prior to the Original Maturity Date shall be settled using the same Settlement Method.
(ii) Except for any conversions described in the immediately preceding clause (i), the Company shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions of Securities occurring on the same Conversion Date, but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on different Conversion Dates.
(iii) If, in respect of any Conversion Date (or for all conversions in any period), the Company elects to deliver a notice (the “Settlement Notice”) of the relevant Settlement Method in respect of such Conversion Date (or such period, as the case may be), the Company, through the Trustee, shall deliver such Settlement Notice to converting Holders no later than the Close of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date to which such Settlement Notice applies (or, in the case of any conversions occurring on or after the 27th Scheduled Trading Day immediately prior to the Original Maturity Date, no later than the 27th Scheduled Trading Day immediately prior to the Original Maturity Date). If the Company does not elect a Settlement Method prior to the deadline set forth in the immediately preceding sentence for a Conversion Date, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement with respect to conversions on such Conversion Date and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation on such Conversion Date, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be equal to $1,000. Such Settlement Notice shall specify the relevant Settlement Method and, in the case of an election of Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. If the Company delivers a Settlement Notice electing Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation but does not indicate a Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities in such Settlement Notice, the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be deemed to be $1,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any conversion of SL Securities shall be subject to Section 10.02(a)(v).
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(iv) The cash, Common Stock or combination of cash and Common Stock in respect of any conversion of Securities (the “Settlement Amount”) shall be computed as follows:
(A) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (provided that the Company shall deliver cash in lieu of any fractional shares as described in Section 10.03);
(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each Trading Day during the related Observation Period; and
(C) if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected pursuant to Section 10.02(a)(iii)) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver to the converting Holder, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each Trading Day during the related Observation Period.
(v) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company hereby initially elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation with respect to any conversion of SL Securities by Physical Settlement. The Company may change its Settlement Method election (and, in the case of Combination Settlement, the Specified Dollar Amount) with respect to any conversion of SL Securities by delivering a notice that specifies the newly elected Settlement Method and, in the case of Combination Settlement, the applicable Specified Dollar Amount (the “SL Settlement Notice”) to the Holders of the SL Securities, and such newly elected Settlement Method (and, in the case of Combination Settlement, the Specified Dollar Amount) shall be effective no earlier than ten (10) Trading Days after the date on which such SL Settlement Notice was received by the Holder. In the event any Holder(s) of SL Securities exercises its right to convert all or any portion of such SL Securities, (A) the relevant Observation Period for purposes of determining the Daily Settlement Amount, in the case of Combination Settlement, and Daily Conversion Values, in the case of Cash Settlement, with respect to such SL Securities shall be the 25 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 25th Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding such Conversion Date and (B) the Company shall promptly (x) determine the Daily Settlement Amount or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock and (y) notify the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and such Holder of SL Securities being so converted of the Daily Settlement Amount or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock.
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The Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last day of the Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock, and in any event within one (1) Business Day following the last day of the Observation Period, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering fractional shares of Common Stock. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.
(b) Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any Securities surrendered for conversion at the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date; provided, however, that the Person in whose name any shares of the Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall become the holder of record of such shares as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement or any conversion of SL Securities) or the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement of Securities other than SL Securities). Prior to such time, a Holder receiving Common Stock upon conversion shall not be entitled to any rights relating to such Common Stock, including, among other things, the right to vote and receive dividends and notices of shareholder meetings. The Company will determine the Conversion Date and the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, as applicable, in accordance with the requirements set forth herein and notify the Trustee and the converting Holder(s) of the same.
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(c) In the case of any conversion of Securities other than the SL Securities, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the later of (i) the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date and (ii) the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, as applicable. In the case of any conversion of SL Securities, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date unless otherwise specified in the written notice referred to in the proviso below; provided, however, that to the extent all or a portion of the Conversion Obligation is to be paid in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be delivered on the day specified in a written notice from the owner(s) (or in the case of Global Securities, beneficial owner(s)) of the SL Securities being converted that is delivered to the Company on or prior to the first Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, which delivery date (in respect of such shares of Common Stock) shall be no earlier than the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date and be no later than the seventh Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date (it being understood that if no such notice is delivered to the Company, then the Company shall deliver such shares on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date). In the case of a conversion of an SL Security in the form of a Global Security, such written notice shall include a certification therein that the beneficial owners delivering such written notice are holders that hold beneficial interests in the SL Securities subject to conversion. If any shares of Common Stock are due to converting Holders, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee(s) or transferee(s), certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depository for the full amount of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.
(d) If any Holder surrenders a Security for conversion after the Close of Business on the Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest but prior to the Open of Business on the next Interest Payment Date, then, notwithstanding such conversion, the full amount of interest payable with respect to such Security on such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Security at the Close of Business on such Record Date; provided, however, that such Security, when surrendered for conversion, must be accompanied by payment in cash to the Conversion Agent on behalf of the Company of an amount equal to the full amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Security so converted; provided further, however, that such payment to the Conversion Agent described in the immediately preceding proviso in respect of a Security surrendered for conversion shall not be required with respect to a Security that (i) is surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Original Maturity Date, (ii) is surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or prior to the Open of Business on the related Interest Payment Date, where, pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company has specified, with respect to a Fundamental Change, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Record Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date or (iii) is surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or prior to the Open of Business on the related Interest Payment Date, where, pursuant to Section 13.03, the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Record Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date.
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(e) If a Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Securities shall be based on the total principal amount of all Securities so converted.
(f) Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.
Section 10.03. Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of a Security. Instead, the Company shall pay to converting Holders cash in lieu of fractional shares based on the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares that shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement) or the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby (in the case of Physical Settlement) so surrendered, and any fractional shares remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.
Section 10.04. Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts its Security, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue, if any, of Common Stock upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Company may refuse to deliver the certificate(s) representing the Common Stock being issued or delivered to the Holder or in a name other than such Holder’s name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax or duty which will be due because shares of Common Stock are to be issued or delivered in a name other than such Holder’s name.
Section 10.05. Company to Provide Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient for the conversion of all outstanding Securities into shares of Common Stock at any time (assuming, for such purposes, Physical Settlement and that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Securities would be converted by a single Holder). The Company shall, from time to time and in accordance with Delaware law, cause the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to be increased if the aggregate of the number of authorized shares of Common Stock remaining unissued shall not be sufficient for the conversion of all outstanding (and issuable as set forth above) Securities into shares of Common Stock at any time.
All Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free of preemptive or similar rights and free of any lien or adverse claim that arises from the action or inaction of the Company.
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The Company shall comply with all securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of any Common Stock upon conversion of Securities and shall list such shares on each national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed on the applicable Conversion Date.
Section 10.06. Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time, without duplication, upon the occurrence of any of the following events on or after the date of this Indenture:
(a) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock consisting exclusively of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be increased by multiplying such Conversion Rate by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution, and the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend or distribution, in the following formula:
where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date of such dividend or distribution; |
CR' | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution; |
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution; and |
OS' | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution. |
In case the Company shall effect a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be proportionally increased, in the case of a share split, and proportionally reduced, in the case of a share combination, as expressed in the following formula:
where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination; |
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CR' | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination; |
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination; and |
OS' | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such share split or share combination. |
Any adjustment made under this Section 10.06(a) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date for such share split or share combination, as the case may be. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.06(a) is declared but not so paid or made, or any share split or share combination of the type described in this Section 10.06(a) is announced but the shares of Common Stock are not split or combined, as the case may be, then the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, or not to split or combine the shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or such share split or combination had not been announced.
(b) If the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period expiring not more than forty-five (45) days immediately following the date of such distribution, to purchase or subscribe for Common Stock, at a price per share less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution; |
CR' | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex Date; |
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex Date; |
X | = | the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and |
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Y | = | the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution. |
Any increase made under this Section 10.06(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are distributed and shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution. To the extent that Common Stock is not delivered after expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date of such expiration, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the distribution of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex Date for such distribution had not occurred.
In determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at less than such average of the Closing Sale Prices for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors. Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(b).
(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other of its assets, securities or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, but excluding (i) dividends or distributions as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.06(a) or Section 10.06(b), (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.06(d) or that is excluded from the scope of Section 10.06(d) by the parenthetical language preceding the formula therein, (iii) distributions of Reference Property in a transaction described in Section 10.11, (iv) rights issued pursuant to a rights plan of the Company (i.e., a poison pill), except to the extent provided by Section 10.13, and (v) Spin-Offs to which the provisions set forth in the latter portion of this Section 10.06(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, indebtedness or other assets, securities or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, the “Distributed Property”), then, in each such case the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
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where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution; |
CR' | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution; |
SP0 | = | the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex Date for such distribution; and |
FMV | = | the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property distributable with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock as of the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution. |
If the Board of Directors determines “FMV” for purposes of this Section 10.06(c) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex Date for such distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than the “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Security to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as the holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of Distributed Property that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex Date for such distribution.
Any increase made under the portion of this Section 10.06(c) above shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.06(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, where such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
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where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for the Spin-Off; |
CR' | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for the Spin-Off; |
FMV0 | = | the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Ex Date for a Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and |
MP0 | = | the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period. |
The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall be determined on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period, but will be given effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such Spin-Off. For purposes of determining the Conversion Rate in respect of any conversion during the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on the Ex Date for such Spin-Off, references within the portion of this Section 10.06(c) related to “Spin-Offs” to ten (10) consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex Date for such Spin-Off to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date.
Subject in all respects to Section 10.13, rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 10.06(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.06(c), will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 10.06(c), as the case may be. If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing rights, options or warrants without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.06(c), as the case may be, was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued.
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For purposes of Section 10.06(a), Section 10.06(b) and this Section 10.06(c), any dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.06(c) is applicable that also includes one or both of:
(A) a dividend or distribution of Common Stock to which Section 10.06(a) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”); or
(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 10.06(b) is applicable (the “Clause B Distribution”),
then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.06(c) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 10.06(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 10.06(a) and Section 10.06(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Board of Directors, the Ex Date of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex Date of the Clause C Distribution and any Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution” or “outstanding immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination,” as the case may be within the meaning of Section 10.06(a) or “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution” within the meaning of Section 10.06(b).
Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the last sentence of either the fourth or seventh paragraph of this Section 10.06(c), the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(c).
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(d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed the “dividend threshold,” which is (for a regular, quarterly cash dividend made on or before September 14, 2020) $0.20 per share or (for a regular, quarterly dividend that is made after September 14, 2020) $0.10 per share, and which is subject to adjustment as described below), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution; |
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution; |
SP0 | = | the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution (or, if the Company declares such dividend or distribution less than eleven (11) Trading Days prior to the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution the reference to ten (10) consecutive Trading Days shall be replaced with a smaller number of consecutive Trading Days that shall have occurred after, and not including, such declaration date and prior to, but not including, the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution); |
T | = | the dividend threshold; provided, that if the dividend or distribution is not a regular cash dividend made after September 14, 2019, then the dividend threshold will be deemed to be zero; and |
C | = | the amount in cash per share of Common Stock the Company distributes to holders of its Common Stock. |
Any adjustment made under this Section 10.06(d) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution.
The dividend threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to, and at the same time as, adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment will be made to the dividend threshold for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this clause (d) or Section 10.14.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Security to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount of cash such Holder would have received as if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex Date for such cash dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(d).
(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock, if the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock (as determined by the Board of Directors) exceeds the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
CR' | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
AC | = | the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer; |
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer); |
OS' | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the time such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer); and |
SP' | = | the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires. |
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The increase to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.06(e) shall occur at the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that, for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate, in respect of any conversion during the ten (10) Trading Days immediately following, but excluding, the date that any such tender or exchange offer expires, references in this Section 10.06(e) to ten (10) consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days as have elapsed between the date such tender or exchange offer expires and the relevant Conversion Date. If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase the Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately decreased to the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.
Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(e).
(f) In addition to the foregoing adjustments in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of the Relevant Stock Exchange, the Company may, from time to time and to the extent permitted by law, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least twenty-five (25) Trading Days or any longer period as may be permitted or required by law, if the Board of Directors has made a determination, which determination shall be conclusive, that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company. Such Conversion Rate increase shall be irrevocable during such period. The Company shall give notice to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent and cause notice of such increase, which notice will include the amount of the increase and the period during which the increase shall be in effect, to be sent to each Holder of Securities in accordance with Section 16.01, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which such increase commences.
(g) All calculations under this Article 10 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share, as the case may be. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th.
(h) Notwithstanding this Section 10.06 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex Date, and a Holder that has converted its Securities on or after such Ex Date and on or prior to the related record date would be treated as the record holder of the Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date as described under Section 10.02(b) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex Date, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 10.06, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex Date shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.
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(i) Notwithstanding this Section 10.06 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities, if a Holder converts a Security, Combination Settlement is applicable to such Security and the Daily Settlement Amount for any Trading Day during the Observation Period applicable to such Security (x) is calculated based on a Conversion Rate adjusted on account of any event described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 10.06 and (y) includes any shares of Common Stock that entitle their holder to participate in such event, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 10.06, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such event will not be made for such converting Holder for such Trading Day. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.
(j) For purposes of this Section 10.06, “effective date” means the first date on which the Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.
(k) For purposes of this Section 10.06, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall not pay any dividend or distribution on shares of Capital Stock of the Company held in the treasury of the Company to the extent such dividend or distribution would be made in an amount based on the amount of a dividend or distribution paid on the Common Stock.
Section 10.07. No Adjustment. The Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted for any transaction or event other than for any transaction or event described in this Article 10. Without limiting the foregoing, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (or the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such options or other rights);
(iii) upon the issuance of any Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) above and outstanding as of September 14, 2018;
(iv) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any;
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(v) repurchases of Common Stock that are not tender offers or exchange offers pursuant to Section 10.06(e), including structured or derivative transactions such as accelerated share repurchase transactions or similar forward derivatives;
(vi) solely for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or
(vii) for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or the right to purchase Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, except as described in Section 10.06.
No adjustment in the Conversion Rate less than one percent (1%) of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or, if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate) shall be made pursuant to Section 10.06(a) through Section 10.06(e); provided, however, that (i) the Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are not made as a result of the foregoing and make such carried forward adjustments with respect to the Conversion Rate when the cumulative effect of all adjustments not yet made will result in a change of one percent (1%) or more of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or, if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate) and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, all such deferred adjustments that have not yet been made shall be made (including any adjustments that are less than one percent (1%) of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or, if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate)) (1) on the effective date of any Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (2) on (A) the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) and (B) on each Trading Day of any Observation Period (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, and in each case, after such adjustment shall be made such adjustments shall no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment to the Conversion Rate).
No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made pursuant to Section 10.06 for a transaction (other than for share splits or share combinations pursuant to Section 10.06(a)) if the Company makes provision for each Holder to participate in the transaction, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock participate in such transaction, without conversion, as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex Date or effective date, as applicable, of the transaction (without giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 10.06 on account of such transaction), multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Securities held by such Holder.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.07 shall not limit the operation of the proviso to the definition of Conversion Rate.
Section 10.08. Other Adjustments. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the computation of an average of the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a period of multiple Trading Days (including an Observation Period and the period for determining the Applicable Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), the Board of Directors, in its good faith determination, shall appropriately adjust such average to account for any event requiring, pursuant hereto, an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the effective date, Ex Date or expiration date of such event occurs at any time on or after the first Trading Day of such period and on or prior to the last Trading Day of such period.
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Section 10.09. Adjustments for Tax Purposes. Except as prohibited by law, the Company may (but is not obligated to) make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Section 10.06 hereof, as it considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of Common Stock (or rights to purchase Common Stock) resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason.
Section 10.10. Notice of Adjustment and Certain Events.
(a) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent an Officers’ Certificate describing in reasonable detail the adjustment and the method of calculation used and the Company shall promptly send to the Holders in accordance with Section 16.01 a notice of the adjustment setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the calculation thereof. The certificate and notice shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment. In the absence of an Officers’ Certificate being filed with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee), the Trustee and the Conversion Agent may assume without inquiry that the Conversion Rate has not been adjusted and that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge remains in effect.
(b) In case of any Merger Event then the Company shall at least ten days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction or event cause written notice thereof to be sent to the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the Holders in accordance with Section 14.01. Such notice shall also specify, as applicable, the date or expected date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to a distribution and the date or expected date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, as the case may be. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Merger Event.
Section 10.11. Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers, Binding Share Exchanges or Sales on Conversion Privilege. If on or after the date of this Indenture and prior to the Original Maturity Date the Company:
(a) reclassifies the Common Stock (other than a change as a result of a subdivision or combination of Common Stock to which Section 10.06(a) applies or a change in par value);
(b) is party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange; or
(c) sells, transfers, leases, conveys or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
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in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into or exchanged for, or would constitute solely the right to receive, cash, securities or other property (any such event, a “Merger Event”), each $1,000 principal amount of converted Securities will, from and after the effective time of such Merger Event, be convertible into the same kind, type and proportions of consideration that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such Merger Event would have received in such Merger Event (“Reference Property”) and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 9.01(a) providing for such change in the right to convert the Securities; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event (A) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Securities in accordance with Section 10.02 and (B) (I) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Section 10.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Section 10.02 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event and (III) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on a unit of Reference Property.
If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration determined based in whole or in part upon any form of stockholder election, then (i) the Reference Property into which the Securities will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause (i) attributable to one share of Common Stock. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such weighted average as soon as reasonably practicable after such determination is made. If the holders receive only cash in such Merger Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Merger Event (A) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased pursuant to Section 10.14), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Merger Event and (B) the Company shall satisfy its Conversion Obligation by paying cash to converting Holders on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date.
The supplemental indenture referred to in the first sentence of this Section 10.11 shall provide for adjustments to the Conversion Rate that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments of the Conversion Rate provided for in this Article 10 and the proviso in the definition of Conversion Rate and for the delivery of cash by the Company in lieu of fractional securities or property that would otherwise be deliverable to holders upon conversion as part of the Reference Property, with such amount of cash determined by the Board of Directors in a manner as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to that used by the Company to determine the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock. The Company shall not become party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with the foregoing. If, in the case of any Merger Event, the stock or other securities and assets receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to the extent practicable the provisions providing for the conversion rights set forth in this Article 10. The provisions of this Section 10.11 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, binding share exchanges, sales, transfers, leases, conveyances or dispositions.
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None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Securities into Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional share) as set forth in Section 10.01 and Section 10.02 prior to the effective date of such Merger Event.
In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture in accordance with this Section 10.11, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of Reference Property receivable by Holders of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such Merger Event and any adjustment to be made with respect thereto.
Section 10.12. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall have no duty to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require that any adjustment under this Article 10 should be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment should be, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.10 hereof. Neither the Trustee nor any other Conversion Agent makes any representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities, and neither the Trustee nor any other Conversion Agent shall be responsible for the failure by the Company to comply with any provisions of this Article 10 or to monitor any Person’s compliance with this Article 10.
The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 10.11, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof.
Section 10.13. Rights Distributions Pursuant to Shareholders’ Rights Plans. To the extent that on or after the date of this Indenture the Company adopts a rights plan (i.e., a poison pill) and such plan is in effect upon conversion of any Security or a portion thereof, the Company shall make provision such that each Holder thereof shall receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Common Stock due upon conversion, the rights described in such plan, unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock before the time of conversion, in which case the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all holders of Common Stock, Distributed Property as described in Section 10.06(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
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Section 10.14. Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Securities Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes.
(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Conversion Rate applicable to each Security that is surrendered for conversion, in accordance with this Article 10, at any time during the period (the “Make-Whole Conversion Period”) from, and including, the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (which Effective Date the Company shall disclose in the written notice referred to in Section 10.14(e)) (A) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change does not also constitute a Fundamental Change, to, and including, the Close of Business on the date that is thirty (30) Business Days after the later of (i) such Effective Date and (ii) the date the Company sends to Holders (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent) the relevant notice of the Effective Date or (B) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change, to, and including, the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date corresponding to such Fundamental Change, shall be increased to an amount equal to the Conversion Rate that would, but for this Section 10.14, otherwise apply to such Security pursuant to this Article 10, plus an amount equal to the Make-Whole Applicable Increase.
(b) As used herein, “Make-Whole Applicable Increase” shall mean, with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the amount, set forth in the following table, which corresponds to the Effective Date and the Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:
Applicable Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date | $17.50 | $18.50 | $18.95 | $20.00 | $22.50 | $25.00 | $27.50 | $30.00 | $35.00 | $40.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2019 | 4.3724 | 3.6654 | 3.3842 | 2.8100 | 1.8004 | 1.1392 | 0.7022 | 0.4137 | 0.1063 | 0.0060 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2020 | 4.3724 | 3.6654 | 3.3842 | 2.8100 | 1.8004 | 1.1392 | 0.7022 | 0.4137 | 0.1063 | 0.0060 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2021 | 4.3724 | 3.6654 | 3.3842 | 2.8100 | 1.8004 | 1.1392 | 0.7022 | 0.4020 | 0.0869 | 0.0023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2022 | 4.3724 | 3.6654 | 3.3842 | 2.8100 | 1.8004 | 1.0664 | 0.5564 | 0.2693 | 0.0343 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2023 | 4.3724 | 3.6654 | 3.3842 | 2.8100 | 1.3347 | 0.5784 | 0.2269 | 0.0710 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2024 | 4.3724 | 1.2837 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
provided, however, that:
(i) if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is between two (2) Applicable Prices listed in the table above under the row titled “Applicable Price,” or if the actual Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is between two Effective Dates listed in the table above in the column immediately below the title “Effective Date,” then the Make-Whole Applicable Increase for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be determined by linear interpolation between the Make-Whole Applicable Increases set forth for such higher and lower Applicable Prices, or for such earlier and later Effective Dates based on a three hundred and sixty five (365) day or three hundred and sixty six (366) day year, as applicable;
(ii) if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is greater than $40.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Applicable Prices pursuant to Section 10.14(b)(iii)), or if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is less than $17.50 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Applicable Prices pursuant to Section 10.14(b)(iii)), then the Make-Whole Applicable Increase shall be equal to zero (0);
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(iii) if an event occurs that requires, pursuant to this Article 10 (other than solely pursuant to this Section 10.14) or pursuant to the proviso in the definition of Conversion Rate, an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then, on the date and at the time such adjustment is so required to be made, each Applicable Price set forth in the table above under the column titled “Applicable Price” shall be deemed to be adjusted so that such Applicable Price, at and after such time, shall be equal to the product of (A) such Applicable Price as in effect immediately before such adjustment to such Applicable Price and (B) a fraction the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before such adjustment to the Conversion Rate and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate to be in effect, in accordance with this Article 10 and the proviso in the definition of Conversion Rate, immediately after such adjustment to the Conversion Rate;
(iv) each Make-Whole Applicable Increase amount set forth in the table above shall be adjusted in the same manner, for the same events and at the same time as the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.06 through Section 10.13 or the proviso in the definition of Conversion Rate; and
(c) Subject to Section 10.11, upon surrender of Securities for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 10.02; provided, however, that if at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (c) of the definition of Change in Control the consideration for the Common Stock is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of Securities following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Applicable Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount equal to, per $1,000 principal amount of converted Securities, the Conversion Rate (including any Make-Whole Applicable Increase), multiplied by such Applicable Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation will be determined and shall be paid to Holders in cash on the second Business Day following the Conversion Date.
