UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2013 (April 24, 2013)

 

 

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-4717   44-0663509

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

427 West 12th Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

(816) 983-1303

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Purchase Agreements

On April 24, 2013, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (“KCSR”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kansas City Southern (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “KCSR Purchase Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“JPM”), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement (the “KCSR Initial Purchasers”), to issue and sell to the KCSR Initial Purchasers, $450 million in aggregate principal amount of new 4.30% senior notes due 2043 (the “KCSR Notes”) in a private placement transaction pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Under the KCSR Purchase Agreement, the KCSR Notes are expected to be resold by the KCSR Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act or to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. The KCSR Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally on an unsecured senior basis by the Company, and each of the Company’s current and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantees KCSR’s credit facility or certain other debt of KCSR or a guarantor.

Also on April 24, 2013, Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a purchase agreement (the “KCSM Purchase Agreement”) with JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement (the “KCSM Initial Purchasers”), to issue and sell to the KCSM Initial Purchasers, $275 million in aggregate principal amount of new 2.35% senior notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”) and $450 million in aggregate principal amount of new 3.0% senior notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes” and together with the 2020 Notes, the “KCSM Notes”) in a private placement transaction pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Under the KCSM Purchase Agreement, the KCSM Notes are expected to be resold by the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act or to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

The above descriptions of the KCSR Purchase Agreement and the KCSM Purchase Agreement are qualified in their entirety by the full text of each agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.

Indenture

On April 29, 2013, KCSR and the guarantors listed on the signature page thereto (the “Guarantors”) entered into an indenture (the “Indenture”) with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and paying agent, pursuant to which KCSR issued the KCSR Notes. See the discussion below under Item 2.03 for a description of the material terms and conditions of the Indenture.


Registration Rights Agreement

On April 29, 2013, KCSR and the Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement with JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which KCSR and the guarantors named on the signature page thereto agreed, for the benefit of the holders of the KCSR Notes, at the cost of KCSR, to use their reasonable best efforts to:

 

   

File a registration statement with respect to a registered offer to exchange the KCSR Notes for new exchange notes having terms identical in all material respects to the KCSR Notes (except that the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions); and

 

   

Use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete the registered exchange offer within 365 days after the April 29, 2013 closing date of the offering of the KCSR Notes.

Promptly after the exchange registration statement has been declared effective, KCSR will commence the registered exchange offer.

The above description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of that agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The KCSR Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of KCSR and will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured senior basis, by each of the Company’s current and future domestic subsidiaries that from time to time guarantee KCSR’s credit agreement or any other debt of KCSR or a Guarantor.

The KCSR Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.30% per annum. Interest is payable semiannually in cash on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning November 15, 2013, to persons who are the registered holders of the KCSR Notes at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1, respectively.

The Indenture limits the ability of KCSR, the Company or any of the Company’s significant subsidiaries that is a guarantor to incur liens. In the event of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Indenture), KCSR will be required to make an offer to each holder of KCSR Notes to repurchase all or any part of that holder’s KCSR Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the KCSR Notes repurchased plus accrued interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

In addition, under the Indenture, the KCSR Notes may be declared immediately due and payable by the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the KCSR Notes then outstanding if any of certain events of default occur and are continuing under the Indenture. Subject to certain qualifications and applicable grace periods as set forth in the Indenture, the events of default include the following:

 

   

KCSR fails to pay the principal or any premium on a KCSR Note on its due date;

 

   

KCSR fails to pay interest on any KCSR Note within 30 days of its due date;

 

   

KCSR defaults in the performance of or breach of any covenant of the Indenture and such default continues for a period of 90 days after written notice by the trustee or the holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the KCSR Notes; or

 

   

certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the indenture with respect to KCSR or any guarantor.


The KCSR Notes will mature on May 15, 2043. KCSR, at its option, may redeem the KCSR Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior to November 15, 2042, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the KCSR Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the KCSR Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis as set forth in the Indenture. On or after November 15, 2042, the KCSR Notes may be redeemed, at KCSR’s option, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of KCSR Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to but excluding the redemption date.

The above description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1

Item 8.01 Other Events

On April 24, 2013, the Company issued press releases announcing the pricing by KCSR of the KCSR Notes and the pricing by KCSM of the KCSM Notes. A copy of each press release is attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2. KCSM expects to close the sale of the KCSM Notes on May 3, 2013.