(d) As used herein, “Applicable Price” shall have the following meaning with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (i) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (c) of the definition of Change in Control and the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) for Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change consists solely of cash, then the “Applicable Price” with respect to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be equal to the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (ii) in all other circumstances, the “Applicable Price” with respect to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be equal to the average of the Closing Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding, but excluding, the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, which average shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Directors, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment, pursuant hereto, to the Conversion Rate that shall become effective, or any event requiring, pursuant hereto, an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex Date of such event occurs, at any time during such five (5) consecutive Trading Days.
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(e) The Company shall send to each Holder (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent), in accordance with Section 16.01, written notice of the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change within ten (10) days after such Effective Date. Each such notice shall also state that, in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall increase, in accordance herewith, the Conversion Rate applicable to Securities entitled as provided herein to such increase (along with a description of how such increase shall be calculated and the time periods during which Securities must be surrendered in order to be entitled to such increase, including, without limitation, the last day of the Make-Whole Conversion Period).
(f) For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 10.14 shall not affect or diminish the Company’s obligations, if any, pursuant to Article 3 with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that also constitutes a Fundamental Change.
(g) Nothing in this Section 10.14 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.06 or the proviso in the definition of Conversion Rate in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
Section 10.15. Applicable Stock Exchange Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 10 to the contrary, in the event that Securities in the aggregate are convertible into shares of Common Stock in excess of the share issuance limitations of the listing rules of The New York Stock Exchange, the Company shall, at its option (but without delaying delivery of consideration upon any conversion), either obtain stockholder approval of such issuances or deliver cash consideration in lieu of any shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon conversions in excess of such limitations (calculated based on the average of the Daily VWAP for the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date, with the Daily VWAP for each such Trading Day being weighted for purpose of calculating such average based on the trading volume used to calculate the Daily VWAP for each such Trading Day). If the Company pays cash in lieu of delivering shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 10.15, it will notify the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the Holders of the maximum number of shares it will deliver per $1,000 principal amount of converted Security in respect of the relevant conversion.
Article 11
Concerning the Holders
Section 11.01. Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (i) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (ii) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 or (iii) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Securities, the Company or the Trustee may fix, but shall not be required to, in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.
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Section 11.02. Proof of Execution by Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 12.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by the security register of the Registrar or by a certificate of the Registrar. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 12.06.
Section 11.03. Persons Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Security shall be registered upon the security register of the Registrar to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and (subject to Section 2.12 and Section 4.01) accrued and unpaid interest on such Security, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable, for conversion of such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent nor any authenticating agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable upon any such Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Securities following an Event of Default, any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depository or any other Person, such holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Physical Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Article 12
Holders’ Meetings
Section 12.01. Purpose of Meetings. A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12 for any of the following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;
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(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 or to remove the Notes Collateral Agent and nominate a successor Notes Collateral Agent;
(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or any other amendment pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or
(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities under any other provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or under applicable law.
Section 12.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 12.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 11.01, shall be sent to Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the security register of the Registrar or electronically in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depository. Such notice shall also be sent to the Company. Such notices shall be sent not less than twenty (20) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Securities then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Securities outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.
Section 12.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have sent the notice of such meeting within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 12.01, by sending notice thereof as provided in Section 12.02.
Section 12.04. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
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Section 12.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 12.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by such Holder or proxyholder, as the case may be; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 12.06. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding principal amount of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was sent as provided in Section 12.02. The record shall show the principal amount of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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Section 12.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article 12 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities. Nothing contained in this Article 12 shall be deemed or construed to limit any Holder’s actions pursuant to the Applicable Procedures so long as the Securities are Global Securities.
Article 13
Redemption
Section 13.01. Optional Redemption; Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
(a) Prior to September 14, 2023, the Company may not redeem the Securities pursuant to this Section 13.01(a). On and after September 14, 2023 and prior to the Original Maturity Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem for cash all or part of the Securities, upon notice pursuant to Section 13.03, at a price (the “Par Redemption Price”) equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided that the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for 20 or more Trading Days in the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days (including the final three Trading Days) ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the redemption notice is delivered to Holders is equal to or exceeds 150% of the applicable Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day.
(b) On and after the Original Maturity Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem for cash all or part of the Securities at the Par Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
(c) If the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to the proviso to the definition of Conversion Rate, the Company may, at its option, redeem, between September 14, 2020 and September 14, 2021, for cash all or part of the Securities, upon notice pursuant to Section 13.03, at a price (the “IRR Redemption Price”) that results in the Specified Return Requirement being satisfied with respect to the Securities to be redeemed, provided that the IRR Redemption Price with respect to any Security shall be no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
“Specified Return Requirement” means, with respect to a redemption of Securities pursuant to Section 13.01(b), the amount necessary to provide the Holders of such Securities with an IRR of 15.0% on the aggregate principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed as if such Holder held such Securities (including the Original Securities) from September 14, 2018. Whether a redemption pursuant to Section 13.01(b) satisfies the Specified Return Requirement will be determined as of the Redemption Date with respect thereto.
“IRR” means, as of any date of determination, the discount rate at which the net present value of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and the IRR Redemption Price through the time of redemption equals zero, calculated for the aggregate principal amount of Securities from September 14, 2018 and, for the IRR Redemption Price, from the redemption date.
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“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 13.01(a), the Par Redemption Price and, in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 13.01(b), the IRR Redemption Price.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the case of a redemption of any SL Securities in whole or in part, the Company may not send a redemption notice to Holders unless the Company shall then have on file with the SEC an effective shelf registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (or any successor form) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Common Stock, unless such Common Stock may be resold under Rule 144 without volume or manner of sale restrictions. In addition, to the extent such SL Securities constitute “Registrable Securities” under the Investment Agreement, if there is a “Blackout Period” (as defined in the Investment Agreement) covering any time during the period from and including the tenth (10th) Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date to and including the Trading Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date (the “Open Period”) then the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, notify the Trustee and the Holders of the SL Securities (and, in accordance with the Investment Agreement, the beneficial owners parties thereto of the SL Securities) that there is such a Blackout Period, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the notice of redemption shall automatically be deemed withdrawn with respect to the SL Securities, and the Holders of SL Securities shall have the right, upon notice to the Trustee and the Company delivered within 3 Business Days after the Withdrawal Time to rescind any Conversion Notice that is pending as of the Withdrawal Time and/or to rescind any conversion of SL Securities pursuant to Article 10 with respect to which the Settlement Amount has, as of the Withdrawal Time, not yet been delivered to such Holder or its designee.
(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 13.01 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this Article 13. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant to this Article 13 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution (with any members of the Board of Directors affiliated with Wanda abstaining). In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. As used herein, the “Redemption Date” means the date specified for redemption of the Securities in accordance with the terms of this Article 13.
No Securities may be redeemed by the Company pursuant to this Article 13 if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded by the Holders, on or prior to the Redemption Date.
Section 13.02. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by lot in accordance with Applicable Procedures for the Global Securities or on a pro-rata basis in increments of $1,000 principal amount, provided that each of the redeemed portion and the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
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The selection of any Security or portion thereof for redemption, the sending of any notice of redemption, and the deposit of the Redemption Price with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, shall not in any way limit the conversion privilege of any Holder or the Company’s Conversion Obligation with respect to any Security for which the Conversion Date occurs before the Redemption Date; and, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder may elect to convert the Securities, or portions of such Securities, held by such Holder that have been selected for redemption.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
In the case of any redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities in this Article 13 shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.
Section 13.03. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid (or in accordance with the Applicable Procedures in the case of Global Securities), delivered not less than, as the case may be, 50 Scheduled Trading Days (with respect to any redemption of SL Securities) or less than 45 Scheduled Trading Days (with respect to any redemption of Securities other than SL Securities), and not more than 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the security register; provided, however, that the Company shall not deliver any notice of redemption to any Holder at any time when there exists any Default or Event of Default.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities (including CUSIP number(s)) to be redeemed and shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
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(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) that, if the Redemption Date is prior to the Original Maturity Date, Holders have a right to convert the Securities called for redemption upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 10.02;
(iv) the time at which the Holders’ right to convert the Securities called for redemption will expire, which will be the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, if such Redemption Date is prior to the Original Maturity Date;
(v) the Conversion Rate, if applicable, any adjustments thereto, and the Settlement Method that shall apply during the redemption period;
(vi) the procedures a Holder must follow to convert its Securities, if applicable;
(vii) if less than all the outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;
(viii) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and
(ix) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request with 10 Business Days’ advance notice (unless a shorter period is agreed to by the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Until and including the date that is 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, the Company may revoke, in whole, but not in part, any notice of redemption of SL Securities delivered under this Article 13.
Section 13.04. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Company on at the Company’s request, or if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
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Section 13.05. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest due on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more predecessor Securities, registered as such at the Close of Business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at a rate of 15% per annum.
Section 13.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a place of payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
Section 13.07. Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10, the Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer or elects to commence an Advance Offer, it shall follow the procedures specified below; provided that notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Company shall repurchase or make an offer to repurchase the Securities as set forth in the provisos in Sections 4.10(b)(1) and (2), substantially concurrently with or prior to the repayment of any applicable First Lien Obligations or Senior Obligations.
(b) The Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, shall remain open for a period of no more than 20 Business Days following its commencement (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall apply all Excess Proceeds (or in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) (the “Offer Amount”), to the purchase of Securities and, if required or permitted by the terms of any other First Lien Obligations and/or, to the extent that the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Securities and, if applicable, First Lien Obligations and/or other Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be. Payment for any Securities so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
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(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the Purchase Date, shall be paid on the Purchase Date to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Securities pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be.
(d) Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer or an Advance Offer, as the case may be, the Company shall send, electronically or by first-class mail, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be. The Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, shall be made to all Holders and, if required or permitted by the terms thereof, holders of other First Lien Obligations and, to the extent that the assets and property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, any other Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, shall state:
(i) that the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, is being made pursuant to this Section 13.07 and Section 4.10 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, shall remain open;
(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(iii) that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer or an Advance Offer, as the case may be, may elect to have Securities purchased in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, shall be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Form of Repurchase Notice” attached to the Security completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, DTC, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(vii) that, if the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Securities and, if applicable, other First Lien Obligations and, to the extent that the assets and property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, other Pari Passu Indebtedness, in each case, surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Securities (subject to applicable DTC procedures as to Global Securities) and the Company or the representative of such other First Lien Obligations and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select such other First Lien Obligations and Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased or repaid on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Securities or such other First Lien Obligations and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Securities in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall be purchased; provided that no Securities of $2,000 or less can be redeemed or purchased in part, except that if all of the Securities of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Securities of such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased); and
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(viii) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased.
(e) On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Securities or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Securities tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof so tendered.
(f) The Company, DTC or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Securities properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Security, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Security to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officers’ Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Security) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided, that each such new Security shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Security not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer, as the case may be, on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
Article 14
GUARANTEE
Section 14.01. Guarantee. Subject to the provisions of this Article 14, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a senior secured unsubordinated basis, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Securities and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on the Securities and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture (including without limitation interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding and the obligations under Section 7.06) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article 14 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.
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Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for non-payment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guarantor Obligations.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.
Except as set forth in Section 14.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under, this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal granted; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Company; (g) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (h) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.09, each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Guarantee in compliance with Section 11.03 hereof. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
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In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Guarantee.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section.
Section 14.02. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee for Future Guarantors. To further evidence its Guarantee, each Subsidiary and other Person that is required to become a Guarantor hereby agrees to execute a supplement to this Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto and deliver it to the Trustee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate as provided under Section 9.05. Such supplement to this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by either manual or facsimile signature of one Officer or other person duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of each Guarantor who shall have been duly authorized to so execute by all requisite corporate action. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Security.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Guarantee of such Security shall nevertheless be valid,
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
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Section 14.03. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, any guarantees under the Senior Credit Facilities) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor) and shall not permit the sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transaction, unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia and such Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture; or
(iv) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 5.01 (other than clause (iii) of Section 5.01).
Upon the sale or disposition of a Guarantor (by merger, consolidation, the sale of its Capital Stock or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by lease)) and whether or not the Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Subsidiary, such Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Guarantee and such Guarantee will terminate; provided, however, that (1) the sale or other disposition is in compliance with this Indenture, including Section 5.01 (other than clause (iii) thereof); and (2) all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and related documentation and any other obligations of such Guarantor relating to any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries terminate upon consummation of such transaction.
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(c) Subject to Section 8.04, each Guarantor shall be deemed released from all its obligations under this Indenture and such Guarantee shall terminate upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 hereof.
Section 14.04. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under the Guarantees, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company, or any other Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. The provisions of this Section 14.04 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 14.05. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.
Article 15
Collateral
Section 15.01. Security Documents.
(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Securities when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Securities and performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Secured Notes Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. In the event of conflict between an Intercreditor Agreement and any of the other Security Documents, the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Security, (a) agrees that it will be subject to and bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date as the Notes Collateral Agent, and on behalf of such Holder, including without limitation, making the representations of the Holders contained therein. The Company shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 15.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Securities secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company and the Guarantors shall, at their sole expense, take all actions and make all filings (including filing Uniform Commercial Code (including amendments and continuation statements) and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to ensure the creation, perfection and priority (or continuance thereof), as security for the Obligations of Company and the Guarantors to the secured parties under this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, of a valid and enforceable perfected Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents), in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders.
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(b) It is understood and agreed that prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations that are Credit Agreement Obligations, to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent is satisfied with or agrees to any deliveries or documents required to be provided in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral or makes any determination in respect of any matters relating to the Collateral (including, without limitation, extensions of time or waivers for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any guarantee by any Subsidiary (including in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Issue Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by the Senior Credit Facilities), the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be satisfied with such deliveries and/or documents and the judgment of the First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of any such matters under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed to be the judgment of the Notes Collateral Agent in respect of such matters under this Indenture and the Security Documents.
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Section 15.02. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Liens and security interests created by the Security Documents at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Securities and the Guarantees under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(b) upon consummation of the sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral by the Company or a Guarantor to any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor, to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Indenture;
(i) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with respect to the property and other assets of such Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee;
(ii) with respect to Collateral that is Capital Stock, upon (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the issuer of that Capital Stock that is not prohibited by this Indenture;
(iii) with respect to any Collateral that becomes an “Excluded Asset,” upon it becoming an Excluded Asset;
(c) [reserved];
(i) to the extent the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Obligations are released by the First Lien Collateral Agent (other than any release by, or as a result of, payment of the Credit Agreement Obligations), upon the release of such Liens;
(ii) in connection with any enforcement action taken by the Controlling Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; or
(iii) as described under Article 9.
(d) The Liens on the Collateral securing the Securities and the Guarantees also shall automatically and without the need for any further action by any Person be terminated and released:
(e) upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities and all other Obligations in respect of the Securities under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid;
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(i) upon a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as described under Section 8.01; or
(ii) pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents with respect to the Securities.
(f) In addition, any Lien on any Collateral may be (i) released or subordinated to the holder of any Lien on such Collateral that is created, incurred or assumed pursuant to clauses (iv), (viii)(A) or (xxii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such Liens and (ii) subordinated to any Lien on any Mortgaged Property if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property.
(g) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been met and that it is permitted for the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Company in connection with such release and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents and shall do or cause to be done (at the Company’s expense) all acts reasonably requested of them to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Security Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate.
Section 15.03. Suits to Protect the Collateral. Subject to the provisions of Article 7 and the Security Documents, the Trustee may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it determines in order to:
(a) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 15.03 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.
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Section 15.04. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents. Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 15.05. Purchaser Protected. In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the applicable release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article 15 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 15.06. Power Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 15 upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 15; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
Section 15.07. Certain Limits on Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any other Security Document, it is understood and agreed that:
(a) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to this Indenture shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents as in effect on the Issue Date;
(b) control agreements or other control or similar arrangements shall not be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or other assets specifically requiring perfection by control agreements (other than certain certificated securities);
(c) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(d) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to commercial tort claims with a value less than $15,000,000 and no perfection shall be required with respect to promissory notes evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount of less than $15,000,000;
(e) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiaries and foreign intellectual property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
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(f) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights (other than the filing of UCC financing statements); and
(g) neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to deliver or obtain any landlord lien waivers, estoppel certificates or collateral access agreements or letters.
Section 15.08. Notes Collateral Agent.
(a) The Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Securities hereby designates and appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and the Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Securities hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 15.08. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
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(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
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(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Notes Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article 6 or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities (subject to this Section 15.08).
(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 15.08 shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
(g) The Trustee shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co- Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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(h) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreements, including joinders and supplements thereto, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (iii) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (v) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 6, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(k) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreements other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities or as otherwise provided in the Security Documents.
(l) If the Company or any Guarantor (i) incurs any obligations in respect of junior priority obligations at any time when no First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is in effect and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the junior priority obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Company, including legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder; provided that neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required pursuant to this Section 12.08(l) in connection with the applicable Intercreditor Agreements (including pursuant to a joinder thereto) to be entered into.
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(m) No provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
(n) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Notes Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(o) Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
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(p) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Company or any other Grantor under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(q) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to the Company, the Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person (including the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Company or the Guarantors, a majority in interest of Holders shall direct the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately qualified Person (excluding the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
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(r) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Company signed by an Officer (a “Security Document Order”), the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto, to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 15.08(r), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto. Any such execution of a Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto shall be at the direction and expense of the Company, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Security Document or amendment or supplement thereto have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Securities, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Security Documents or amendment or supplement thereto.
(s) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, each Holder, by acceptance of the Securities, agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities or the Trustee, as applicable.
(t) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.
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(u) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and to the extent not prohibited under the Intercreditor Agreements, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10 and the other provisions of this Indenture.
(v) In each case that the Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities. If the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(w) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, in no event shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby.
(x) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Company or the Guarantors, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, which shall conform to the provisions of this Section 15.08 and Sections 16.03 and 16.04; provided that no Officer’s Certificate shall be required in connection with the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement to be entered by the Notes Collateral Agent on the Issue Date. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate.
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(y) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee solely with respect to the Security Documents and the Collateral.
(z) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent as if the Notes Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Security Documents were named as this Indenture herein.
(aa) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year ending after the Issue Date and after giving effect to any fiscal year end change effected on or after the Issue Date), an Officer’s Certificate (which may be the same certificate required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04) either (i) (x) stating that such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and refiling of this Indenture or the Security Documents, as applicable, as are necessary to maintain the perfected Liens of the applicable Security Documents securing the Obligations under applicable law to the extent required by the Security Documents other than any action as described therein to be taken, and (y) stating that on the date of such Officer’s Certificate, all financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been or will be executed and filed that are necessary, as of such date or promptly thereafter and during the succeeding 12 months, fully to maintain the perfection (to the extent required by the Security Documents) of the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent securing the Obligations thereunder and under the Security Documents with respect to the Collateral; provided that if there is a required filing of a continuation statement or other instrument within such 12-month period and such continuation statement or amendment is not effective if filed at the time of the Officer’s Certificate, such Officer’s Certificate may so state and in that case the Company and the Guarantors shall cause a continuation statement or amendment to be timely filed and become effective so as to maintain such Liens and security interests securing Obligations or (ii) stating that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens or security interests.
Article 16
Miscellaneous
Section 16.01. Notices. Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other shall be deemed to be duly given if made in writing and delivered:
(a) by hand (in which case such notice shall be effective upon delivery);
(b) by facsimile or other electronic transmission (in which case such notice shall be effective upon receipt of confirmation of good transmission thereof); or
(c) by overnight delivery by a nationally recognized courier service (in which case such notice shall be effective on the Business Day immediately after being deposited with such courier service), in each case to the recipient party’s address set forth in this Section 16.01; provided, however, that notices to the Trustee shall only be effective upon the Trustee’s actual receipt thereof. The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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Any notice or communication sent to a Holder shall be sent to the Holder at its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication to be delivered to a Holder of a Global Security shall be transmitted to the Depository in accordance with its Applicable Procedures. Failure to send or transmit a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication to a Holder is sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company sends or transmits a notice or communication to Holders, it shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Securities Agent at the same time. If the Trustee or the Securities Agent is required, pursuant to the express terms of this Indenture or the Securities, to send a notice or communication to Holders, the Trustee or the Securities Agent, as the case may be, shall also send a copy of such notice or communication to the Company.
All notices or communications shall be in writing.
The Company’s and the Guarantors’ address is:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | |||
920 Main Street | |||
Kansas City, MO 64105 | |||
Attention: General Counsel | |||
Email: kconnor@amctheatres.com | |||
With a copy to: | |||
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | |||
767 Fifth Avenue | |||
New York, NY 10153 | |||
Attention: | Corey Chivers | ||
Email: | Corey.Chivers@weil.com | ||
The Trustee’s address is: | |||
U.S. Bank National Association | |||
EP-MN-WS3C | |||
60 Livingston Avenue | |||
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107 | |||
Facsimile: (651) 466-7430 | |||
Attention: Corporate Trust Services | |||
With a copy to: | |||
Stinson LLP | |||
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600 | |||
Minneapolis, MN 55402 | |||
Facsimile: (612) 335-1657 | |||
Attention: Adam D. Maier |
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The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder (collectively, “Electronic Means”); provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses (except to the extent attributable to the Trustee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith) arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
Section 16.02. [Reserved].
Section 16.03. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:
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(a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signatories to such Officers’ Certificate, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Each signatory to an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel may (if so stated) rely, effectively, upon an Opinion of Counsel as to legal matters and an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials or other representations or documents as to factual matters.
Section 16.04. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 16.05. Rules by Trustee and Agents. The Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for their respective functions.
Section 16.06. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the intervening period.
Section 16.07. Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
Section 16.08. Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (“PDF”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
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Section 16.09. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, ANY GUARANTEE AND THE SECURITIES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating solely to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby, to the general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York or the United States Federal District Court sitting for the Southern District of New York (and appellate courts thereof);
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts, and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same to the extent permitted by applicable law;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the party, as the case may be, at its address set forth in Section 16.01 or at such other address of which the other party shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction for recognition and enforcement of any judgment or if jurisdiction in the courts referenced in the foregoing clause (a) are not available despite the intentions of the parties hereto;
(e) agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court may be enforced in the courts of any jurisdiction to which such party is subject by a suit upon such judgment, provided that service of process is effected upon such party in the manner specified herein or as otherwise permitted by law;
(f) agrees that to the extent that such party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, such party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture, to the extent permitted by law; and
(g) irrevocably and unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding in relation to this Indenture or the Securities.
Section 16.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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Section 16.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 16.12. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any party hereto.
Section 16.13. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 16.14. Calculations in Respect of the Securities. The Company and its agents shall make all calculations under this Indenture and the Securities. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, the number of shares deliverable upon conversion, adjustments to the Conversion Price and the Conversion Rate, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Settlement Amounts, the Daily Conversion Values, the Conversion Rate of the Securities, the amount of conversion consideration deliverables in respect of any conversion and the amounts of interest payable on the Securities. The Company and its agents shall make all of these calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The Company shall provide a copy of such calculations to the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee) as required hereunder, and, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy of any such calculation without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.
Section 16.15. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Shareholders. None of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s past, present or future directors, officers, employees or stockholders (other than the Company in respect of the Securities and each Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee), as such, shall have any liability for any of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 16.16. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 16.17. [Reserved].
Section 16.18. [Reserved].
Section 16.19. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto, any Securities Agent and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 16.20. Withholding. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any payment or distribution made with respect to this Indenture and any Security (or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Security) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment or distribution (or issuance) under any applicable tax law (inclusive of rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) without liability therefor. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Security as having been paid to the Holder. In the event the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent previously remitted any amounts to a governmental entity on account of taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) under this Indenture or with respect to any Security, the Company, the Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to offset any such amounts against any amounts otherwise payable in respect of this Indenture or any Security (or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion).
Section 16.21. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Indenture]
GUARANTORS:
AMC CARD PROCESSING SERVICES, INC.
AMC ITD, LLC AMC LICENSE SERVICES, LLC AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Indenture]
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
Notes Collateral Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent |
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By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | |
Name: Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[INSERT security PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND AND GLOBAL SECURITY LEGEND, AS REQUIRED]
[THIS SECURITY IS AN SL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE]
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AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Certificate No. _______
2.95% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “Securities”)
CUSIP No. [___]*
ISIN No. [___]*
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [_______]2 [Cede & Co.]3, or its registered assigns, the principal sum [of [___________] dollars ($[___________])]4 [as set forth in the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Security” attached hereto, which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding Securities, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed six-hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) in aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository]5, on May 1, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon, as provided on the reverse hereof, until the principal and any unpaid and accrued interest are paid or duly provided for.
Interest Payment Dates: September 15 and March 15, commencing September 15, 2020
Record Dates: September 1 and March 1.
The provisions on the back of this certificate are incorporated as if set forth on the face hereof.
1 This is included for SL Securities.
*
Unrestricted SL Global Security CUSIP No. 00165CAW4 and ISIN No. US00165CAW47.
Unrestricted Non-SL Global Security CUSIP No. 00165CAV6 and ISIN No. US00165CAV63.
2 This is included for Physical Securities.
3 This is included for Global Securities.
4 This is included for Physical Securities.
5 This is included for Global Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly signed.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated: ________________
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
Dated: ________________
[Authentication Page for AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.’s 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026]
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
2.95% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
1. Interest. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest, payable semi-annually in arrears, on September 15 and March 15 of each year, with the first payment to be made on September 15, 2020. Interest on the Securities will accrue on the principal amount from, and including, the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from, and including, March 15, 2020, in each case to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay, in cash, interest on any overdue amount (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest) at the rate borne by the Securities.
2. Maturity. The Securities will mature on the Maturity Date.
3. Method of Payment. Except as provided in the Indenture, the Company will pay interest on the Securities to the Persons who are Holders of record of Securities at the Close of Business on the Record Date set forth on the face of this Security immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect the principal amount plus, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, payable as herein provided on the Maturity Date, or on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as applicable.
4. Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent without prior notice.
5. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors named therein, the Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent. The Securities are subject to all terms set forth in the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. The Securities are secured senior obligations of the Company limited to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture (and except for Securities issued in substitution for destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities). Terms used herein without definition and which are defined in the Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Security and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.
6. Redemption. The Company may, at its option, redeem for cash all or part of the Securities, on the terms set forth in the Indenture. A sinking fund is not provided for the Securities.
7. Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, in the event of a Fundamental Change, each Holder of the Securities shall have the right, at the Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Securities including any portion thereof which is $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price payable in cash equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
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8. Conversion. The Securities shall be convertible into cash, Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common Stock, as applicable, as specified in the Indenture. To convert a Security, a Holder must satisfy the requirements of Section 10.02(a) of the Indenture. A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof.
Upon conversion of a Security, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive the cash and/or Common Stock payable upon conversion in accordance with Article 10 of the Indenture.
9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with certain transfers or exchanges as set forth in the Indenture. The Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security for which a Repurchase Notice has been delivered, and not withdrawn, in accordance with the Indenture, except the unrepurchased portion of Securities being repurchased in part.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security will be treated as its owner for all purposes. Only registered Holders of Securities shall have the rights under the Indenture.
11. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and in other circumstances with consent of the Holders of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities, to amend or supplement the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities.
12. Defaults and Remedies. Subject to certain exceptions, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee may declare the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, all Securities to be due and payable immediately. If any of certain bankruptcy or insolvency-related Events of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind or annul an acceleration and its consequences if certain conditions specified in the Indenture are satisfied.
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13. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, or any banking institution serving as successor Trustee thereunder, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for, the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
14. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent in accordance with the Indenture.
15. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
16. Ranking and Security. The Securities shall be senior secured obligations of the Company. The Securities will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hold the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting this Security, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents on the Issue Date, and at any time after Issue Date, as applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
920 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Attention: General Counsel
Email: kconnor@amctheatres.com
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ATTACHMENT 1
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
I or we assign to | |
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR | |
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER | |
(please print or type name and address) |
the within Security and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint |
Attorney to transfer the Security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: | |||
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever and be guaranteed by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Registrar, or be notarized. |
Signature Guarantee or Notarization: |
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In connection with any transfer of this Security occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the undersigned confirms that it is making, and it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in connection with, the transfer:
[Check One]
(1) | ____ | to AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. or any Subsidiary thereof; or |
(2) | ____ | pursuant to a registration statement which has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); |
(3) | ____ | pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
(4) | ____ | pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. |
Unless one of the items (1) through (4) is checked, the Registrar will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if item (3) or (4) is checked, the Company, the transfer agent or the Registrar may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such written certifications and, in the case of item (4), such other evidence or legal opinions required by the Indenture to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Security in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
Dated: | Signed: | |||
(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security) |
Signature Guarantee or Notarization: |
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ATTACHMENT 2
FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE
To convert this Security in accordance with the Indenture, check the box: ¨ |
To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (must be in multiples of $1,000): |
$__________________ |
If you want the stock certificate representing the Common Stock issuable upon conversion made out in another person’s name, fill in the form below: |
(Insert other person’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) |
(Print or type other person’s name, address and zip code)
[ ] CHECK IF APPLICABLE: | The person in whose name the Common Stock will be issued is not (and has not been for the three months preceding the applicable Conversion Date) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Company, and the Common Stock will upon issuance be freely tradable by such person. |
Date: | Signature(s): | |||
(Sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the other side of this Security) |
Signature(s) guaranteed / notarized
by: | (All signatures must be guaranteed by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee, or be notarized.) |
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ATTACHMENT 3
FORM OF REPURCHASE NOTICE
Certificate No. of Security: | ||
Principal Amount of this Security: $ |
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 4.10 of the Indenture, check the box: ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 4.10 of the Indenture, state the principal amount to be so purchased by the Company:
$ __________________________________ |
(in an integral multiple of $1,000) |
Date: | Signature(s): | |||
(Sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the other side of this Security) | ||||
Signature(s) guaranteed / notarized by: | ||||
(All signatures must be guaranteed by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee, or be notarized.) |
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SCHEDULE A6
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
2.95% Convertible Senior Secured Notes Due 2026
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is _______ DOLLARS ($_________). The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
Date
of
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Amount
of
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Amount
of
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Principal
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Signature of
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6 This is included in Global Securities.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITY
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Security) in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 2.15 AND 2.16 OF THE INDENTURE.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
920 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Attention: General Counsel
Email: kconnor@amctheatres.com
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107
Facsimile: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
With a copy to:
Stinson Leonard Street, LLP
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Facsimile: (612) 335-1657
Attention: Adam D. Maier
Re: AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “Securities”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that _____________ has transferred [a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security (CUSIP: ______________)][the Physical Security held in the name of ___________ (Certificate Number: __________)] in the principal amount of $___________ aggregate principal amount of the Securities (CUSIP: _______) and ________ shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable on conversion of the Securities (“Common Stock”) pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-________).
Very truly yours, | |
(Name) |
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107
Facsimile: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Re: 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
_______________ (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer [an interest in the Restricted Global Security][the Physical Security held in the name of __________] (CUSIP: ___________) in the principal amount of $___________ (the “Transfer”), to _______________ (the “Transferee”) [who will take an interest in the _______________ (CUSIP: ___________)]. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[EITHER CHECK BOX 1 AND THE BOX IN THE APPLICABLE LETTERED PARAGRAPH UNDERNEATH, BOX 2 OR BOX 3]
1. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN AN SL GLOBAL SECURITY).
(a) [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, if applicable, in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture.
(c) [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture.
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2. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS AN SL SECURITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.14(ii) of the Investment Agreement to (i) a Purchaser’s Affiliate or a co-investor’s Affiliate in each case that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser party to the Investment Agreement and the New Confidentiality Agreement and a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 (or a substantially equivalent form) or (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Capitalized terms used in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph 2 but not defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Agreement.
3. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS AN SL SECURITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.14(ii) of the Investment Agreement to (i) a Purchaser’s Affiliate or a co-investor’s Affiliate in each case that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser party to the Investment Agreement and the New Confidentiality Agreement and a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 (or a substantially equivalent form) or (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Capitalized terms used in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph 3 but not defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Agreement.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
[Insert Name of Transferor] | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: | |||
Dated: |
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107
Facsimile: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Re: 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “Indenture”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
___________ (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange an interest in the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP: ___________) in the principal amount of $__________ for an interest in ___________ (CUSIP: _________) (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
[EITHER CHECK BOX 1, BOX 2 OR BOX 3]
1. [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM A PHYSICAL SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS AN SL SECURITY.
In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Physical Security or beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security that is an SL Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM A PHYSICAL SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS NOT AN SL GLOBAL SECURITY.
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In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Physical Security or beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security that is not an SL Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
3. [ ] CHECK IF OWNER WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS NOT AN SL SECURITY. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Physical Security or beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security that is an SL Security for a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security that is not an SL Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that such beneficial interest being acquired is for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Global Securities will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
[Insert Name of Owner] | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: | |||
Dated: |
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of __________, among __________________ (the “Guaranteeing Entity”), a [subsidiary][parent] of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, each of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., and the Guarantors (as defined in the Amended and Restated Indenture referred to below) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of July 31, 2020, providing for the issuance of $600.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.95% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Entity shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Entity shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:
1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Entity hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article 14 thereof.
3. Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Entity agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Securities.
4. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
7. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Entity.
8. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
9. Representations and Warranties by Guaranteeing Entity. The Guaranteeing Entity hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
[GUARANTEEING ENTITY] | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
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U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
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Exhibit 4.9
EXECUTED
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 27, 2020, among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015 (as previously amended, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 (the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Securities is currently outstanding;
WHEREAS, subject to certain exceptions, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may modify or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities);
WHEREAS, the Company has (i) offered to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) the Securities held by certain holders for new 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 and (ii) has solicited consents from certain holders of the Securities to amend the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has received, and has delivered to the Trustee evidence of, the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class;
WHEREAS, the Company requests the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and in accordance with Sections 9.06, 13.04 and 13.05 of the Indenture the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel relating to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms have been met and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:
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ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE AND SECURITIES
Section 1.1. Amendments to Articles Four, Five, Six and Eleven of the Indenture.
(a) The Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the following Sections of the Indenture and all references and definitions related solely thereto in their entirety:
· | Section 4.05 (Limitation on Consolidated Indebtedness); |
· | Section 4.06 (Limitation on Restricted Payments); |
· | Section 4.07 (Limitation on Liens); |
· | Section 4.08 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates); |
· | Section 4.09 (Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness); |
· | Section 4.10 (Future Guarantors); |
· | Section 4.11 (Change of Control); and |
All such deleted Sections are replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted].”
(b) Section 5.01 of the Indenture (Consolidation) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
“Section 5.01. Consolidation. The Company shall not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person unless:
(a) (i) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (ii) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee all of the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture; and
(b) the Company has delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger, and such supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.”
(c) Section 5.02 of the Indenture (Successor Substituted) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, for purposes of making changes conforming to the amendments to Section 5.01, by the following:
“Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any transaction described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Securities and this Indenture.”
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(d) Clauses (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of Section 6.01 (Events of Default) are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted],” and all references in the Indenture to the clauses so eliminated are deleted in their entirety.
(e) Section 11.03(b) of the Indenture (Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
“(b) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor), unless:
(i) the resulting or surviving Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee all of the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and
(ii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger, and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Indenture.”
Upon the sale or disposition of a Guarantor (by merger or consolidation) and whether or not the Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Subsidiary, such Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate; provided, however, that (1) the sale or other disposition in in compliance with this Indenture and (2) all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and related documentation and any other obligations of such Guarantor relating to any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries terminate upon consummation of such transaction.
Section 1.2 Release of guarantees. Each Guarantor is hereby released and discharged of its Obligations under the Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 1.3 Amendments To Securities. The Securities are hereby amended to delete all provisions inconsistent with the amendments to the Indenture effected by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 2.1 CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 2.2 INDENTURE. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
Section 2.3 PARTIES. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
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Section 2.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 2.5 SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 2.6 COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or .pdf transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes and may be used in lieu of the original Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Signatures of parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or .pdf shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 2.7 SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 2.8 THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Indenture effected by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and agrees to perform its duties under the Indenture as hereby amended, but on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining the rights and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, which terms and provisions shall in like manner define its rights and limit its liabilities and responsibilities in the performance of its duties under the Indenture as hereby amended. All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like force and effect as though fully set forth in full herein. The Trustee makes no representation as to and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Exchange Offer, the consents of the holders of the Securities, any document used in connection with the solicitation of consents or the Exchange Offer, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same.
Section 2.9 EFFECTIVENESS. The provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon execution and delivery of this instrument by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the amendments set forth in Article I of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become operative only upon the consummation of the Exchange Offer. The Company shall notify the Trustee promptly after the Exchange Offer is consummated or after the Company shall determine that the Exchange Offer will not be consummated. The Company, by providing notice to the Trustee of the consummation of the Exchange Offer, hereby represents, warrants, and certifies to the Trustee that the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding have provided consents to the execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
Section 2.10 EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: July 27, 2020
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to fourth Supplemental Indenture]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
/s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | |
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to fourth Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit 4.10
EXECUTED
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 27, 2020, among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of March 17, 2017 (as previously amended, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Company’s 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, $475,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Securities is currently outstanding;
WHEREAS, subject to certain exceptions, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may modify or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities);
WHEREAS, the Company has (i) offered to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) the Securities held by certain holders for new 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 and (ii) has solicited consents from certain holders of the Securities to amend the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has received, and has delivered to the Trustee evidence of, the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class;
WHEREAS, the Company requests the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, and in accordance with Sections 9.06, 13.04 and 13.05 of the Indenture the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel relating to this Second Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms have been met and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE AND SECURITIES
Section 1.1. Amendments to Articles Four, Five, Six and Eleven of the Indenture.
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(a) The Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the following Sections of the Indenture and all references and definitions related solely thereto in their entirety:
· | Section 4.05 (Limitation on Consolidated Indebtedness); |
· | Section 4.06 (Limitation on Restricted Payments); |
· | Section 4.07 (Limitation on Liens); |
· | Section 4.08 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates); |
· | Section 4.09 (Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness); |
· | Section 4.10 (Future Guarantors); |
· | Section 4.11 (Change of Control); and |
All such deleted Sections are replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted].”
(b) Section 5.01 of the Indenture (Consolidation) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
“Section 5.01. Consolidation. The Company shall not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person unless:
(a) (i) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (ii) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee all of the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture; and
(b) the Company has delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger, and such supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.”
(c) Section 5.02 of the Indenture (Successor Substituted) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, for purposes of making changes conforming to the amendments to Section 5.01, by the following:
“Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any transaction described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Securities and this Indenture.”
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(d) Clauses (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of Section 6.01 (Events of Default) are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted],” and all references in the Indenture to the clauses so eliminated are deleted in their entirety.
(e) Section 11.03(b) of the Indenture (Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
“(b) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor), unless:
(i) the resulting or surviving Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee all of the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and
(ii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger, and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Indenture.”
Upon the sale or disposition of a Guarantor (by merger or consolidation) and whether or not the Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Subsidiary, such Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate; provided, however, that (1) the sale or other disposition in in compliance with this Indenture and (2) all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and related documentation and any other obligations of such Guarantor relating to any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries terminate upon consummation of such transaction.
Section 1.2 Release of guarantees. Each Guarantor is hereby released and discharged of its Obligations under the Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 1.3 Amendments To Securities. The Securities are hereby amended to delete all provisions inconsistent with the amendments to the Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 2.1 CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 2.2 INDENTURE. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
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Section 2.3 PARTIES. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
Section 2.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 2.5 SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 2.6 COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or .pdf transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental Indenture. Signatures of parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or .pdf shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 2.7 SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 2.8 THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture and agrees to perform its duties under the Indenture as hereby amended, but on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining the rights and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, which terms and provisions shall in like manner define its rights and limit its liabilities and responsibilities in the performance of its duties under the Indenture as hereby amended. All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of this Second Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like force and effect as though fully set forth in full herein. The Trustee makes no representation as to and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Exchange Offer, the consents of the holders of the Securities, any document used in connection with the solicitation of consents or the Exchange Offer, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same.
Section 2.9 EFFECTIVENESS. The provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon execution and delivery of this instrument by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the amendments set forth in Article I of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall become operative only upon the consummation of the Exchange Offer. The Company shall notify the Trustee promptly after the Exchange Offer is consummated or after the Company shall determine that the Exchange Offer will not be consummated. The Company, by providing notice to the Trustee of the consummation of the Exchange Offer, hereby represents, warrants, and certifies to the Trustee that the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding have provided consents to the execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture.
Section 2.10 EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: July 27, 2020
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC. |
By: | /s/Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: Sean D. Goodman | |||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
/s/Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit 4.11
EXECUTED
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 27, 2020, among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of November 8, 2016 (as previously amended, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Company’s 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and of 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 (collectively the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, $595,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the to 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 is currently outstanding;
WHEREAS, £500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the to 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 is currently outstanding;
WHEREAS, subject to certain exceptions, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may modify or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities);
WHEREAS, the Company has (i) offered to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) the Securities held by certain holders for new 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 and (ii) has solicited consents from certain holders of the Securities to amend the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has received, and has delivered to the Trustee evidence of, the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding voting as a single class;
WHEREAS, the Company requests the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, and in accordance with Sections 9.06, 13.04 and 13.05 of the Indenture the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel relating to this Second Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms have been met and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:
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ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE AND SECURITIES
Section 1.1. Amendments to Articles Four, Five, Six and Eleven of the Indenture.
(a) The Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the following Sections of the Indenture and all references and definitions related solely thereto in their entirety:
· | Section 4.05 (Limitation on Consolidated Indebtedness); |
· | Section 4.06 (Limitation on Restricted Payments); |
· | Section 4.07 (Limitation on Liens); |
· | Section 4.08 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates); |
· | Section 4.09 (Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness); |
· | Section 4.10 (Future Guarantors); |
· | Section 4.11 (Change of Control); and |
All such deleted Sections are replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted].”
(b) Section 5.01 of the Indenture (Consolidation) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
“Section 5.01. Consolidation. The Company shall not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person unless:
(a) | (i) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (ii) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee all of the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture; and |
(b) | the Company has delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger, and such supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.” |
(c) Section 5.02 of the Indenture (Successor Substituted) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, for purposes of making changes conforming to the amendments to Section 5.01, by the following:
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“Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any transaction described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Securities and this Indenture.”