This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy the KCSR Notes or the KCSM Notes. Neither the KCSR Notes nor the KCSM Notes have been registered under the Securities Act and the foregoing may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or the availability of an applicable exemption from registration

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated April 29, 2013, among KCSR, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and paying agent
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 29, 2013, among KCSR, the Guarantors and JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated April 24, 2013, among KCSR, the Guarantors, JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
10.2    Purchase Agreement, dated April 24, 2013, among KCSM, JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley
99.1    Press Release, dated April 24, 2013, announcing pricing of the KCSR Notes.
99.2    Press Release, dated April 24, 2013, announcing pricing of the KCSM Notes


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN

By: /s/ Michael W. Cline

Name: Michael W. Cline
Title: Vice President Finance & Treasurer

Date: April 29, 2013


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated April 29, 2013, among KCSR, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and paying agent
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 29, 2013, among KCSR, the Guarantors and JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated April 24, 2013, among KCSR, the Guarantors, JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
10.2    Purchase Agreement, dated April 24, 2013, among KCSM, JPM, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley
99.1    Press Release, dated April 24, 2013, announcing pricing of the KCSR Notes.
99.2    Press Release, dated April 24, 2013, announcing pricing of the KCSM Notes

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company,

as Issuer,

each of the Guarantors party hereto

and

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Trustee, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Registrar

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of April 29, 2013

 

 

4.30% Senior Notes due 2043

 

 

 


CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Sections

  

Indenture Sections

§ 310(a)(1)

   7.10

         (a)(2)

   7.10

         (b)

   7.03; 7.08

§ 311

   7.03

§ 313(a)

   7.06

         (c)

   7.05; 7.06

§ 314(a)

   4.07; 12.02

         (a)(4)

   1.01 “Officer’s Certificate”

         (c)(1)

   12.03

         (c)(2)

   12.03

         (e)

  

1.01 “Officer’s Certificate,”

        “Opinion of Counsel”

§ 315(a)-(d)

   7.02

§ 316(a)

   6.06

         (b)

   6.07

§ 317(a)(1)

   6.08

         (a)(2)

   6.09

§ 318(a)

   12.01

         (c)

   12.01

 

Note: The Cross-Reference Table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  
ARTICLE ONE   

DEFINITIONS, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND RULES OF

CONSTRUCTION

  

  

SECTION 1.01 Definitions

     1   

SECTION 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     9   

SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction

     9   
ARTICLE TWO   
THE NOTES   

SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating

     10   

SECTION 2.02 Restrictive Legends

     11   

SECTION 2.03 Execution, Authentication and Denominations

     13   

SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent

     14   

SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

     14   

SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange

     15   

SECTION 2.07 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

     16   

SECTION 2.08 Special Transfer Provisions

     17   

SECTION 2.09 Replacement Notes

     20   

SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Notes

     20   

SECTION 2.11 Temporary Notes

     21   

SECTION 2.12 Cancellation

     21   

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers

     21   

SECTION 2.14 Defaulted Interest

     21   

SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes

     21   
ARTICLE THREE   
REDEMPTION   

SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption

     22   

SECTION 3.02 Notices to Trustee

     22   

SECTION 3.03 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

     22   

SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption

     23   

SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption

     23   

SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price

     24   

SECTION 3.07 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption

     24   

SECTION 3.08 Notes Redeemed in Part

     24   
ARTICLE FOUR   
COVENANTS   

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes

     24   

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency

     25   

 

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SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Liens

     25   

SECTION 4.04 Change of Control Repurchase Event

     25   

SECTION 4.05 Additional Guarantors

     27   

SECTION 4.06 Notice of Defaults

     27   

SECTION 4.07 Reports

     27   

SECTION 4.08 Statement as to Compliance

     27   
ARTICLE FIVE   
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION   

SECTION 5.01 When Issuer May Merge, Etc.

     28   

SECTION 5.02 Successor Substituted

     28   
ARTICLE SIX   
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES   

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default

     29   

SECTION 6.02 Acceleration

     30   

SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies

     30   

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults

     30   

SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority

     30   

SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits

     30   

SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

     31   

SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee

     31   

SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     31   

SECTION 6.10 Priorities

     32   

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs

     32   

SECTION 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     32   

SECTION 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     32   

SECTION 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     33   
ARTICLE SEVEN   
TRUSTEE   

SECTION 7.01 General

     33   

SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee

     33   

SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee

     34   

SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer

     35   

SECTION 7.05 Notice of Default

     35   

SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders

     35   

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity

     35   

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee

     36   

SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

     37   

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility

     37   

SECTION 7.11 Money Held in Trust

     37   

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT   
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE   

SECTION 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     37   

SECTION 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge

     37   

SECTION 8.03 Covenant Defeasance

     38   

SECTION 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

     39   

SECTION 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

     40   

SECTION 8.06 Repayment to Issuer

     40   

SECTION 8.07 Reinstatement

     41   
ARTICLE NINE   
NOTE GUARANTEES   

SECTION 9.01 Guarantee

     41   

SECTION 9.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability

     43   

SECTION 9.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee

     43   

SECTION 9.04 Releases

     44   

ARTICLE TEN

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

  