(d) Clauses (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of Section 6.01 (Events of Default) are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted],” and all references in the Indenture to the clauses so eliminated are deleted in their entirety.
(e) Section 11.03(b) of the Indenture (Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
“(b) In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor), unless:
(i) | the resulting or surviving Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee all of the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and |
(ii) | the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger, and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Indenture.” |
Upon the sale or disposition of a Guarantor (by merger or consolidation) and whether or not the Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Subsidiary, such Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate; provided, however, that (1) the sale or other disposition in in compliance with this Indenture and (2) all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and related documentation and any other obligations of such Guarantor relating to any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries terminate upon consummation of such transaction.
Section 1.2 Release of guarantees. Each Guarantor is hereby released and discharged of its Obligations under the Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 1.3 Amendments To Securities. The Securities are hereby amended to delete all provisions inconsistent with the amendments to the Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 2.1 CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 2.2 INDENTURE. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
Section 2.3 PARTIES. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
Section 2.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 2.5 SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 2.6 COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or .pdf transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental Indenture. Signatures of parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or .pdf shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 2.7 SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 2.8 THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture and agrees to perform its duties under the Indenture as hereby amended, but on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining the rights and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, which terms and provisions shall in like manner define its rights and limit its liabilities and responsibilities in the performance of its duties under the Indenture as hereby amended. All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of this Second Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like force and effect as though fully set forth in full herein. The Trustee makes no representation as to and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Exchange Offer, the consents of the holders of the Securities, any document used in connection with the solicitation of consents or the Exchange Offer, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same.
Section 2.9 EFFECTIVENESS. The provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon execution and delivery of this instrument by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the amendments set forth in Article I of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall become operative only upon the consummation of the Exchange Offer. The Company shall notify the Trustee promptly after the Exchange Offer is consummated or after the Company shall determine that the Exchange Offer will not be consummated. The Company, by providing notice to the Trustee of the consummation of the Exchange Offer, hereby represents, warrants, and certifies to the Trustee that the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding have provided consents to the execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture.
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Section 2.10 EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: July 27, 2020
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
/s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | |
Title: | Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
Exhibit 4.12
EXECUTIVE VERSION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (including as may be amended, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 31, 2020, by and among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the other parties signatory hereto and any additional parties identified on the signature pages of any joinder agreement executed and delivered pursuant hereto.
WHEREAS, the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, and certain holders (the “Exchanging Holders”) of the Company’s 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024, 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (together, the “Existing Subordinated Notes”), have agreed to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of the Company’s outstanding Existing Subordinated Notes for new 10%12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New Second Lien Notes”) pursuant to terms described in a confidential offering memorandum, dated as of July 10, 2020, which amends and restates the offering memorandum dated June 3, 2020 (the “Offering Memorandum”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Agreement (as defined below) certain of the actual or beneficial holders of Existing Subordinated Notes have agreed to tender their Existing Subordinated Notes in the Exchange Offers, and to purchase 100% of the New First Lien Notes not otherwise purchased.
WHEREAS, the Class A Common Stock will be delivered pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Holders (as defined below) are entering into this Agreement in furtherance of the aforesaid terms and provisions of the Exchange Offers and the Backstop Commitment Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Holders agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(c).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used in this definition means the possession, directly or indirectly (including through one or more intermediaries), of the power or authority to direct or cause the direction of management, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Available” shall mean, with respect to a Registration Statement, that such Registration Statement is effective and there is no stop order with respect thereto and such Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, such that such Registration Statement will be available for the resale of Registrable Securities and there is not a notice from the Company described in Section 5(h) in effect with respect to discontinuing dispositions of Registrable Securities.
“Backstop Commitment Agreement” means the backstop commitment agreement between the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto and the Backstop Parties, dated as of July 10, 2020.
“Backstop Party” or “Backstop Parties” means certain actual or beneficial holders of Existing Subordinated Notes that have agreed to fully backstop the New First Lien Notes offering pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Agreement and support the Exchange Offers.
“beneficially own” (and related terms such as “beneficial ownership” and “beneficial owner”) shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and any Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule.
“Blackout Period” shall mean in the event that the Company determines in good faith that any registration or sale pursuant to any Registration Statement could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide financing of the Company or any bona fide material transaction under consideration by the Company or would require disclosure of information that has not been, and is not otherwise then required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of which would adversely affect the Company in any material respect, or the Registration Statement is otherwise not Available for use (in each case as determined by the Company in good faith after consultation with outside counsel), for a period of up to sixty (60) days; provided, that a Blackout Period may not be called by the Company more than twice in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months (and not more than once in the first six months following the Closing Date) and the aggregate length of Blackout Periods in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months may not exceed ninety (90) days (and shall not exceed forty-five (45) days in the six months following the Closing Date).
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required by law to be closed.
“Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
“Closing Date” means July 31, 2020, the date on which the closing actually occurs.
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“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any securities into which such shares of common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Counsel to the Holders” means the counsel selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities.
“Effective Date” means the date that a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Form S-1” means form S-1 under the Securities Act, or any other form hereafter adopted by the Commission for the general registration of securities under the Securities Act.
“Form S-3” means form S-3 under the Securities Act, or any other form hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same usage as Form S-3.
“FINRA” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.
“Holder” or “Holders” means either (A) an actual or beneficial holder or holders of Registrable Securities, including the signatory therefor, its affiliates and their respective accounts and funds advised or managed by any of them or other entities that hold Registrable Securities directly or indirectly on their behalf, or (B) an actual or beneficial holder or holders of Registrable Securities, which for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of an investment fund or separate account managed or advised by an investment manager, adviser, or sub-adviser, shall mean such investment manager, adviser or sub-adviser on behalf of such investment fund or separate account unless otherwise identified by the Holder on such Holder’s signature page hereto. With respect to any signatory to this Agreement, the applicable definition of Holder as between clauses (A) and (B) above shall be either (x) identified on a strictly confidential basis to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel to the Company, by Milbank or (y) as identified by the Holder on such Holder’s signature page.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
“Initial Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“New First Lien Notes” means the 10.5% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026 to be issued by the Company.
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“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means, collectively, (a) all of the shares of Class A Common Stock issued to Holders on the Settlement Date pursuant to the Backstop Agreement, or to any Affiliate or Related Fund of any Holder, either directly or pursuant to a joinder or assignment and (b) any additional shares of Class A Common Stock paid, issued or distributed in respect of any such shares by way of a stock dividend, stock split or distribution, or in connection with a combination of shares, and any security into which such Common Stock shall have been converted or exchanged in connection with a recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, exchange, distribution or otherwise; provided, however, that as to any Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to constitute Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the date on which such securities are disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement; (ii) the date on which such securities are disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) or can be disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 without any volume or manner of sale restrictions; and (iii) the date on which such Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding.
“Registration Statement” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation any Shelf Registration Statement), amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, any fund, account or investment vehicle that is controlled or managed by such Person, by any Affiliate of such Person, or, if applicable, such Person’s investment manager.
“Requesting Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
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“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 158” means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” means a questionnaire reasonably adopted by the Company from time to time.
“Settlement Date” means July 31, 2020.
“Shelf Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act for the offer and sale of Registrable Securities by Holders on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415.
“Trading Day” means a day during which trading in the Common Stock occurs in the Trading Market, or if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.
2. Initial Shelf Registration.
(a) The Company shall prepare a Shelf Registration Statement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Initial Shelf Registration Statement”), and shall include in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities of each Holder (together, the “Requesting Group”) who shall request inclusion therein of some or all of their Registrable Securities by checking the appropriate box on the signature page of such Holder hereto or by written notice to the Company prior to the filing of such Initial Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall file the Initial Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission on or prior to the 20th Business Day following the Settlement Date; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to file or cause to be declared effective the Initial Shelf Registration Statement unless Holders request the inclusion in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement of Registrable Securities constituting in the aggregate at least 1,250,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and such Holders otherwise timely comply with the requirements of this Agreement with respect to the inclusion of such Registrable Securities in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement.
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(b) The Company shall include in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement all Registrable Securities whose inclusion has been timely requested as aforesaid; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to include an amount of Registrable Securities in excess of the amount as may be permitted to be included in such Registration Statement under the rules and regulations of the Commission and the applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission.
(c) The Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall be filed on Form S-3 if the Company is eligible to use such form;
(d) Subject to the proviso in Section 2(a) above, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as practicable, but in no event more than 15 days or, if the staff of the Commission notifies the Company that such Registration Statement has been selected for review, 90 days following the initial filing date thereof, unless an acceleration request seeking effectiveness would not be accepted by the Commission in which case the Company shall seek effectiveness as promptly as possible thereafter, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, and not subject to any stop order, injunction or other similar order or requirement of the Commission, until the earlier of (i) if the Initial Shelf Registration Statement was filed on Form S-1, the date the Company (A) is eligible to register the Registrable Securities for resale by Holders on Form S-3 and (B) has filed such Registration Statement with the Commission and such Registration Statement is effective and (ii) the date that all Registrable Securities covered by the Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall cease to be Registrable Securities (such earlier date, the “Shelf Expiration Date”).
(e) Prior to the Shelf Expiration Date, for so long as any Registrable Securities covered by the Initial Shelf Registration Statement remain unsold, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file any supplements to the Prospectus or post-effective amendments required to be filed by applicable law in order to incorporate into such Prospectus any Current Reports on Form 8-K necessary or required to be filed by applicable law, any Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or any Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the Commission, or any other information necessary so that: (i) the Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall not include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) the Company complies with its obligations under Item 512(a)(1) of Regulation S-K, provided, that no such supplement, amendment or filing will be required during a Blackout Period.
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3. Subsequent Shelf Registration Statements
(a) Until the earlier of (i) three years following the Effective Date of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) for so long as any Registrable Securities requested by the Requesting Group to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement (the “Requested Securities”) remain outstanding (the “Registration Expiration Date”), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) maintain its eligibility to register the Requested Securities on Form S-3 and (B) if the Company is unable to maintain its eligibility to register the Requested Securities on Form S-3, maintain its ability to meet the eligibility requirements to register the Requested Securities on Form S-1.
(b) Prior to the Registration Expiration Date, if there is not an effective Shelf Registration Statement which includes the Requested Securities that are currently outstanding, the Company shall: (i) if the Company is eligible to register the Requested Securities on Form S-3, promptly file a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (ii) if the Company is not eligible to register the Requested Securities on Form S-3 promptly file a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, but in no event more than 15 days or, if the staff of the Commission notifies the Company that such Registration Statement has been selected for review, 90 days following the initial filing date thereof, unless an acceleration request seeking effectiveness would not be accepted by the Commission in which case the Company shall seek effectiveness as promptly as possible thereafter, or (iii) promptly file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, but in no event more than 15 days or, if the staff of the Commission notifies the Company that such Registration Statement has been selected for review, 90 days following the initial filing date thereof, unless an acceleration request seeking effectiveness would not be accepted by the Commission in which case the Company shall seek effectiveness as promptly as possible thereafter,. Prior to the Registration Expiration Date, for so long as any of the Requested Securities covered by such Registration Statement remain unsold, the Company shall file any supplements to the Registration Statement or post-effective amendments required to be filed by applicable law in order to incorporate into such Registration Statement any Current Reports on Form 8-K necessary or required to be filed by applicable law, any Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or any Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the Commission, or any other information necessary so that (x) such Registration Statement shall not include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (y) the Company complies with its obligations under Item 512(a)(1) of Regulation S-K.
(c) In the event that prior to the Registration Expiration Date there is not an effective Registration Statement which includes the Requested Securities for any period of time, the Registration Expiration Date shall be deemed to be extended by the number of days an effective Registration Statement is unavailable.
4. Stock Exchange Listing
For so long as any Requested Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or another “national securities exchange” as defined in Rule 600(b)(45) of Regulation National Market System promulgated by the Commission, as amended.
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5. Registration Procedures. If and when the Company is required to effect any registration under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission the requisite Registration Statement to effect such registration and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective, subject to the limitations contained herein;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement until the earlier of (i) such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the method of disposition set forth in such Registration Statement and (ii) the Registration Expiration Date, subject to the limitations contained herein, provided, that no such supplement or amendment will be required during a Blackout Period;
(c) (i) before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, at the Company’s expense, furnish to the Holders whose securities are covered by the Registration Statement copies of all such documents, other than documents that are incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, proposed to be filed and such other documents reasonably requested by such Holders (which may be furnished by email), and afford Counsel to the Holders a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents, but in any event at least three (3) Business Days in advance of any such filing; and (ii) in connection with the preparation and filing of each such Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, (A) upon reasonable advance notice to the Company, give each of the foregoing such customary and reasonable access to all financial and other records, corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of Counsel to the Holders, to conduct a customary and reasonable due diligence investigation for purposes of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and (B) upon reasonable advance notice to the Company and during normal business hours, provide such reasonable opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers, directors, employees and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of Counsel to the Holders, to conduct a customary and reasonable due diligence investigation for purposes of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
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(d) notify each selling Holder of Registrable Securities, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such Registration Statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any Prospectus forming a part of such Registration Statement has been filed;
(e) with respect to any offering of Registrable Securities, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, such number of copies of the applicable Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, and any other Prospectus (including any Prospectus filed under Rule 424, Rule 430A or Rule 430B promulgated under the Securities Act and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such term is defined under Rule 433 promulgated under the Securities Act), all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request including in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller, and upon request, a copy of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence to or received from, the Commission or any other governmental authority relating to such offer;
(f) (i) register or qualify all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such states or other jurisdictions of the United States of America as the Holders covered by such Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing, (ii) keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect and (iii) take any other action that may be necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such Holders to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to be sold by such Holders, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this subsection (f) be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in such jurisdiction or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(g) cause all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other federal or state governmental agencies or authorities as necessary upon the opinion of counsel to the Company or Counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to enable such Holder or Holders thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with their intended method of distribution thereof;
(h) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement at any time when a Prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and for which the Company believes in its reasonable good faith judgment it must suspend the use of the Registration Statement until an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act may be filed (which the Company shall, subject to its rights to notify the Holders’ of a Blackout Period, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and have declared effective as soon as possible), at the written request of any such Holder, promptly prepare and furnish to it a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such Prospectus, as supplemented or amended, shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
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(i) notify the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement promptly of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of such Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;
(j) advise the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement promptly after the Company receives notice or obtains knowledge of any order or potential order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement or qualification relating to the Registrable Securities at the earliest practicable moment and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or cancellation of such order;
(k) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and any other governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction over the offering of Registrable Securities, and make available to its stockholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months, but not more than eighteen (18) months, beginning with the first (1st) full calendar month after the Effective Date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder and which requirement will be deemed satisfied if the Company timely files complete and accurate information on Form 10-Q and 10-K and Current Reports on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;
(l) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for the Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement no later than the Effective Date thereof;
(m) [reserved];
(n) cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such share amounts and registered in such names as the Holders beneficially owning a majority of the Registrable Securities being offered for sale, may reasonably request at least three (3) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities;
(o) otherwise use its reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities contemplated hereby; and
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(p) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, from time to time, by providing written notice to the Holders, to require such Holders to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement during any Blackout Period; provided, for purposes of this subclause (p), the Company shall only be obligated to provide written notice to any holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities of any such Blackout Period, or the certificate described in the following sentence, if such Holder or beneficial owner has specified in writing (including electronic mail) to the Company for purposes of receiving such notice such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s address (including electronic mail), contact and fax number information. No sales may be made under the applicable Registration Statement during any Blackout Period. In the event of a Blackout Period, the Company shall (x) deliver to the Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or general counsel of the Company confirming that the conditions described in the definition of Blackout Period are met (but which certificate need not specify the nature of the event causing such conditions to have been met), which certificate shall contain an approximation of the anticipated delay, and (y) notify each Holder promptly upon each of the commencement and the termination of each Blackout Period, which notice of termination shall be delivered to each Holder no later than the close of business of the last day of the Blackout Period. In connection with the expiration of any Blackout Period and without any further request from a Holder, the Company to the extent necessary and as required by applicable law shall as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare supplements or amendments, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that the Registration
In addition, at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder, including any update to or confirmation of the information contained in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within five (5) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall be permitted to exclude such Holder from being a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 5 will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
6. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) pursuant to the FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided, that each Holder participating in an offering shall pay all applicable underwriting discounts and commissions, agency fees, brokers’ commissions and transfer taxes, if any, on the Registrable Securities sold by such Holder, and similar charges. In addition, the Company will pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Counsel to the Holders, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any expenses of Counsel to the Holders in connection with the filing or amendment of any Registration Statement, Prospectus or free writing prospectus hereunder, which such fees shall be subject to a $25,000 cap.
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7. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, investment manager, managers, stockholders, Affiliates and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), to which any of them may become subject, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was provided by such Holder in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 5(h), related to the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated and defined in Section 11(c) below, but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 7(c)), shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders, and shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
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(b) [Reserved].
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that in the reasonable judgment of such counsel a conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable and documented fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 7(c)) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, with reasonable promptness after receipt of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder. The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 7, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 7(a) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
8. Rule 144 and Rule 144A; Other Exemptions. With a view to making available to the Holders of Registrable Securities the benefits of Rule 144 and Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and other rules and regulations of the Commission that may at any time permit a Holder of Registrable Securities to sell securities of the Company without registration, until such time as when no Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company covenants that it will (i) if it is subject to the reporting requirement of 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange act, use reasonable best efforts to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required, if any, to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder or (ii) if it is not subject to the reporting requirement of 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, use reasonable best efforts to make available information necessary to comply with Rule 144 and Rule 144A, if available with respect to resales of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, at all times, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (x) Rule 144 and Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act (if available with respect to resales of the Registrable Securities), as such rules may be amended from time to time or (y) any other rules or regulations now existing or hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the reasonable request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such information requirements, and, if not, the specific reasons for non-compliance.
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9. Transfer of Registration Rights. Any Holder may freely assign its rights hereunder on a pro rata basis in connection with any sale, transfer, assignment, or other conveyance (any of the foregoing, a “Transfer”) of Registrable Securities to any transferee or assignee; provided that all of the following additional conditions are satisfied: (a) such Transfer is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to become subject to the terms of this Agreement; (c) such transferee shall have purchased at least 15,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and (d) the Company is given written notice by such Holder of such Transfer, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned; and further provided, that (i) any rights assigned hereunder shall apply only in respect of the Registrable Securities that are Transferred and not in respect of any other securities that the transferee or assignee may hold and (ii) any Registrable Securities that are Transferred may cease to constitute Registrable Securities following such Transfer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
10. Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall execute all such further instruments and documents and take all such further action as any other party hereto may reasonably require in order to effectuate the terms and purposes of this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. Any Person having rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting any bond or other security) for specific performance and for other injunctive relief in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in each Registration Statement
(c) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of any event of the kind described in Section 5(h), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this paragraph.
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(d) Preservation of Rights. The Company shall not grant any registration rights to third parties which are more favorable than or inconsistent with the rights granted hereunder unless any such more favorable rights are concurrently added to the rights granted hereunder.
(e) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement.
(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; provided, however, that any party may give a waiver as to itself; provided further, however that no amendment, modification, supplement, or waiver that disproportionately and adversely affects, alters, or changes the interests of any Holder shall be effective against such Holder without the prior written consent of such Holder; provided further, however that the definition of “Holders” in Section 1 and the provisions of Section 2(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless in writing and signed by all the signatories to this Agreement; and provided further that the waiver of any provision with respect to any Registration Statement or offering may be given by Holders holding at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities entitled to participate in such offering or, if such offering shall have been commenced, having elected to participate in such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of certain Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. No waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any other breach of such terms and conditions or any other term or condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision hereof operate as a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof. No written waiver hereunder, unless it by its own terms explicitly provides to the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the provisions being waived and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any other instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against whom such waiver is claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to require full compliance with such provision. The failure of any party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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(g) Notices. Any notice or other communication required or which may be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by certified or regular mail, by private national courier service (return receipt requested, postage prepaid), by personal delivery, by electronic mail or by facsimile transmission. Such notice or communication shall be deemed given (i) if mailed, two days after the date of mailing, (ii) if sent by national courier service, one Business Day after being sent, (iii) if delivered personally, when so delivered, (iv) if sent by electronic mail, on the Business Day such electronic mail is transmitted, or (v) if sent by facsimile transmission, on the Business Day such facsimile is transmitted, in each case as follows:
(A) If to the Company:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | ||
One AMC Way | ||
11500 Ash Street, Leawood, KS 66211, | ||
Attn: General Counsel | ||
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | ||
767 Fifth Avenue | ||
New York, New York 10153 | ||
Attention: | Ray C. Schrock, P.C. | |
Corey Chivers | ||
Email: | ray.schrock@weil.com | |
corey.chivers@weil.com |
(B) If to the Holders (or to any of them), at their addresses as they appear in the records of the Company or the records of the transfer agent or registrar, if any, for the Common Stock.
If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York or the jurisdiction in which the Company’s principal office is located, the time period shall automatically be extended to the Business Day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). In addition, and whether or not any express assignment shall have been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities (or any portion thereof) as such shall be for the benefit of and enforceable by any subsequent holder of any Registrable Securities (or of such portion thereof); provided, that such subsequent holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to execute a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company agreeing to be bound by its terms. No assignment or delegation of this Agreement by the Company, or any of the Company’s rights, interests or obligations hereunder, shall be effective against any Holder without the prior written consent of such Holder.
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(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
(j) Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or other electronic means, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.
(k) Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) to the extent such rules or provisions would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Each of the parties to this Agreement consents and agrees that any action to enforce this Agreement or any dispute, whether such dispute arises in law or equity, arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State Court sitting in New York City. The parties hereto consent and agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each of the parties to this Agreement waives and agrees not to assert in any such dispute, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that (i) such party and such party’s property is immune from any legal process issued by such courts or (ii) any litigation or other proceeding commenced in such courts is brought in an inconvenient forum. The parties hereby agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding to an address provided in writing by the recipient of such mailing, or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof and hereby waive any objections to service in the manner herein provided.
(l) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby agrees to waive its respective rights to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement, including contract claims, tort claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each party hereto acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement to enter into this Agreement, that each has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement, and that each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings. Each party hereto further warrants and represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 11(l) AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
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(m) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
(n) Descriptive Headings; Interpretation; No Strict Construction. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns, pronouns, and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. Reference to any agreement, document, or instrument means such agreement, document, or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and, if applicable, hereof. The words “include”, “includes” or “including” in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”. The use of the words “or,” “either” or “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. All references to laws, rules, regulations and forms in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to such laws, rules, regulations and forms, as amended from time to time or, to the extent replaced, the comparable successor thereto in effect at the time. All references to agencies, self-regulatory organizations or governmental entities in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the comparable successors thereto from time to time.
(o) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and any certificates, documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.
(p) Termination. The obligations of the Company and of any Holder, other than those obligations contained in Section 7 and this Section 11, shall terminate with respect to the Company and such Holder as soon as such Holder no longer beneficially owns any Registrable Securities.
(q) Remedies. The Company agrees that damages may be an inadequate remedy for any breach of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and that Holders shall, whether or not they are pursuing any remedies at law, be entitled to equitable relief in the form of a preliminary or permanent injunction, without having to post any bond or other security, upon any breach or threatened breach of any such terms or provisions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | |
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
HOLDERS:
[·] | ||
By: | ||
Name: [·] | ||
Title: [·] |
¨ | By checking this box, the Holder signing above hereby requests the inclusion of all of its Registrable Securities in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement. |
¨ | By checking this box, the Holder signing above hereby requests the inclusion of _____________________of its Registrable Securities in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement, constituting less than all of its Registrable Securities. |
[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Among
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.,
THE OTHER GRANTORS PARTY HERETO,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as the Senior Credit Agreement Agent,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the 2025 Senior Notes Agent,
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC,
as the 2026 Senior Notes Agent,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Senior Convertible Notes Agent,
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC,
as the Junior Notes Agent,
and
each Additional Senior Agent and Additional Junior Agent from time to time party hereto
dated as of July 31, 2020
FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Grantors (as defined below) party hereto, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as the Senior Credit Agreement Agent, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the 2025 Senior Notes Agent, GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as the 2026 Senior Notes Agent, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Senior Convertible Notes Agent, GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as the Junior Notes Agent, and each Additional Senior Agent and each Additional Junior Agent that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.09.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Senior Credit Agreement Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the 2025 Senior Notes Agent (for itself and on behalf of the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties), the 2026 Senior Notes Agent (for itself and on behalf of the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties), the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent (for itself and on behalf of the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties), the Senior Convertible Notes Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties), the Junior Notes Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Junior Notes Secured Parties), each Additional Senior Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Senior Secured Parties under the applicable Additional Senior Debt Facility) and each Additional Junior Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Junior Secured Parties under the applicable Additional Junior Debt Facility) agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Senior Credit Agreement or, if defined in the New York UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Additional Junior Agent” means the collateral agent, administrative agent and/or trustee (as applicable) or any other similar agent or Person under any Additional Junior Debt Documents, in each case, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Additional Junior Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Grantor (other than Indebtedness constituting Junior Notes Obligations) guaranteed by the Guarantors (and not guaranteed by any other Person) which Indebtedness and Guarantees are secured by the Junior Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Junior Notes Obligations (and not secured by Liens on any other assets of the Borrower or any Guarantor); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then-extant Senior Debt Document and Junior Debt Document, (ii) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 and (iii) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to a Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to and by satisfying the conditions set forth therein. Additional Junior Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor; provided, further, that, if such Indebtedness will be the initial Additional Junior Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Guarantors, the Junior Notes Agent and the Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Junior Debt Documents” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Junior Debt Obligations, the notes, credit agreements, indentures, security documents and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Additional Junior Debt Obligations and each other agreement entered into for the purpose of securing such Additional Junior Debt Obligations.
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“Additional Junior Debt Facility” means each debt facility, credit agreement, indenture or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Junior Debt.
“Additional Junior Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Junior Debt, (a) all principal of, and interest, fees and other amounts (including, without limitation, any interest, fees, and expenses which accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Additional Junior Debt, (b) all other amounts payable to the related Additional Junior Secured Parties under the related Additional Junior Debt Documents and (c) any Refinancings of the foregoing.
“Additional Junior Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Junior Debt Obligations, the holders of such Additional Junior Debt Obligations, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Junior Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Junior Debt Documents.
“Additional Senior Agent” means the collateral agent, administrative agent and/or trustee (as applicable) under any Additional Senior Debt Documents, in each case, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Additional Senior Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Grantor (other than Indebtedness constituting Senior Credit Agreement Obligations, 2025 Senior Notes Obligations, 2026 Senior Notes Obligations, 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations or Senior Convertible Notes Obligations) guaranteed by the Guarantors (and not guaranteed by any other Subsidiary) which Indebtedness and Guarantees are secured by the Senior Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations (and not secured by Liens on any other assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then-extant Senior Debt Document and Junior Debt Document and (ii) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to (A) this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 and (B) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in Section 5.13 thereof. Additional Senior Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor; provided, further, that, if such Indebtedness will be the initial Additional Senior Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Guarantors, the Senior Credit Agreement Agent and the Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Senior Debt Documents” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Senior Debt, the notes, credit agreements, indentures, security documents and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Additional Senior Debt and each other agreement entered into for the purpose of securing such Additional Senior Debt Obligations.
“Additional Senior Debt Facility” means each debt facility, credit agreement, indenture or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Senior Debt.
“Additional Senior Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Senior Debt, (a) all principal of, and interest, fees and other amounts (including, without limitation, any interest, fees, and expenses which accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Additional Senior Debt, (b) all other amounts payable to the related Additional Senior Secured Parties under the related Additional Senior Debt Documents and (c) any Refinancings of the foregoing.
“Additional Senior Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Senior Debt Obligations, the holders of such Additional Senior Debt Obligations, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents.
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“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other federal, state, or foreign law for the relief of debtors, or any arrangement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Class Debt Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Collateral” means the Senior Collateral and the Junior Collateral.
“Collateral Documents” means the Senior Collateral Documents and the Junior Collateral Documents.
“Debt Documents” means the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Debt Documents.
“Debt Facility” means any Senior Debt Facility and any Junior Debt Facility.
“Designated Junior Representative” means (i) the “Controlling Collateral Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or any comparable designated entity under any successor or alternative agreement to the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) in the case that no Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or any successor or alternative thereto is then in effect, the remaining Junior Representative.
“Designated Senior Representative” means (i) the “Controlling Collateral Agent” as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any comparable designated entity under any successor agreement to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) in the case that no First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any successor thereto is then in effect, the remaining Senior Representative.
“DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.
“Discharge” means, with respect to any Debt Facility, the date on which such Debt Facility and the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations thereunder, as the case may be, are no longer secured by Shared Collateral pursuant to the Debt Documents governing such Debt Facility. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.
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“Discharge of Senior Convertible Notes Obligations” means the Discharge of the Senior Convertible Notes Obligations; provided that the Discharge of Senior Convertible Notes Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such Senior Convertible Notes Obligations with an Additional Senior Debt Facility secured by Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Debt Documents which has been designated in writing by the Representative (under the Senior Debt Documents so Refinanced) or by the Borrower, in each case, to each other Representative as the “Senior Convertible Notes Indenture” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations” means the Discharge of the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations; provided that the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such Senior Credit Agreement Obligations with an Additional Senior Debt Facility secured by Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Debt Documents which has been designated in writing by the Representative (under the Senior Debt Documents so Refinanced) or by the Borrower, in each case, to each other Representative as the “Senior Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Discharge of 2025 Senior Notes Obligations” means the Discharge of the 2025 Senior Notes Obligations; provided that the Discharge of 2025 Senior Notes Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such 2025 Senior Notes Obligations with an Additional Senior Debt Facility secured by Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Debt Documents which has been designated in writing by the Representative (under the Senior Debt Documents so Refinanced) or by the Borrower, in each case, to each other Representative as the “2025 Senior Notes Indenture” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Discharge of 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations” means the Discharge of the 2026 Senior Notes Obligations; provided that the Discharge of 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations with an Additional Senior Debt Facility secured by Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Debt Documents which has been designated in writing by the Representative (under the Senior Debt Documents so Refinanced) or by the Borrower, in each case, to each other Representative as the “2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Discharge of 2026 Senior Notes Obligations” means the Discharge of the 2026 Senior Notes Obligations; provided that the Discharge of 2026 Senior Notes Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such 2026 Senior Notes Obligations with an Additional Senior Debt Facility secured by Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Debt Documents which has been designated in writing by the Representative (under the Senior Debt Documents so Refinanced) or by the Borrower, in each case, to each other Representative as the “2026 Senior Notes Indenture” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Discharge of Senior Obligations” means the date on which the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations, Discharge of the 2025 Senior Notes Obligations, Discharge of the 2026 Senior Notes Obligations, Discharge of the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations, Discharge of Senior Convertible Notes Obligations, and the Discharge of each Additional Senior Debt Facility has occurred.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Grantors” means the Borrower and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that has granted a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are set forth in Annex I hereto.
“Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(a) any case or proceeding commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Borrower or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
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(b) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(c) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Borrower or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Intellectual Property” means “Intellectual Property” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement Security Agreement.
“Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement substantially in the form of Annex III or Annex IV required to be delivered by a Representative to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative pursuant to Section 8.09 in order to include an additional Debt Facility hereunder and to become the Representative hereunder for the Senior Secured Parties or Junior Secured Parties, as the case may be, under such Debt Facility.
“Junior Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Junior Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Junior Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Junior Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any Junior Debt Document or any other assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Junior Collateral Document as security for any Junior Obligation.
“Junior Collateral Documents” means the Junior Notes Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Junior Notes Indenture, this Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or any Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Junior Obligation.
“Junior Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Grantor guaranteed by the Guarantors (and not guaranteed by any other Subsidiary), including Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred pursuant to the Junior Notes Indenture, which Indebtedness and Guarantees are secured by the Junior Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with any other Junior Obligations and the applicable Junior Debt Documents of which provide that such Indebtedness and Guarantees are to be secured by such Junior Collateral on a subordinate basis to the Senior Obligations (and which is not secured by Liens on any assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor other than the Junior Collateral or which are not included in the Senior Collateral); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then-extant Senior Debt Document and Junior Debt Document and (ii) except in the case of Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred pursuant to the Junior Notes Indenture, the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09. Junior Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.
“Junior Debt Documents” means (a) the Junior Notes Documents and (b) any Additional Junior Debt Documents.
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“Junior Debt Facility” means the Junior Notes Indenture and any Additional Junior Debt Facilities.
“Junior Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Junior Representative, the date which is 180 days after the occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Junior Debt Document for which such Junior Representative has been named as Representative) and (ii) the Designated Senior Representative’s and each other Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Junior Representative that (x) such Junior Representative is the Designated Junior Representative and that an Event of Default under and as defined in the Junior Debt Document for which such Junior Representative has been named as Representative has occurred and is continuing and (y) all of the outstanding Junior Obligations are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Junior Debt Documents; provided that the Junior Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred (1) at any time the Designated Senior Representative has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to all or a material portion of the Shared Collateral or (2) at any time any Grantor is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“Junior Notes Agent” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the Junior Notes Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“Junior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time), relating to the Borrower’s 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026, among the Borrower, the other Grantors party thereto from time to time, the Junior Notes Trustee and the Junior Notes Agent.
“Junior Notes Documents” means the Junior Notes Indenture and the other “Notes Documents” as defined in the Junior Notes Security Agreement.
“Junior Notes Obligations” means the “Secured Notes Obligations” as defined in the Junior Notes Security Agreement.
“Junior Notes Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Junior Notes Security Agreement.
“Junior Notes Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the Junior Notes Indenture.
“Junior Notes Trustee” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee under the Junior Notes Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“Junior Obligations” means (a) the Junior Notes Obligations and (b) any Additional Junior Debt Obligations.
“Junior Representative” means (i) in the case of the Junior Notes Indenture, the Junior Notes Agent and (ii) in the case of any Additional Junior Debt Facility and the Additional Junior Secured Parties thereunder, each Additional Junior Agent in respect of such Additional Junior Debt Facility that is named as such in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Junior Secured Parties” means the Junior Notes Secured Parties and any Additional Junior Secured Parties.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
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“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
“Officer’s Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.08.
“Plan of Reorganization” means any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation, plan of arrangement, agreement for composition, or other type of dispositive restructuring plan proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.05(a).
“Proceeds” means the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of Shared Collateral, any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared Collateral in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any amounts received by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party from a Junior Secured Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement.
“Purchase Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.07.
“Recovery” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such Indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar for dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Representatives” means the Senior Representatives and the Junior Representatives.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.
“Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means a pari passu intercreditor agreement entered into among the Junior Representatives with respect to Junior Debt.
“Secured Obligations” means the Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Secured Parties.
“Senior Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Senior Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Senior Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
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“Senior Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any Senior Credit Agreement Loan Document, 2025 Senior Notes Document, 2026 Senior Notes Document, 2026 Additional Senior Notes Document, Senior Convertible Notes Documents or any other Senior Debt Document or any other assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Senior Collateral Document as security for any Senior Obligation.
“Senior Collateral Documents” means the Senior Credit Agreement Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement, the 2025 Senior Notes Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the 2025 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2026 Senior Notes Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Convertible Notes Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or any Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Senior Obligations.
“Senior Convertible Notes Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“Senior Convertible Notes Documents” means the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture and the other “Notes Documents” as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes Security Agreement.
“Senior Convertible Notes Indenture” means that certain Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, increased or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time), among the Borrower, the other Grantors party thereto from time to time, the Senior Convertible Notes Trustee and the Senior Convertible Notes Agent, which amends and restates that certain Indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018, among the Borrower, the other Grantors party thereto and the Senior Convertible Notes Trustee.
“Senior Convertible Notes Obligations” means the “Secured Notes Obligations” as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes Security Agreement.
“Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes Security Agreement.
“Senior Convertible Notes Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture.
“Senior Convertible Notes Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“Senior Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2020, and that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, increased or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time), among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, the Senior Credit Agreement Agent and the other parties party thereto from time to time.
“Senior Credit Agreement Agent” means Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
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“Senior Credit Agreement Loan Documents” means the Senior Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Senior Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Senior Credit Agreement Security Agreement” means the “Pledge and Security Agreement” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Senior Debt Documents” means the Senior Credit Agreement Loan Documents, the 2025 Senior Notes Documents, the 2026 Senior Notes Documents, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Documents, the Senior Convertible Notes Documents and any Additional Senior Debt Documents.
“Senior Debt Facilities” means the Senior Credit Agreement, the 2025 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Convertible Indenture and any Additional Senior Debt Facilities.
“Senior Lien” means the Liens on the Senior Collateral in favor of the Senior Secured Parties under the Senior Collateral Documents.
“Senior Obligations” means the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations, the 2025 Senior Notes Obligations, the 2026 Senior Notes Obligations, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations, the Senior Convertible Notes Obligations and any Additional Senior Debt Obligations.
“Senior Representative” means (i) in the case of any Senior Credit Agreement Obligations or the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Senior Credit Agreement Agent, (ii) in the case of any 2025 Senior Notes Obligations or the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties, the 2025 Senior Notes Agent, (iii) in the case of any 2026 Senior Notes Obligations or the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties, the 2026 Senior Notes Agent, (iv) in the case of any 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations or the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent, (v) in the case of any Senior Convertible Notes Obligations or the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties, the Senior Convertible Notes Agent, and (vi) in the case of any Additional Senior Debt Facility and the Additional Senior Secured Parties thereunder, each Additional Senior Agent in respect of such Additional Senior Debt Facility that is named as such in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Senior Secured Parties” means the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties, the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties, the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties and any Additional Senior Secured Parties.
“Series” means (a) (x) with respect to the Senior Secured Parties, each of (i) the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (iii) the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (iv) the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (v) the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties (in their capacities as such) and (vi) the Additional Senior Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional Senior Secured Parties) and (y) with respect to the Junior Secured Parties, each of (i) the Junior Notes Secured Parties (in their capacity as such) and (ii) the Additional Junior Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional Junior Secured Parties) and (b) (x) with respect to any Senior Obligations, each of (i) the Senior Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the 2025 Senior Notes Obligations, (iii) the 2026 Senior Notes Obligations, (iv) the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations, (v) the Senior Convertible Notes Obligations and (vi) the Additional Senior Debt Obligations incurred pursuant to any Additional Senior Debt Facility and or any Additional Senior Debt Documents, which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional Senior Debt Obligations) and (y) with respect to any Junior Obligations, each of (i) the Junior Notes Obligations and (ii) the Additional Junior Debt Obligations incurred pursuant to any Additional Junior Debt Facility and the related Additional Junior Debt Documents, which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional Junior Debt Obligations).
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“Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of Senior Obligations under at least one Senior Debt Facility and the holders of Junior Obligations under at least one Junior Debt Facility (or their Representatives) hold a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the Senior Debt Facilities, are deemed to hold a security interest pursuant to Section 2.04). If, at any time, any portion of the Senior Collateral under one or more Senior Debt Facilities does not constitute Junior Collateral under one or more Junior Debt Facilities, then such portion of such Senior Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral only with respect to the Junior Debt Facilities for which it constitutes Junior Collateral and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Junior Debt Facility which does not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the New York UCC, or the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or comparable legislation) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“2025 Senior Notes Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“2025 Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of April 24, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, increased or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time), among the Borrower, the other Grantors party thereto from time to time, the 2025 Senior Notes Trustee and the 2025 Senior Notes Agent.
“2025 Senior Notes Documents” means the 2025 Senior Notes Indenture and the other “Notes Documents” as defined in the 2025 Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2025 Senior Notes Obligations” means the “Secured Notes Obligations” as defined in the 2025 Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the 2025 Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2025 Senior Notes Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the 2025 Senior Notes Indenture.
“2025 Senior Notes Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the 2025 Senior Notes Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, increased or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time), among the Borrower, the other Grantors party thereto from time to time, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Trustee and the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent.
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“2026 Additional Senior Notes Documents” means the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture and the other “Notes Documents” as defined in the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2026 Additional Senior Notes Obligations” means the “Secured Notes Obligations” as defined in the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2026 Additional Senior Notes Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture.
“2026 Additional Senior Notes Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“2026 Senior Notes Agent” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“2026 Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, increased or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time), relating to the Borrower’s 10.500% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026, among the Borrower, the other Grantors party thereto from time to time, the 2026 Senior Notes Trustee and the 2026 Senior Notes Agent.
“2026 Senior Notes Documents” means the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture and the other “Notes Documents” as defined in the 2026 Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2026 Senior Notes Obligations” means the “Secured Notes Obligations” as defined in the 2026 Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the 2026 Senior Notes Security Agreement.
“2026 Senior Notes Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture.
“2026 Senior Notes Trustee” means GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee under the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
Section 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive.
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ARTICLE II
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral
Section 2.01. Subordination.
(a) Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to any Senior Representative or the Senior Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any applicable law, any Junior Debt Document or any Senior Debt Document or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby agrees that any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Senior Secured Parties or any Senior Representative or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Junior Obligations; and
(b) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Junior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Junior Secured Parties or any Junior Representative or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations. All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Junior Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing or purporting to secure any other obligation of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.
Section 2.02. Nature of Senior Lender Claims. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the Senior Obligations may be revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the Senior Debt Documents and the Senior Obligations may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the Senior Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the Senior Obligations may be increased in the manner permitted under the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Debt Documents, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Junior Representatives or the Junior Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.01 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of either the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between the Borrower and the other Grantors and the Junior Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower and the Grantors contained in any Junior Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of additional Senior Obligations.
Section 2.03. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Junior Representatives, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, allowability, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing, or the allowability or value of any claims asserted with respect to, any Senior Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any of the Senior Secured Parties or any Senior Representative or other agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Collateral, and the Designated Senior Representative and each other Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Secured Party under its Senior Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, allowability, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing, or the allowability or value of any claims asserted with respect to, any Junior Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any of any Junior Representative or any of the Junior Secured Parties in the Junior Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Designated Senior Representative or any other Senior Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Obligations as provided in Section 2.01) or any of the Senior Debt Documents.
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Section 2.04. No New Liens. The parties hereto agree that, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred (a) no Grantor shall grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property of such Grantor to secure any Junior Obligation unless it has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the Senior Obligations and (b) if any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party shall hold any Lien on any assets or property of any Grantor securing any Junior Obligations that are not also subject to the senior-priority Liens securing Senior Obligations under the Senior Collateral Documents, such Junior Representative or Junior Secured Party (i) shall notify the Designated Senior Representative promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to the Senior Representatives as security for the Senior Obligations, shall assign such Lien to the Senior Representatives as security for the Senior Obligations (but may retain a junior lien on such assets or property subject to the terms hereof) and (ii) until such assignment or such grant of a similar Lien to the Senior Representatives, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Senior Representatives as security for the Senior Obligations. If any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds or payment from or as a result of any Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.04, it shall pay such proceeds or payments over to the Designated Senior Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02.
Section 2.05. Perfection of Liens. Except for the agreements of the Designated Senior Representative pursuant to Section 5.05, none of the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Junior Representatives or the Junior Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Secured Parties and shall not impose on the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Representatives, the Junior Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of Proceeds of any Shared Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
Section 2.06. Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Senior Debt Documents or Junior Debt Documents to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents pledged to secure Senior Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit or otherwise held by the Senior Credit Agreement Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j) of the Senior Credit Agreement (or any equivalent successor provision) shall be applied as specified in such Section of the Senior Credit Agreement and will not constitute Shared Collateral.
Section 2.07. Refinancings. The Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations of any Series may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Debt Document, as applicable) of any party hereto, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the collateral agent of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness and such collateral agent and Grantors shall have complied with Section 8.09 with respect to such Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE III
Enforcement
Section 3.01. Exercise of Remedies.
(a) So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, (i) neither any Junior Representative nor any Junior Secured Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Junior Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Collateral by the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party in respect of the Senior Obligations, the exercise of any right by the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party of any rights and remedies relating to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Collateral or the Senior Obligations, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Shared Collateral in respect of Senior Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment, and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Shared Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, any Junior Representative may file a claim, proof of claim, or statement of interest with respect to the Junior Obligations under its Junior Debt Facility, (B) any Junior Representative may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Obligations or the rights of the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Shared Collateral, (C) to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with or prohibited by this Agreement, any Junior Representative and the Junior Secured Parties may exercise their rights and remedies as unsecured creditors, to the extent provided in Section 5.04, (D) any Junior Representative may exercise the rights and remedies provided for in Section 6.03 and may vote on a proposed Plan of Reorganization in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of the Borrower or any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including Section 6.12), (E) any Junior Representative and the Junior Secured Parties may file any necessary or appropriate responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims or Liens of the Junior Secured Parties, including any claims secured by the Junior Collateral, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (F) from and after the Junior Enforcement Date, the Designated Junior Representative or any person authorized by it may exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Junior Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), in each case of clauses (A) through (F) above, to the extent such action is not inconsistent with, or could not result in a resolution inconsistent with, the terms of this Agreement. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Collateral, the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Shared Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
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(b) So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that it will not take or receive any Shared Collateral or any Proceeds of Shared Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of Junior Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in Section 3.01(a) and in Article VI, the sole right of the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared Collateral in respect of Junior Obligations pursuant to the Junior Debt Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the Proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred.
(c) Subject to the proviso in Section 3.01(a), (i) each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that neither such Junior Representative nor any such Junior Secured Party will take any action that would hinder or delay any exercise of remedies undertaken by the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Debt Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Junior Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the Senior Obligations or the Liens granted on any of the Senior Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party is adverse to the interests of the Junior Secured Parties.
(d) Each Junior Representative hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Junior Debt Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties with respect to the Senior Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Debt Documents.
(e) Subject to the proviso in Section 3.01(a), until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Designated Senior Representative or any Person authorized by it shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Shared Collateral and shall have the exclusive right to determine and direct the time, method and place for exercising such right or remedy or conducting any proceeding with respect thereto. Following the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Designated Junior Representative or any Person authorized by it shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Collateral and shall have the exclusive right to direct the time, method and place of exercising or conducting any proceeding for the exercise of any right or remedy available to the Junior Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, or of exercising or directing the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Junior Representatives, or for the taking of any other action authorized by the Junior Collateral Documents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of any Junior Representative or other agent or trustee acting on behalf of the Junior Secured Parties to take such actions with respect to the Collateral after the Discharge of Senior Obligations as may be otherwise required or authorized pursuant to any intercreditor agreement governing the Junior Secured Parties or the Junior Obligations.
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Section 3.02. Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in Section 3.01(a), each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Secured Parties and the Designated Senior Representative upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Shared Collateral under any of the Junior Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Junior Obligations.
Section 3.03. Actions upon Breach. Should any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, the Designated Senior Representative or any other Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of the Borrower or any other Grantor) or the Borrower may obtain relief against such Junior Representative or such Junior Secured Party by injunction, specific performance or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby (a) agrees that the Senior Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of the Junior Representatives or any Junior Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that the Borrower, any other Grantor or the Senior Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and (b) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party.
ARTICLE IV
Payments
Section 4.01. Application of Proceeds. After an event of default under any Senior Debt Document has occurred and until such event of default is cured or waived, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, the Shared Collateral, Proceeds thereof or distributions received on account of the Secured Obligations received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Shared Collateral upon the exercise of remedies or (except as otherwise provided in Article VI) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise shall be applied by the Designated Senior Representative to the Senior Obligations in such order as specified in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the relevant Senior Debt Documents until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Designated Senior Representative shall deliver promptly to the Designated Junior Representative any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Designated Junior Representative to the Junior Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Junior Debt Documents.
Section 4.02. Payments Over. Any Shared Collateral, Proceeds thereof or distributions received on account of the Secured Obligations received by any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) or otherwise relating to the Shared Collateral in contravention of this Agreement or (except as otherwise provided in Article VI) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Designated Senior Representative is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Junior Representatives or any such Junior Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
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ARTICLE V
Other Agreements
Section 5.01. Releases.
(a) Each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that, in the event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of any specified item of Shared Collateral (including all or substantially all of the equity interests of any subsidiary of the Borrower) (i) in connection with the exercise of remedies in respect of Shared Collateral by a Senior Representative or (ii) if not in connection with the exercise of remedies in respect of Shared Collateral by a Senior Representative, so long as such sale, transfer or other disposition is permitted by the terms of the Junior Debt Documents and the Senior Debt Documents, the Liens granted to the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties upon such Shared Collateral (but such Liens shall not be deemed to be so released on the Proceeds thereof that were not applied to the payment of Senior Obligations) to secure Junior Obligations shall terminate and be released, automatically and without any further action, concurrently with or to the same extent as the termination and release of all Liens granted upon such Shared Collateral to secure Senior Obligations. Upon delivery to a Junior Representative of an Officer’s Certificate stating that any such termination and release of Liens securing the Senior Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective concurrently with such termination and release of the Liens granted to the Junior Secured Parties and the Junior Representatives) and any necessary or proper instruments of termination or release prepared by the Borrower or any other Grantor, such Junior Representative will promptly execute, deliver or acknowledge, at the Borrower’s or the other Grantor’s sole cost and expense, such instruments to evidence such termination and release of the Liens. Nothing in this Section 5.01(a) will be deemed to affect any agreement of a Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Junior Secured Parties under its Junior Debt Facility, to release the Liens on the Junior Collateral as set forth in the relevant Junior Debt Documents.
(b) Each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Senior Representative and any officer or agent of each Senior Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Junior Representative or such Junior Secured Party or in such Senior Representative’s own name, from time to time in such Senior Representative’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Section 5.01(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of Section 5.01(a), including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an event of default under any Senior Debt Document of proceeds of Shared Collateral to the repayment of Senior Obligations pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.01(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Junior Representatives or the Junior Secured Parties to receive proceeds in connection with the Junior Obligations not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Junior Collateral Document, in the event the terms of a Senior Collateral Document and a Junior Collateral Document each require any Grantor to (i) make payment in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, (ii) deliver or afford control over any item of Shared Collateral to, or deposit any item of Shared Collateral with, (iii) register ownership of any item of Shared Collateral in the name of or make an assignment of ownership of any Shared Collateral or the rights thereunder to, (iv) cause any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other Person acting in a similar capacity to agree to comply, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, with instructions or orders from, or to treat, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, as the entitlement holder, (v) hold any item of Shared Collateral in trust for (to the extent such item of Shared Collateral cannot be held in trust for multiple parties under applicable law), (vi) obtain the agreement of a bailee or other third party to hold any item of Shared Collateral for the benefit of or subject to the control of or, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, to follow the instructions of or (vii) obtain the agreement of a landlord with respect to access to leased premises where any item of Shared Collateral is located or waivers or subordination of rights with respect to any item of Shared Collateral in favor of, in any case, both any Designated Senior Representative and any Junior Representative or Junior Secured Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the Junior Collateral Document as it relates to such Shared Collateral by taking any of the actions set forth above only with respect to, or in favor of, the Designated Senior Representative.
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Section 5.02. Insurance and Condemnation Awards. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Designated Senior Representative and the Senior Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Debt Documents, (a) to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and (b) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award, if in respect of the Shared Collateral, shall be paid (i) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of Senior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Senior Debt Documents, (ii) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the Designated Junior Representative for the benefit of the Junior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Junior Debt Documents and (iii) third, if no Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Designated Senior Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02.
Section 5.03. Amendments to Junior Collateral Documents.
(a) Without the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative, no Junior Collateral Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Junior Collateral Document, would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. The Borrower agrees to deliver to the Designated Senior Representative copies of (i) any amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Junior Collateral Documents and (ii) any new Junior Collateral Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof. Each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that each Junior Collateral Document under its Junior Debt Facility shall include the following language (or language to similar effect reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Representative):
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“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Junior Representative pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the Senior Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including liens and security interests granted to (A) Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the lenders party thereto, the other parties thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, (B) U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection that certain Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, the other guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, (C) U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with that certain Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, the other guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, (D) U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with that certain Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, the other guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, (E) GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with that certain Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, the other guarantors party thereto, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, and (F) [INSERT NAME], as [INSERT CAPACITY], pursuant to or in connection with the [Additional Senior Debt Document] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among [__________] and the other parties thereto, and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Junior Representative hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among Citicorp North America, Inc., as Senior Credit Agreement Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as 2025 Senior Notes Agent, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as 2026 Senior Notes Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Senior Convertible Notes Agent, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Junior Notes Agent, the other agents and representatives party thereto, the Company and the other parties thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”
(b) In the event that any Senior Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the Senior Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Designated Senior Representative, the Senior Secured Parties, the Borrower or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Collateral), then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the comparable Junior Collateral Documents without the consent of any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party and without any action by any Junior Representative, the Borrower or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (A) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of (i) removing assets subject to the Lien of the Junior Collateral Documents, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted by Section 5.01 and provided that there is a corresponding release of the Lien securing the Senior Obligations, (ii) imposing duties that are adverse on any Junior Representative without its consent or (iii) altering the terms of the Junior Debt Documents to permit other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Junior Debt Documents as in effect on the date hereof or Article VI and (B) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Junior Representative within 10 Business Days after the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or consent.
(c) The Senior Debt Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms without the consent of any Junior Secured Party; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Junior Representatives, no such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or refinancing (or successive amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications or refinancings) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement. The Junior Debt Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms without the consent of any Senior Secured Party; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Senior Representatives, no such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or refinancing (or successive amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications or refinancings) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement.
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Section 5.04. Rights as Unsecured Creditors. The Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Borrower and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Junior Debt Documents and applicable law so long as such rights and remedies do not violate and are not otherwise inconsistent with any provision of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party of the required payments of principal, premium, interest, fees and other amounts due under the Junior Debt Documents so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by a Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party of rights or remedies as a creditor in respect of Shared Collateral. In the event any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Shared Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Junior Obligations, such judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties may have with respect to the Senior Collateral.
Section 5.05. Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.
(a) Each Senior Representative acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any Senior Obligations on any Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such Shared Collateral or of any account in which such Shared Collateral is held, and if such Shared Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of such Senior Representative, or of agents or bailees of such Senior Representative (such Shared Collateral being referred to herein as the “Pledged or Controlled Collateral”), or if it shall any time obtain any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, such Senior Representative shall also hold such Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or take such actions with respect to such landlord waiver, bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement, as sub- agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior Representatives, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Junior Collateral Documents and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.
(b) In the event that the Senior Credit Agreement Agent (or its agents or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property that is part of the Shared Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Shared Collateral, the Senior Credit Agreement Agent agrees to hold such Liens as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior Representatives and any assignee thereof, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the relevant Junior Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Senior Representative shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Junior Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) No Senior Representative shall have any obligation whatsoever to the Junior Representatives or any Junior Secured Party to assure that any of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Shared Collateral, except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.05. The duties or responsibilities of each Senior Representative under this Section 5.05 shall be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Junior Representative.
(e) No Senior Representative shall have by reason of the Junior Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party, and each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases each Senior Representative from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to such Senior Representative’s role under this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the Shared Collateral.
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(f) Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each Senior Representative shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, (i) (A) deliver to the Designated Junior Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Senior Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, or (B) direct and deliver such Shared Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, (ii) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (iii) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving any Grantor that the Designated Junior Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding. The Borrower and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Senior Representative for loss or damage suffered by such Senior Representative as a result of such transfer, except for loss or damage suffered by such Senior Representative as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. No Senior Representative has any obligation to follow instructions from the Designated Junior Representative in contravention of this Agreement.
(g) Neither the Designated Senior Representative nor any of the other Senior Representatives or Senior Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of the Borrower or any other Grantor to the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party under the Senior Debt Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof, or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.
Section 5.06. When Discharge of Senior Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred. If, at any time substantially concurrently with or after the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Borrower or any other Grantor incurs any Senior Obligations (other than in respect of the payment of indemnities surviving the Discharge of Senior Obligations), then the Discharge of Senior Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Senior Obligations) and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Senior Debt Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Shared Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the Designated Senior Representative of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder and the agent, representative or trustee for the holders of such Senior Obligations shall be a Senior Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such incurrence (including the identity of the new Designated Senior Representative), each Junior Representatives (including the Designated Junior Representative) shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Borrower), including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as the Borrower or such new Senior Representative shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new Senior Representative the rights of a Senior Representative contemplated hereby, (b) deliver to the Designated Senior Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Junior Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, (c) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (d) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new Designated Senior Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding
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Section 5.07. Purchase Right. Without prejudice to the enforcement of the Senior Secured Parties’ remedies in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents and this Agreement, the Senior Secured Parties agree that following (a) the acceleration of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents or (b) the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding by any Grantor (each, a “Purchase Event”), within thirty (30) days of the Purchase Event, one or more of the Junior Secured Parties may request, and the Senior Secured Parties hereby offer the Junior Secured Parties, the option to purchase all, but not less than all, of the aggregate amount of Senior Obligations outstanding at the time of purchase at par, plus any premium that would be applicable upon prepayment of the Senior Obligations and accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses without warranty or representation or recourse (except for representations and warranties required to be made by assigning lenders pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption (as such term is defined in the Senior Credit Agreement)). If such purchase right is timely exercised, the parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the request. If one or more of the Junior Secured Parties timely exercises such purchase right, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the Senior Representatives and the Junior Representatives. If none of the Junior Secured Parties timely exercises such purchase right, the Senior Secured Parties shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 5.07 for such Purchase Event and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents and this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings
Section 6.01. Financing and Sale Issues. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, if the Borrower or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party shall desire to consent (or not object) to, as applicable, the sale, use or lease of cash or other collateral or to consent (or not object) to the Borrower’s or any other Grantor’s obtaining financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law to be secured by the Senior Collateral (“DIP Financing”), then each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that it will (as applicable) raise no objection to and will not otherwise contest such use of such cash or other collateral or such DIP Financing and, except to the extent permitted by the proviso in Section 3.01(a)(ii) and Section 6.03, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing the Senior Obligations under the Senior Credit Agreement or, if no Senior Credit Agreement then exists, under the other Senior Debt Documents are subordinated to or pari passu with such DIP Financing, will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) its Liens in the Shared Collateral to (x) such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the Liens securing the Junior Obligations are so subordinated to Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement, (y) any adequate protection Liens provided to the Senior Secured Parties, and (z) to any “carve-out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Designated Senior Representative, and the Designated Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that notice received two Business Days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash or other collateral or approving such DIP Financing shall be adequate notice. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, further agrees that it will (as applicable) raise no objection to and will not otherwise contest (a) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of Senior Obligations with respect to the Senior Collateral made by Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party, (b) any lawful exercise by any Senior Secured Party of the right to credit bid Senior Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of Senior Collateral (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision under any other applicable Bankruptcy Law) or to exercise any rights under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to the Senior Collateral, (c) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any Senior Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Senior Collateral or (d) any order relating to a sale or other disposition of any or all of the Senior Collateral for which the Designated Senior Representative has consented that provides, to the extent such sale or other disposition is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Obligations rank to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Junior Obligations pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the Junior Secured Parties may assert any objection to the proposed bidding or related procedures to be utilized in connection with any sale or disposition that could be asserted by an unsecured creditor in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; without limiting the foregoing, each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that it may not raise any objections based on rights afforded by Section 363(e) or Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law. In addition, the Junior Secured Parties are not deemed to have waived any rights to credit bid on the Shared Collateral in any such sale or disposition in accordance with Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision under any other applicable Bankruptcy Law), so long as any such credit bid provides for the payment in full in cash of the Senior Obligations.
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Section 6.02. Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Shared Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative.
Section 6.03. Adequate Protection. Each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall object, contest or support any other Person objecting to or contesting (a) any request by the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties for adequate protection in any form, (b) any objection by the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Designated Senior Representative’s or any other Senior Representative’s or Senior Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (c) the allowance and/or payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party as adequate protection or otherwise under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.03 or in Section 6.01, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of a Lien on additional or replacement collateral and/or a superpriority administrative expense claim in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, then each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of (as applicable) a Lien on such additional or replacement collateral and/or a superpriority administrative expense claim, which Lien and/or superpriority administrative expense claim (as applicable) is subordinated to the Liens securing and providing adequate protection for, and claims with respect to, the Senior Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing and claims with respect to the Junior Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing and claims with respect to the Senior Obligations under this Agreement and (ii) in the event any Junior Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Junior Secured Parties under their Junior Debt Facilities, seek or request adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of (as applicable) a Lien on additional or replacement collateral and/or a superpriority administrative expense claim, then such Junior Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under their Junior Debt Facilities, agree that the Senior Representatives shall also be granted (as applicable) a senior Lien on such additional or replacement collateral as security and adequate protection for the Senior Obligations and/or a senior superpriority administrative expense claim, and that any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral securing or providing adequate protection for the Junior Obligations and/or superpriority administrative expense claim shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing and claims with respect to the Senior Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens and claims granted to the Senior Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing and claims with respect to the Junior Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing and claims with respect to Senior Obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent that the Senior Secured Parties are granted adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition fees and expenses, and/or other cash payments, then the Junior Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Junior Secured Parties under their Junior Debt Facilities, shall not be prohibited from seeking adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition incurred fees and expenses, and/or other cash payments (as applicable), subject to the right of the Senior Secured Parties to object to the reasonableness of the amounts of fees and expenses or other cash payments so sought by the Junior Secured Parties.
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Section 6.04. Preference Issues. If any Senior Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay any amount to the estate of the Borrower or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar Person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be or avoided as fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff, recoupment or otherwise, then the Senior Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Secured Parties shall still be entitled to a future Discharge of Senior Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. Each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby agrees that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement.
Section 6.05. Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications. Each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents and the Junior Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens, (b) the Junior Secured Parties’ claims against the Grantors in respect of their Liens on the Shared Collateral constitute junior claims separate and apart (and of a different class) from the senior claims of the Senior Secured Parties against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral, and (c) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Junior Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Obligations and must be separately classified in any Plan of Reorganization proposed, confirmed, or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute only a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions from the Shared Collateral shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Junior Secured Parties), the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, fees, and expenses (whether or not allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made from the Shared Collateral in respect of the Junior Obligations, with each Junior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Designated Senior Representative amounts otherwise received or receivable by them from the Shared Collateral to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Junior Secured Parties. This Section 6.05 is intended to govern the relationship between the classes of claims held by the Junior Secured Parties, on the one hand, and a collective class of claims comprised of the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Additional Senior Secured Parties (as opposed to separate classes of each such series of claims), on the other hand, and, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing set forth herein shall in any way alter or modify the relationship of each series of such separate claims held by the Senior Secured Parties, including as set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, or otherwise cause such different claims to be combined into one or more classes or otherwise classified in a manner that violates the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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Section 6.06. No Waivers of Rights of Senior Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall, except as expressly provided herein, prohibit or in any way limit the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Junior Secured Party, including the seeking by any Junior Secured Party of adequate protection or the asserting by any Junior Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Junior Debt Documents or otherwise.
Section 6.07. Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. The relative rights as to the Shared Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition therefor, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor. All references herein to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor.
Section 6.08. Other Matters. To the extent that any Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any of the Shared Collateral, such Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative; provided that, if requested by the Designated Senior Representative, such Junior Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Designated Senior Representative, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.
Section 6.09. 506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that it will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral.
Section 6.10. Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed, pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization on account of both the Senior Obligations and the Junior Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior Obligations and on account of the Junior Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
Section 6.11. Post-Petition Interest.
(a) None of the Junior Representatives or any other Junior Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, costs, expenses, and/or other charges, under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (for this purpose ignoring all claims and Liens held by the Junior Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral).
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(b) None of the Senior Representatives or any Senior Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Junior Representative or any other Junior Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Junior Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, costs, expenses, and/or other charges, under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Junior Representatives on behalf of the Junior Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral (after taking into account the Senior Obligations and the Senior Liens).
Section 6.12. Plan Voting. No Junior Representative or any other Junior Secured Party (whether in the capacity of a secured creditor or an unsecured creditor) may propose, support, or vote in favor of any Plan of Reorganization (and each shall be deemed to have voted to reject any Plan of Reorganization) that is inconsistent with, or in violation of, the terms of this Agreement unless such plan (a) pays off, in cash in full, all Senior Obligations or (b) is accepted by the class of holders of Senior Obligations voting thereon in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code.
ARTICLE VII
Reliance; etc.
Section 7.01. Reliance. The consent by the Senior Secured Parties to the execution and delivery of the Junior Debt Documents to which the Senior Secured Parties have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the Senior Secured Parties to the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Junior Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on the Designated Senior Representative or any other Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Junior Debt Documents to which they are party or by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Junior Debt Documents or this Agreement.
Section 7.02. No Warranties or Liability. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that neither the Designated Senior Representative nor any other Senior Representative or other Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Senior Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Debt Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither the Designated Senior Representative nor any other Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party shall have any duty to any Junior Representative or Junior Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreement with the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Junior Debt Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any of the Senior Obligations, the Junior Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Shared Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
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Section 7.03. Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Debt Document;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Senior Debt Document or of the terms of any Junior Debt Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other collateral or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Borrower or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, (i) the Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Obligations or (ii) any Junior Representative or Junior Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.01. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the relative rights and obligations of the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Senior Collateral shall be governed by the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and in the event of any conflict between the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, with respect to the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves), the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall control and (b) the relative rights and obligations of the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Junior Collateral shall be governed by the terms of the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and in the event of any conflict between the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, with respect to the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves), the provisions of the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall control, in each case as applicable.
Section 8.02. Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 5.06 and Section 6.04, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of Senior Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the Senior Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Junior Representatives or any Junior Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Grantor constituting Senior Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
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Section 8.03. Amendments; Waivers.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified (other than pursuant to any Joinder Agreement) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Representative (and with respect to any such termination, waiver, amendment or modification which by the terms of this Agreement requires the Borrower’s consent or which increases the obligations or reduces the rights of the Borrower or any other Grantor, with the consent of the Borrower).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Secured Party, any Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.09 of this Agreement and upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and the Secured Parties and Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations of the Debt Facility for which such Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any other Representative or Secured Party, the Designated Senior Representative may effect amendments and modifications to this Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect any incurrence of any Additional Junior Debt Obligations or Additional Senior Debt Obligations in compliance with the Senior Credit Agreement, the 2025 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture, the Junior Notes Indenture, any Additional Senior Debt Documents and any Additional Junior Debt Documents.
Section 8.04. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and the other Grantors. The Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Designated Junior Representative, the other Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Borrower and the other Grantors and all endorsers or guarantors of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Obligations. The Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Designated Junior Representative, the other Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that the Designated Senior Representative, any other Senior Representative, any Senior Secured Party, any Designated Junior Representative, any other Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it shall be under no obligation to (i) make, and the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Designated Junior Representative, the other Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (ii) provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (iii) undertake any investigation or (iv) disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
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Section 8.05. Subrogation. Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, hereby agrees not to assert any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred.
Section 8.06. Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Senior Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Obligations as the Senior Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
Section 8.07. Additional Grantors. The Borrower agrees that, if any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall become a Grantor after the date hereof, it will promptly cause such Subsidiary to become party hereto by executing and delivering an instrument in the form of Annex II. Upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary will become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party hereunder, and will be acknowledged by the Designated Senior Representative. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
Section 8.08. Dealings with Grantors. Upon any application or demand by the Borrower or any Grantor to the Designated Senior Representative or the Designated Junior Representative to take or permit any action under any of the provisions of this Agreement or under any Collateral Document (if such action is subject to the provisions hereof), any such Borrower or Grantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to the Designated Junior Representative or the Designated Senior Representative a certificate of an appropriate officer (an “Officer’s Certificate”) stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement or such Collateral Document, as the case may be, relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement or any Collateral Document relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Section 8.09. Additional Debt Facilities. To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the then-extant Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Debt Documents, the Borrower may incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Additional Junior Debt and one or more series or classes of Additional Senior Debt. Any such additional class or series of Additional Junior Debt (the “Junior Class Debt”) may be secured by a junior priority, subordinated Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the Junior Collateral Documents for such Junior Class Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Junior Class Debt (each, a “Junior Class Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Junior Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Junior Class Debt being referred to as the “Junior Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (v), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. Any such additional class or series of Additional Senior Debt (the “Senior Class Debt”; and the Senior Class Debt and Junior Class Debt, collectively, the “Class Debt”) may be secured by a senior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Senior Class Debt (each, a “Senior Class Debt Representative”; and the Senior Class Debt Representatives and Junior Class Debt Representatives, collectively, the “Class Debt Representatives”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Senior Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Senior Class Debt being referred to as the “Senior Class Debt Parties”; and the Senior Class Debt Parties and Junior Class Debt Parties, collectively, the “Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (v), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. In order for a Class Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:
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(i) such Class Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered a Joinder Agreement to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative substantially in the form of Annex III (if such Representative is a Junior Class Debt Representative) or Annex IV (if such Representative is a Senior Class Debt Representative) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Representative and such Class Debt Representative) pursuant to which it becomes a Representative hereunder, and the Class Debt in respect of which such Class Debt Representative is the Representative and the related Class Debt Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby;
(ii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative true and complete copies of each of the Junior Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt, certified as being true and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
(iii) in the case of any Junior Class Debt, all filings, recordations and/or amendments or supplements to the Junior Collateral Documents necessary to confirm and perfect the junior priority Liens securing the relevant Junior Obligations relating to such Class Debt shall have been made, executed and/or delivered (or, with respect to any such filings or recordations, acceptable provisions to perform such filings or recordings have been taken in the reasonable judgment of the Designated Junior Representative), and all fees and taxes in connection therewith shall have been paid (or acceptable provisions to make such payments have been taken in the reasonable judgment of the Designated Senior Representative);
(iv) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Additional Senior Debt Obligations or Additional Junior Debt Obligations are permitted by each applicable Senior Debt Document and Junior Debt Document to be incurred, or to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the incurrence of such Additional Senior Debt Obligations or Additional Junior Debt Obligations under any applicable Senior Debt Document and Junior Debt Document, each Grantor has obtained the requisite consent; and
(v) the Junior Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt shall provide, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Designated Senior Representative, that each Class Debt Party with respect to such Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Class Debt.
Section 8.10. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Designated Senior Representative and each other Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties of the Debt Facility for which it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
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(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person (or its Representative) at the address referred to in Section 8.11;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of any party hereto (or any Secured Party) to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.10 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section 8.11. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:
(a) if to the Borrower or any Grantor, to
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
One AMC Way
11500 Ash Street, Leawood, KS 66211
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: (816) 480-4700
Email: kconnor@amctheatres.com
With a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
200 Crescent Court, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75201-6950
Attention: Vynessa Nemunaitis
Email: vynessa.nemunaitis@weil.com
(b) if to the Senior Credit Agreement Agent, to it at:
Citicorp
North America, Inc., as Senior Credit Agreement Agent
1615 Brett Road
OPS III
New Castle, DE 19720
Attn: Loan Agency Team
Tel: (302) 894-6010
Fax: (212) 994-0961
Email: GLAgentOfficeOps@citi.com
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(c) if to the 2026 Senior Notes Agent, to it at:
GLAS
Trust Company LLC, as 2026 Senior Notes Agent
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Account Administrator – AMC
Fax: 212-202-6246
Email: ClientServices.Americas@glas.agency
(d) if to the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent, to it at:
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and
Collateral Agent
60 Livingston Avenue EP-MN-WS3C
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
Tel: (651) 466-6308
Fax: (651) 466-7430
Email: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com
(e) if to the 2025 Senior Notes Agent, to it at:
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and
Collateral Agent
60 Livingston Avenue EP-MN-WS3C
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
Tel: (651) 466-6308
Fax: (651) 466-7430
Email: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com
(f) if to the Senior Convertible Notes Agent, to it at:
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and
Collateral Agent
60 Livingston Avenue EP-MN-WS3C
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
Tel: (651) 466-6308
Fax: (651) 466-7430
Email: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com
(g) if to the Junior Notes Agent, to it at:
GLAS
Trust Company LLC, as Junior Notes Agent
3 Second Street, Suite 206
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Account Administrator – AMC
Fax: 212-202-6246
Email: ClientServices.Americas@glas.agency
(h) if to any other Representative, to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.09.
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Any party hereto may change its address, fax number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and, may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth above or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. As agreed to in writing among the Designated Senior Representative and each other Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
Section 8.12. Further Assurances. Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Senior Secured Party under its Senior Debt Facility, and each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Secured Party under its Junior Debt Facility, agrees that it will take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the other parties hereto may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities contemplated by, this Agreement.
Section 8.13. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW.
(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
Section 8.14. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder.
Section 8.15. Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 8.16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
Section 8.17. Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. The Senior Credit Agreement Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties. The 2025 Senior Notes Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties. The 2026 Senior Notes Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties. The 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties. The Senior Convertible Notes Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties. The Junior Notes Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Junior Notes Secured Parties.
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Section 8.18. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The lien priorities set forth in this Agreement and the rights and benefits hereunder in respect of such lien priorities shall inure solely to the benefit of the Designated Senior Representative, the other Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Representatives and the Junior Secured Parties, and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person (including the Grantors, or any trustee, receiver, debtor in possession or bankruptcy estate in a bankruptcy or like proceeding) shall have or be entitled to assert such rights. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Secured Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.
Section 8.19. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
Section 8.20. Senior Credit Agreement Agent and Junior Notes Agent. It is understood and agreed that (a) the Senior Credit Agreement Agent is entering into this Agreement in (i) its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement and the provisions of Article VIII of the Senior Credit Agreement applicable to it as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Senior Representative hereunder and (ii) its capacity as Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the provisions of Article IV of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Senior Representative hereunder, (b) the Senior Convertible Notes Agent is entering into this Agreement in (i) its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture and the provisions of Article VII of the Senior Convertible Notes Indenture applicable to it as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Senior Representative hereunder and (ii) its capacity as Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the provisions of Article IV of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Senior Representative hereunder, (c) the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent is entering into this Agreement in (i) its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture and the provisions of Article VII of the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Indenture applicable to it as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Senior Representative hereunder and (ii) its capacity as Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the provisions of Article IV of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Senior Representative hereunder, and (d) the Junior Notes Agent is entering into this Agreement in (i) its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Junior Notes Documents and the provisions of Article XIII of the Junior Notes Indenture applicable to the collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to the Junior Notes Agent hereunder and (ii) its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (if applicable), and the provisions of Article IV of the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (if any) applicable to it as collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Designated Junior Representative hereunder.
For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that in no event shall the Senior Credit Agreement Agent, the Senior Convertible Notes Agent, the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent or the Junior Notes Agent be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether any such party has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
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Section 8.21. Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent expressly contemplated herein), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of any Senior Debt Documents or any Junior Debt Documents, or permit the Borrower or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, any Senior Debt Documents or any Junior Debt Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the Senior Obligations or the Liens granted under the Senior Collateral Documents on the Shared Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Senior Secured Parties, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the Senior Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral as among such Senior Secured Parties or (d) obligate the Borrower or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Debt Document.
Section 8.22. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Section 8.23. Integration. This Agreement together with the other Senior Debt Documents and Junior Debt Documents represents the entire agreement of each of the Grantors and the Senior Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Grantor, any Representative or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Senior Debt Documents or Junior Debt Documents.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., | |||
as Senior Credit Agreement Agent and Designated Senior Representative | |||
By: | /s/ Matthew S. Burke | ||
Name: | Matthew S. Burke | ||
Title: | Vice President & Managing Director | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
as 2025 Senior Notes Agent | |||
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: | Vice President | ||
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, | |||
as 2026 Senior Notes Agent | |||
By: | /s/ Yana Kislenko | ||
Name: | Yana Kislenko | ||
Title: | Vice President | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
as 2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent | |||
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: | Vice President | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
as Senior Convertible Notes Agent | |||
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: | Vice President | ||
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR Agreement]
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, | |||
as Junior Notes Agent and Designated Junior Representative | |||
By: | /s/ Yana Kislenko | ||
Name: | Yana Kislenko | ||
Title: | Vice President |
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC LICENSE SERVICES, LLC | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC ITD, LLC | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC CARD PROCESSING SERVICES, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | President and Chief Financial Officer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR Agreement]
ANNEX I
Grantors
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
American Multi-Cinema, Inc.
AMC License Services, LLC
AMC ITD, LLC
AMC Card Processing Services, Inc.
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ANNEX II
[Form of] SUPPLEMENT NO. [__], dated as of [__________] [__], 20[__] (this “Supplement”), to the FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Grantors (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent for the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Senior Credit Agreement Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2025 Senior Notes Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2026 Senior Notes Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Senior Convertible Notes Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the Junior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Junior Notes Agent”), and each Additional Senior Agent and each Additional Junior Agent that from time to time becomes a party thereto.
A. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
B. The Grantors have entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Pursuant to certain Senior Debt Documents and certain Junior Debt Documents, certain newly acquired or organized Subsidiaries of the Borrower are required to enter into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.07 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Subsidiaries may become party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Credit Agreement, the Junior Notes Indenture, the Additional Junior Debt Documents and the Additional Senior Debt Documents.
Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative and the New Grantor agree as follows:
Section 1. In accordance with Section 8.07 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor, and the New Grantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
Section 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Grantor. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
Section 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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Section 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW.
Section 6. The provisions of Section 8.10 and Section 8.13(B) of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Supplement.
Section 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as specified in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 9. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor, and the Designated Senior Representative have duly executed this Supplement to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW GRANTOR] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Acknowledged by: | ||
[__________], | ||
as Designated Senior Representative, | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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ANNEX III
[FORM OF] JOINDER NO. [__], dated as of [__________] [__], 20[__] (this “Joinder”), to the FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Grantors (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent for the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Senior Credit Agreement Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2025 Senior Notes Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2026 Senior Notes Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Senior Convertible Notes Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the Junior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Junior Notes Agent”), and each Additional Senior Agent and each Additional Junior Agent that from time to time becomes a party thereto.
A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
B. As a condition to the ability of the Borrower to incur Junior Debt and to secure such Junior Class Debt with a Lien pari passu with the Lien securing the existing Junior Debt and to have such Junior Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the Junior Collateral Documents, the Junior Class Debt Representative in respect of such Junior Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Junior Class Debt and the Junior Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Junior Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Junior Class Debt and such Junior Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Junior Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Joinder and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Junior Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Joinder in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Debt Documents.
Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:
Section 1. In accordance with Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Junior Class Debt and Junior Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Junior Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Junior Representative and to the Junior Class Debt Parties that it represents as Junior Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Representative”, “Junior Representative” or “Additional Junior Agent” in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder, in its capacity as [agent][trustee] under [describe new Junior Debt Facility], (ii) this Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Junior Debt Documents relating to such Junior Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Junior Class Debt Parties in respect of such Junior Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Junior Secured Parties.
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Section 3. This Joinder may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Joinder shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Joinder that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder.
Section 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. THIS JOINDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW.
Section 6. The provisions of Section 8.10 and Section 8.13(B) of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Joinder.
Section 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.
Section 9. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative, the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative have duly executed this Joinder to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], | |
as [__________] for the holders of [__________] |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Address for notices: | ||
Attention: | ||
Telecopy: |
[__________], | |
as Designated Senior Representative, |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[__________], | |
as Designated Junior Representative, |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Acknowledged by: | ||
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
THE GRANTORS | ||
LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Annex III-4
Schedule I to the
Joinder to the
First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Grantors
[__________]
Annex III-5
ANNEX IV
[FORM OF] JOINDER NO. [__], dated as of [__________] [__], 20[__] (this “Joinder”), to the FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Grantors (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent for the Senior Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Senior Credit Agreement Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2025 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2025 Senior Notes Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the 2026 Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2026 Senior Notes Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the 2026 Additional Senior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “2026 Additional Senior Notes Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the Senior Convertible Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Senior Convertible Notes Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent for the Junior Notes Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Junior Notes Agent”), and each Additional Senior Agent and each Additional Junior Agent that from time to time becomes a party thereto.
A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
B. As a condition to the ability of the Borrower to incur Senior Class Debt after the date of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Senior Class Debt with the Senior Lien and to have such Senior Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents, the Senior Class Debt Representative in respect of such Senior Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Senior Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and such Senior Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Senior Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Joinder and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Senior Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Debt Documents.
Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:
Section 1. In accordance with Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Senior Class Debt and Senior Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Senior Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Senior Representative and to the Senior Class Debt Parties that it represents as Senior Class Debt Parties. Each reference to a “Representative”, “Senior Representative” or “Additional Senior Agent” in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder, in its capacity as [agent][trustee] under [describe new Senior Debt Facility], (ii) this Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Senior Debt Documents relating to such Senior Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect of such Senior Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Senior Secured Parties.
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Section 3. This Joinder may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Joinder shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Joinder that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder.
Section 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. THIS JOINDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW.
Section 6. The provisions of Section 8.10 and Section 8.13(B) of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Joinder.
Section 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.
Section 9. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Representative.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and the Designated Senior Representative have duly executed this Joinder to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], | |
as [__________] for the holders of [__________] |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Address for notices: | ||
Attention: | ||
Telecopy: |
[__________], | |
as Designated Senior Representative, |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[__________], | |
as Designated Junior Representative, |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Acknowledged by: | ||
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
THE GRANTORS | ||
LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Annex IV-4
Schedule I to the
Joinder to the
First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Grantors
[__________]
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Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
JOINDER NO. 1 dated as of July 31, 2020 (this “Joinder”) to the FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of April 24, 2020 (the “First Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Grantors (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the Initial Additional First Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Initial Additional Agent”), and each Additional Agent from time to time party thereto.
A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
B. As a condition to the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries of the Borrower to incur Additional First Lien Obligations and to secure such Senior Class Debt with the Senior Lien and to have such Senior Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors on a senior basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Additional First Lien Documents, the Senior Class Debt Representative in respect of such Senior Class Debt is required to become a Collateral Agent under, and such Senior Class Debt and the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 5.13 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Senior Class Debt Representative may become a Collateral Agent under, and such Senior Class Debt and such Senior Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, upon the execution and delivery by the Senior Class Representative of an instrument in the form of this Joinder and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 5.13 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Each of the undersigned Senior Class Debt Representatives (each, a “New Collateral Agent” and, collectively, the “New Collateral Agents”) is executing this Joinder in accordance with the requirements of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Accordingly, the Controlling Collateral Agent and each New Collateral Agent agree as follows:
Section 1. In accordance with Section 5.13 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each New Collateral Agent by its signature below becomes a Collateral Agent and Additional Agent under, and the related Senior Class Debt and Senior Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if such New Collateral Agent had originally been named therein as a Collateral Agent, and such New Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and such Senior Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Collateral Agent and to the Senior Class Debt Parties that it represents as Additional First Lien Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Collateral Agent” or an “Additional Agent” in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Collateral Agent. The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Each New Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the Controlling Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder, in its capacity as agent, (ii) this Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Additional First Lien Documents relating to such Senior Class Debt provide that, upon each New Collateral Agent’s entry into this Agreement, the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect of such Senior Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
Section 3. This Joinder may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Joinder shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Joinder that bears the signature of each New Collateral Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
Section 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. The provisions of Section 5.08 and Section 5.09(B) of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Joinder.
Section 6. THIS JOINDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any New Collateral Agent shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.
Section 9. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Controlling Collateral Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Controlling Collateral Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Collateral Agent and the Controlling Collateral Agent have duly executed this Joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent for the holders of the 2.95% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2026 | |||
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: | Vice President | ||
Address for notices: | |||
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent | |||
60 Livingston Avenue EP-MN-WS3C | |||
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2292 | |||
Attn: Corporate Trust Department | |||
Tel: (651) 466-6308 | |||
Fax: (651) 466-7430 | |||
Email: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com |
Signature Page to Joinder No. 1 to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent for the holders of the 10.5% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026 | |||
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Name: | Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Title: | Vice President | ||
Address for notices: | |||
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent | |||
60 Livingston Avenue EP-MN-WS3C | |||
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2292 | |||
Attn: Corporate Trust Department | |||
Tel: (651) 466-6308 | |||
Fax: (651) 466-7430 | |||
Email: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com |
Signature Page to Joinder No. 1 to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
GLAS Trust Company LLC, | |||
As Collateral Agent For The Holders Of The 10.5% First Lien Senior Secured Notes Due 2026 | |||
By: | /s/ Yana Kislenko | ||
Name: | Yana Kislenko | ||
Title: | Vice President |
Address for notices: | 3 Second Street, Suite 206 | |
Jersey City, NJ 07311 | ||
Attention of: Account Administrator - AMC | ||
Fax: 212-202-6246 |
Signature Page to Joinder No. 1 to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Acknowledged by: | |||
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Controlling Collateral Agent |
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By: | /s/ Matthew S. Burke | ||
Name: | Matthew S. Burke | ||
Title: | Vice President & Managing Director |
Signature Page to Joinder No. 1 to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Acknowledged by: | |||
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.,
as a Grantor |
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By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
American Multi-Cinema, Inc., | |||
as a Grantor | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC License Services, LLC, | |||
as a Grantor | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC ITD, LLC, | |||
as a Grantor | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
AMC Card Processing Services, Inc., | |||
as a Grantor | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | President and Chief Financial Officer |
Signature Page to Joinder No. 1 to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit 10.3
Execution Version
This Eighth AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2020 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and between AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2018, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019, and that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment and as further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), with each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and each, individually, a “Lender”), the Issuing Banks (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and the other parties from time to time party thereto;
WHEREAS, substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Borrower shall
(i) issue $200.0 million of 10.5% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New First Lien Notes”),
(ii) issue $100.0 million of 10.5% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New Additional First Lien Notes”), and
(iii) issue up to $1,660.0 million of 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New Second Lien Notes” and, together with the New First Lien Notes and the New Additional First Lien Notes, the “New Notes”) pursuant to an exchange transaction;
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of the New Notes may not be materially more favorable (when take as a whole) to the investors providing the New Notes than the terms and conditions of the Existing Credit Agreement (when taken as a whole) are to the Lenders unless any relevant covenants are added for the benefit of the outstanding Loans and, by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend the Existing Credit Agreement to add any such relevant covenants without the consent of any of the Lenders; and
WHEREAS, the Existing Credit Agreement may be amended by agreement in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, mistake, error, defect or inconsistency.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments Related to New Notes. Effective as of the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date (as defined below), the Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended (the “Amendments”) as follows:
(a) Certain Defined Terms
(i) The following definitions are hereby added in the appropriate alphabetical order to Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement:
“Amendment No. 8” means the Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Amendment No. 8 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Amendment No. 8.
“European Asset Sale Prepayment Event” means any Asset Sale Prepayment Event that is a sale, transfer or other Disposition of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof).
“European Subsidiary” means AMC Theatres of UK Limited and AMC UK Holding Limited and each of their respective subsidiaries that conduct the European (including the United Kingdom, western Europe, and the Baltic and Nordic regions) theatrical exhibition operations of the Borrower as of March 31, 2020.
“Existing Subordinated Notes” means 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, the 2025 Subordinated Notes, the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes and the 2027 Senior Subordinated Notes.
“Permitted European Investment” means any retained Investment in a European Subsidiary (or any retained Investment in the assets or business operations of a European Subsidiary), which Investment results from the sale or transfer (including by way of merger, combination, asset sale or otherwise) of a portion of the ownership interests in one or more European Subsidiaries (or the assets thereof), provided that such sale or transfer of such ownership interests (or the assets thereof) was made (a) to a Person (or group of Persons) that was not at such time an Affiliate of the Borrower, (b) in compliance with Section 2.11(c) and (c) for consideration to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not in the form of Indebtedness secured by a lien pari passu on the Collateral with the Secured Obligations.
“2026 Additional First Lien Notes” means the Borrower’s First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued under the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $100,000,000.
“2026 Additional First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture to be dated as of July 31, 2020, pursuant to which the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes were issued, between the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as initial trustee and as collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“2026 First Lien Notes” means the Borrower’s 10.5% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2026 issued under the 2026 First Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount of $200,000,000.
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“2026 First Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture to be dated as of July 31, 2020, pursuant to which the 2026 First Lien Notes were issued, between the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as initial trustee and as collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“2026 Notes Covenant Discharge” means either (a) the repayment, satisfaction, defeasance or other discharge of all the obligations under the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes Indenture, 2026 First Lien Notes Indenture and 2026 Second Lien Notes Indenture or (b) an effective amendment of, other consent or waiver with respect to, or covenant defeasance pursuant to, the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes Indenture, 2026 First Lien Notes Indenture and 2026 Second Lien Notes Indenture, as a result of which the covenants limiting indebtedness, liens, investments and restricted payments are of no further force or effect.
“2026 Second Lien Notes” means the Borrower’s 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 issued under the 2026 Second Lien Notes Indenture in the original principal amount up to $1,660,000,000.
“2026 Second Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture to be dated as of July 31, 2020, pursuant to which the 2026 Second Lien Notes were issued, between the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as initial trustee and as collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
(ii) The definition of “Available Amount” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(A) amending and restating clause (a) thereof to read as follows:
(a) the greater of (i) $300,000,000 and (ii) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time (or, (x) at any time prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, $300,000,000 and (y) at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, $50,000,000) (such greater amount, the “Starter Basket”), plus
and
(B) amending clause (c) thereof to replace the words “Secured Notes Discharge” with the words “Secured Notes Covenant Discharge”.
(iii) The definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of testing availability under baskets set forth in Article VI)” after the words “25% of Consolidated EBITDA” in clause (b) thereof.
(iv) The definition of “Excluded Subsidiary” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language at the end thereof:
A Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary if, and for so long as, it Guarantees any Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Notes, the 2022 Subordinated Notes, the 2023 Senior Secured Notes, the 2024 Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes, the 2024 Subordinated Sterling Notes, the 2025 Subordinated Notes, the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes, the 2026 First Lien Notes, the 2026 Second Lien Notes, the 2026 Subordinated Dollar Notes or the 2027 Senior Subordinated Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other document, a Subsidiary that ceases to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower as a result of (A) a transfer of its Equity Interests to any Affiliate of the Borrower or (B) a non-bona fide transaction shall not be deemed to be an Excluded Subsidiary by virtue of clause (a) of this definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.
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(v) The definition of “First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020, among U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent with respect to the Senior Secured Notes, the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto and each additional agent from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(vi) The definition of “Incremental Cap” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (a) thereof to read as follows:
(a) the greater of (i) $700,000,000 and (ii) 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time (or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) if, and solely to the extent that 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time is at least $700,000,000, the difference of 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time minus $700,000,000), plus
(vii) The definition of “Investment” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to insert the following sentence at the end thereof: “If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Restricted Subsidiary issues any Equity Interests, in either case, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or other disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Equity Interests of and all other Investments in such Person retained.”
(viii) The definition of “Junior Financing” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
“Junior Financing” means any Material Indebtedness (or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000) (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations.
(ix) The definition of “Permitted Refinancing” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (d) thereof; inserting the word “and” at the end of clause (e) thereof and inserting the following clause (f):
(f) (x) so long as the Senior Notes Covenant Discharge and the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge have not occurred, if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(ii)(C), 6.01(a)(v), 6.01(a)(vii)(A), 6.01(a)(xiv), 6.01(a)(xxiii) (in respect of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (c)(y) of the definition of Incremental Cap), 6.01(a)(xxvi), 6.01(a)(xxvii) or 6.01(a)(xxviii)(A), is with respect to the Senior Secured Notes or is secured by a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(xx) or (y) so long as the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge has not occurred, is with respect to the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes or the 2026 Second Lien Notes or Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(ii)(E),
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(i) Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be secured by any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that did not secure the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended other than
(A) after-acquired property that is affixed to or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien,
(B) in the case of any property or assets financed by Indebtedness or subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness, in each case, permitted by Section 6.01, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property to secure such Indebtedness and related obligations, any such after-acquired property, and
(C) the proceeds and products thereof, accessions thereto and improvements thereon,
(ii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is secured by Liens that are consensual Liens that are secured by the Collateral, then the holders of such Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension or their authorized representative shall enter into or become party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; and
(iii) so long as the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge has not occurred, the Liens securing Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall be of the same priority level as the existing Lien securing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments – Section 2.11(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Prepayment Event (including any European Asset Sale Prepayment Event and any other Asset Sale Prepayment Event), the Borrower shall, within ten Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received (or, in the case of a Prepayment Event described in clause (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” on the date of such Prepayment Event), prepay Term Loan Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Net Proceeds; provided that, in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, in respect of the Net Proceeds thereof (or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, (i) in the case of any European Asset Sale Prepayment Event, solely in respect of the initial $150,000,000 of the Net Proceeds thereof and up to 20% of any Net Proceeds in excess thereof, and (ii) in the case of any other Asset Sale Prepayment Event, 100% of the Net Proceeds thereof), if the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries invest (or commit to invest) such Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof) within 450 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds in the business of the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries (including any acquisitions or other Investment permitted under Section 6.04), then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of such Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the applicable portion of such Net Proceeds, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so invested (or committed to be invested) by the end of such 450 day period (or if committed to be so invested within such 450 day period, have not been so invested within 630 days after receipt thereof), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so invested (or committed to be invested); provided, further, that the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase any other Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Borrowings to the extent such other Indebtedness and the Liens securing the same are permitted hereunder and the documentation governing such other Indebtedness requires such a prepayment or repurchase thereof with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such other Indebtedness and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and such other Indebtedness.
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(c) Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities
(i) Clause (a)(xiv) of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
(xiv) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (xiv) shall not exceed the greater of $400,000,000 and 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time (or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time less, in the case of Indebtedness of a European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xiv), the amount of Net Proceeds reinvested pursuant to the 2026 First Lien Notes Indenture in connection with a Disposition of a European Subsidiary); provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding in reliance on this clause (xiv) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $250,000,000 and 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time; provided, further, that,
(i) at any time prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, no Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may incur Indebtedness in reliance on this clause (xiv) and
(ii) at any time after the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge but prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, no Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than a European Subsidiary) may incur Indebtedness in reliance on this clause (xiv) and in the case of Indebtedness of any European Subsidiary incurred in reliance on this clause (xiv),
(A) the incurrence of such Indebtedness results in net cash proceeds to such European Subsidiary in an amount equal to at least 95% of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and
(B) unless such European Subsidiary is a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(ii) Clause (a)(xxv) of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “Secured Notes Discharge” with the words “Secured Notes Covenant Discharge”.
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(iii) Section 6.01(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language at the end thereof:
So long as the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge has not occurred, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to January 1, 2022, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Secured Obligations in reliance on clause (a)(xxiii) of this Section 6.01 in respect of clause (c) of the definition of Incremental Cap.
So long as the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge has not occurred, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to the Indebtedness incurred under the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof shall not be financed with the issuance of additional notes pursuant to the 2026 First Lien Notes Indenture to Silver Lake or any of its Affiliates (including through an underwritten offering).
(d) Liens – Clause (xx) of Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “; provided, further, that, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, such Liens shall rank junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations” after the words “then last ended” in the proviso to such clause.
(e) Fundamental Changes; Holdings Companies – Clause (d)(B)(1) of Section 6.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “and, any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes” immediately prior to the comma at the end of such clause.
(f) Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
(i) Clause (c)(iii)(A) of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
(A) in any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Borrower or any Guarantor after the Effective Date in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in reliance on this clause (c) (other than any Investment made in a Restricted Subsidiary to fund an acquisition not prohibited by the 2026 Additional First Lien Notes Indenture, 2026 First Lien Notes Indenture or 2026 Second Lien Notes Indenture) shall not exceed
(1) at any time after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, when taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made after the Effective Date pursuant to clause (z) below, the greater of (I) $300,000,000 and (II) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment and
(2) at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of (I) $150,000,000 and (II) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment;
provided, further, that, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the total amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (A) that are not in the form of Cash and Cash Equivalents (including loans and contributions thereof) shall not exceed $10,000,000 and Investments pursuant to this clause (A) shall only be used by such Restricted Subsidiary to finance its operations,
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(ii) Clause (n) of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA)” with “(or, (i) at any time prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA and (ii) at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $100,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA)”.
(iii) Clause (u) of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge,” before the words “additional Investments” in such clause.
(iv) Clause (y) of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $50,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA)” after the words “the greater of (A) $300,000,000 and (B) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA” in such clause.
(v) Clause (z) of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) inserting the words “(i) after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge,” before the words “Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries” in such clause and
(ii) inserting the words “and (ii) prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, Investments constituting Permitted European Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all other Permitted European Investments (whether made pursuant to this clause (z) or any clause of this Section 6.04) made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not exceed $300,000,000” immediately prior to the semicolon at the end of such clause.
(vi) The last paragraph of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge” immediately prior to the period at the end of such paragraph.
(vii) Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
(a) make an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary other than an Investment in existence on July 10, 2020 or pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of July 10, 2020 or
(b) make any non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investment in any European Subsidiary, when taken together with all other Investments in European Subsidiaries made after the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, in excess of $10,000,000.
The restriction in clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall not apply to Investments that are “deemed” Investments pursuant to the definition of Investments.
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(g) Asset Sales – Clause (o) of Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, (i) the greater of $200,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA with respect to Dispositions of property other than any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof) and (ii) $10,000,000 with respect to Dispositions of any interest in a European Subsidiary (or the assets thereof))” after the words “the greater of (A) $20,000,000 and (B) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA” in such clause.
(h) Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness
(i) Clause (a)(iii) of Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(iii) the Borrower may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower;
(ii) Clause (a)(vi) of Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $20,000,000 and 2% of Consolidated EBITDA)” after the words “the greater of $20,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA” in clause (a) thereof.
(iii) Clause (a)(viii) of Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA)” with “(or, (i) at any time prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA and (ii) at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $50,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA)”.
(iv) Clause (a)(xiv) of Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge,” before the words “additional Restricted Payments” in such clause.
(v) Clause (a)(xvi) of Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge,” before the words “the distribution, by dividend or otherwise” in such clause.
(vi) The last paragraph of Section 6.08(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge” immediately prior to the period at the end of such paragraph.
(vii) Section 6.08(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language at the end thereof:
So long as the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge has not occurred, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to January 1, 2022, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payments in reliance on clauses (viii) and (xii) of this Section 6.08(a).
(viii) Clause (b)(iv) of Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the parenthetical “(or, at any time prior to the Secured Notes Discharge, the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA)” with “(or (i) at any time after the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge but prior to the Secured Notes Covenant Discharge, the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA and (ii) at any time prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, (x) with respect to the 2026 Second Lien Notes, the greater of $150,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA and (y) with respect to any Junior Financing (including the 2026 Second Lien Notes), the greater of $75,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA)”.
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(ix) Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following clause (d) at the end thereof:
(d) Prior to the 2026 Notes Covenant Discharge, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, refinance, refund, renew, extend or otherwise modify any of the Existing Subordinated Notes (or any Indebtedness incurred as a Permitted Refinancing of (x) the Existing Subordinated Notes or (y) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a subsequent refinancing of the Existing Subordinated Notes (clauses (x) and (y) collectively, “Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness”)) or repay, purchase or redeem any of the outstanding principal or interest on any of the Existing Subordinated Notes or any Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, except in connection with an exchange of such Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, with notes issued by the Borrower that have
(i) an interest rate less than or equal to the interest rate of the 2026 Second Lien Notes,
(ii) at least the first three regular interest payments are payable by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding 2026 Second Lien Notes (provided that the third regular interest payment may include the cash payment option provided for in the 2026 Second Lien Notes),
(iii) call protection provisions that are no more favorable to the holders of such notes than the 2026 Second Lien Notes and
(iv) a maturity date no earlier than the maturity date of the 2026 Second Lien Notes
at an all-in exchange rate of less than or equal to $0.55 of such notes for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or Refinanced Existing Subordinated Indebtedness, as applicable, being exchanged. The restrictions in the prior sentence shall not apply to (i) cash purchases of the Existing Subordinated Notes at a purchase price less than or equal to $0.41 for each $1.00 of Existing Subordinated Notes or (ii) optional redemptions or repurchases at a discount of the Existing Subordinated Notes within one year of the final maturity date of the Existing Subordinated Notes to be redeemed.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents are, after giving effect to this Amendment on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date or on such earlier date, as the case may be.
(b) After giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date.
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Section 4. Conditions to Effectiveness.
(a) The Amendments shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (the “Amendment No. 8 Effective Date”):
(i) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (1) the Borrower and (2) the Administrative Agent, either (A) counterparts of this Amendment signed on behalf of such parties or (B) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or other electronic transmissions of signed signature pages) that such parties have signed counterparts of this Amendment; and
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts previously agreed in writing by the Borrower to be due and payable on or prior to the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall notify each of the Borrower and the Lenders of the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date and such notices shall be conclusive and binding.
Section 5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment to the same extent as if fully set forth herein.
Section 6. Expenses and Indemnification.
(a) Without duplication of any obligations under Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement:
(i) The Borrower hereby agrees to pay,
(A) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out of pocket expenses incurred by Citicorp North America, Inc. (“Citi”), solely in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and, if applicable, after its replacement or resignation, as the former Administrative Agent and/or former Collateral Agent, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for Citi and to the extent reasonably determined by Citi to be necessary one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent and to the extent retained with the Borrower’s consent, consultants, in connection with the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, this Amendment) or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof and thereof; and
(B) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Citi, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for Citi, solely in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and, if applicable, after its replacement or resignation, as the former Administrative Agent and/or former Collateral Agent, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, this Amendment), including its rights under this Section 6, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued under the Credit Agreement, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; provided that such counsel shall be limited to one lead counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction.
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(ii) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify Citi, solely in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and, if applicable, after its replacement or resignation, as the former Administrative Agent and/or former Collateral Agent, and each of its Related Parties (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses of one counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for all Indemnitees (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of:
(A) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document (including, without limitation, this Amendment) or any other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, this Amendment) of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein,
(B) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by or against any Indemnitee or a third party or by or against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto.
(iii) All amounts due under this Section 6 shall be payable not later than 10 Business Days after written demand therefor.
(b) It being understood and agreed that in no event shall the Borrower be required to indemnify and/or reimburse Citi or any other Indemnitee for indemnification obligations and reimbursements hereunder that have been paid in accordance with Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based record-keeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.
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Section 8. Effect of Amendment.
(a) Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Lenders or the Agents under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to this Amendment and all other Loan Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date. Nothing herein shall be deemed to establish a precedent for purposes of interpreting the provisions of the Credit Agreement or entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply to and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents specifically referred to herein.
(b) On and after the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement, “thereunder”, “thereof”, “therein” or words of like import in any other Loan Document, shall be deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | |||
By: | /s/ Sean D. Goodman | ||
Name: | Sean D. Goodman | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Signature Page to Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement
Citicorp North America, Inc., | |||
as Administrative Agent | |||
By: | /s/ Matthew S. Burke | ||
Name: | Matthew S. Burke | ||
Title: | Vice President & Managing Director |
Signature Page to Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement
Exhibit 99.1
INVESTOR RELATIONS: | |
John Merriwether, 866-248-3872 | |
InvestorRelations@amctheatres.com | |
MEDIA CONTACTS: | |
Ryan Noonan, (913) 213-2183 | |
rnoonan@amctheatres.com |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Announces
Expiration and Final
Results of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations
LEAWOOD, KANSAS - (July 27, 2020) -- AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (“AMC”) announced today the expiration and final results for its previously announced offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of its outstanding senior subordinated notes listed in the table below (the “Existing Subordinated Notes”) for newly issued 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New Second Lien Notes”) and related solicitation of consents (the “Consent Solicitations”) from eligible holders of the Existing Subordinated Notes to certain proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to the indentures governing the Existing Subordinated Notes.
The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2020 (such time and date, the “Expiration Time”). As of the Expiration Time, based on information provided by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the information and exchange agent for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, the following amounts of Existing Subordinated Notes were validly tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offers:
Series of Existing Subordinated Notes |
Total Aggregate Principal Amount Validly
Tendered |
Percentage of
Outstanding Existing Subordinated Notes Validly Tendered |
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6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 | £ | 495,820,000 | 99.16 | % | ||||
5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 | $ | 501,683,000 | 83.61 | % | ||||
5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 | $ | 539,395,000 | 90.65 | % | ||||
6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 | $ | 344,283,000 | 72.48 | % |
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Amended Confidential Offering Memorandum, dated as of July 10, 2020 (the “Offering Memorandum”) and the Backstop Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2020 (the “Backstop Agreement”), between AMC and certain holders of the Existing Subordinated Notes (the “Backstop Parties”), the settlement date of the Exchange Offer is expected to be July 31, 2020 (the “Settlement Date”). On the Settlement Date, approximately $1.46 billion of New Second Lien Notes are expected to be issued.
Pursuant to the subscription rights and oversubscription rights granted to each eligible holder of Existing Subordinated Notes as described in the Offering Memorandum, as of the Expiration Time, eligible holders had oversubscribed for AMC’s $200 million aggregate principal amount of 10.5% First Lien Secured Notes (the “New First Lien Notes”) offered pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and, as a result, the backstop will not be utilized. In addition, pursuant to the previously announced Commitment Letter, dated as of July 10, 2020 (the “Commitment Letter”), between AMC, Silver Lake Alpine, L.P. and Silver Lake Alpine (Offshore Master), L.P. (together with Silver Lake Alpine, L.P., the “Silver Lake Funds”), AMC will also issue $100 million of additional first lien notes with identical terms to the New First Lien Notes (the “Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes”) to the Silver Lake Funds. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum, the Backstop Agreement and the Commitment Letter, the New First Lien Notes and the Additional Silver Lake First Lien Notes are expected to be issued on the Settlement Date.
As of the Expiration Time, AMC also received the requisite consents sufficient to approve the Proposed Amendments to the indentures governing the Existing Subordinated Notes, and AMC and the trustee for the Existing Subordinated Notes will promptly execute supplemental indentures that give effect to the Proposed Amendments. Such amendments to the indentures governing the Existing Subordinated Notes will become operative upon the consummation of the Exchange Offers.
Important Information about the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations
This press release is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Second Lien Notes, the New First Lien Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The New Second Lien Notes and the New First Lien Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, any state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. The Exchange Offers, and the offering of the New Second Lien Notes and New First Lien Notes, are being made only (1) to persons reasonably believed to be (A) “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (B) institutions where permitted in certain jurisdictions that can provide certifications and other documentation satisfactory to AMC that they are “accredited investors” as defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act, in each case in a private transaction in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof, and (2) outside the United States, to persons other than “U.S. persons” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act in offshore transactions in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made only pursuant to the Offering Memorandum. The Offering Memorandum and other documents relating to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will be distributed only to eligible holders. The Exchange Offers are not being made to holders of Existing Subordinated Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The New Second Lien Notes and the New First Lien Notes have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offering Memorandum. None of AMC, the dealer manager, the solicitation agent, the exchange agent, the information agent or any trustee (or its agents) of the Existing Subordinated Notes, the New Second Lien Notes or the New First Lien Notes makes any recommendation as to whether holders of the Existing Subordinated Notes should participate in the Exchange Offers or consent to the Proposed Amendments.
This press release, the Offering Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations may only be communicated to persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances where Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA") does not apply. Accordingly, this press release and the Offering Memorandum are only for circulation to (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom the communication may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iv) persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the communication may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to for purposes of this paragraph as "relevant persons"). The New Second Lien Notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such New Second Lien Notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the Offering Memorandum or any of its contents and may not participate in the Exchange Offers.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In many cases, these forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “goals,” “objectives,” “targets,” “predicts,” “plans,” “seeks,” and variations of these words and similar expressions. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. These forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements related to the expected timing of and future actions with respect to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, the completion of the transactions contemplated thereby and statements related to AMC’s current expectations regarding the performance of its business, financial results, liquidity and capital resources, and the impact to its business and financial condition of, and measures being taken in response to, the COVID-19 virus, and are based on information available at the time the statements are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks, trends, uncertainties and other facts that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks, trends, uncertainties and facts include, but are not limited to, risks related to: the impact of the COVID-19 virus on AMC, the motion picture exhibition industry, and the economy in general, including AMC’s response to the COVID-19 virus related to suspension of operations at theatres, personnel reductions and other cost-cutting measures and measures to maintain necessary liquidity and increases in expenses relating to precautionary measures at AMC’s facilities to protect the health and well-being of AMC’s customers and employees; the general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of AMC’s Class A common stock; motion picture production and performance; AMC’s lack of control over distributors of films; increased use of alternative film delivery methods or other forms of entertainment; general and international economic, political, regulatory and other risks, including risks related to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union or widespread health emergencies, or other pandemics or epidemics; risks and uncertainties relating to AMC’s significant indebtedness, including AMC’s borrowing capacity under its revolving credit agreement; AMC’s ability to execute cost cutting and revenue enhancement initiatives as previously disclosed and in connection with response to COVID-19; limitations on the availability of capital; AMC’s ability to refinance its indebtedness on favorable terms; availability of financing upon favorable terms or at all; risks relating to impairment losses, including with respect to goodwill and other intangibles, and theatre and other closure charges; and other factors discussed in the reports AMC has filed with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks, trends, uncertainties or facts materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. For a detailed discussion of risks, trends and uncertainties facing AMC, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Offering Memorandum, the section entitled “Risk Factors” in AMC’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020, each as filed with the SEC, and the risks, trends and uncertainties identified in its other public filings. AMC does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update any information contained herein to reflect future events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.
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