SECTION 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge

     44   

SECTION 10.02 Application of Trust Money

     45   
ARTICLE ELEVEN   
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS   

SECTION 11.01 Without Consent of Holders

     46   

SECTION 11.02 With Consent of Holders

     46   

SECTION 11.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent

     47   

SECTION 11.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     48   

SECTION 11.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

     48   

SECTION 11.06 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

     48   
ARTICLE TWELVE   
MISCELLANEOUS   

SECTION 12.01 Trust Indenture Act of 1939

     48   

SECTION 12.02 Notices

     49   

SECTION 12.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     50   

SECTION 12.04 Statements Required in a Certificate or an Opinion

     50   

SECTION 12.05 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar

     50   

SECTION 12.06 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day

     50   

SECTION 12.07 Governing Law

     50   

SECTION 12.08 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     51   

 

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SECTION 12.09 No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees

     51   

SECTION 12.11 Successors

     51   

SECTION 12.12 Counterpart Originals

     51   

SECTION 12.13 Separability

     51   

SECTION 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     51   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of April 29, 2013, among The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Missouri corporation, as issuer (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), transfer agent (in such capacity, the “ Transfer Agent ”), principal paying agent (in such capacity, the “ Paying Agent ”) and registrar (in such capacity, the “ Registrar ”).

This Indenture will be subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the TIA (as defined herein) that are required to be a part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA.

The Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 4.30% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ Notes ”):

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND RULES OF

CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1.01 Definitions .

Additional Notes ” are additional notes issued by the Issuer having the same terms as the Notes, except for the public offering price and the issue date and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date.

Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar.

Agent Members ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.07(a) hereof.

Authentication Order ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03 hereof.

Below Investment Grade Ratings Event ” means, on any day within the 60-day period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice by the Issuer or Parent of the occurrence of a Change of Control or Parent’s intention to effect a Change of Control, that the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by two of the three Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event for purposes of


the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Issuer’s or Parent’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the ratings event).

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Issuer or the executive committee thereof, if duly authorized to act with respect to this Indenture.

Business Day ” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in New York, New York and on which banking institutions and trust companies are open for business in New York, New York.

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in the equity of such Person, whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.

Certificated Notes ” means Notes transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs to be issued and registered in certificated form without interest coupons.

Change of Control ” means the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than Parent and its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the total Voting Stock of Parent or other Voting Stock into which Parent’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed measured by voting power rather than number of shares.

Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event.

Closing Date ” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the date of redemption) (“ Remaining Life ”) of the Notes to be redeemed 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 comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

 

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Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.

Consolidated Net Assets ” means total assets after deducting therefrom all current liabilities as set forth on the most recent publicly filed balance sheet of Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries and computed in accordance with GAAP.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum Street, Hartford Connecticut 06103 - 1919.

Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03 hereof.

Credit Agreement ” means the second amended and restated credit agreement dated as of November 21, 2012, among the Issuer, Parent, the guarantors, lenders thereunder and the other parties thereto.

Debt ” means indebtedness for money borrowed or indebtedness evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness, including the Credit Agreement or any refinancing thereof.

Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Issuer) that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01 hereof.

Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Guarantees ” means guarantees of the Guarantors containing terms identical in all material respects to the Note Guarantees (except that such Exchange Guarantees (i) shall be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) will not contain transfer restrictions) that are issued and exchanged for such Note Guarantees pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.

Exchange Notes ” means any securities of the Issuer containing terms identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that such Exchange Notes (i) shall be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) will not contain transfer restrictions) that are issued and exchanged for such Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.

 

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Exchange Offer ” means the exchange offer by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for the Notes and the Note Guarantees.

Exchange Securities ” means Exchange Guarantees together with Exchange Notes.

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Closing Date, including those set forth in:

(1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

(2) the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

(3) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;

(4) such other statements by such other entities as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession; and

(5) the rules and regulations of the Commission governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the Commission.

All calculations and determinations based on GAAP contained in the Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by, or participation in pools consisting solely of (or repurchase transactions relating to) obligations of or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantors ” means Parent and the subsidiaries of Parent that execute a Note Guarantee, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

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Holder ” means the registered holder of any Note on the Note Register.

Indenture ” means this Indenture as originally executed or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Issuer.

Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

Interest Payment Date ” means each semiannual interest payment date on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2013.

Investment Grade ” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P), a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch) and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.

Issuer ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to Article Five of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

KCSM ” means Kansas City Southern de México, S. A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of the United Mexican States.

Legal Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02 hereof.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Note Guarantee ” means each guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Notes issued by a Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Note Guarantees” shall include any Exchange Guarantees to be issued and exchanged for any Note Guarantees pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.

Note Register ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

Notes ” has the meaning specified in the Recitals. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture and, for purposes of this Indenture, all Notes and related Exchange Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.

 

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Offering Memorandum ” means the Issuer’s offering memorandum dated April 24, 2013, relating to the initial offering of the Notes and the Note Guarantees.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or Parent or any Person listed as an attorney-in-fact in the written resolutions adopted by the shareholders of the Issuer. “Officer” of a Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any Officer.

Offshore Global Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 hereof.

Offshore Physical Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 hereof.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or Parent. Each such Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).

Parent ” means Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means such successor.

Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that, for the purposes of Article Eight, the Paying Agent shall not be the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer or an Affiliate of any of them. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional Paying Agent.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Physical Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

principal ” of a debt security, including the Notes, means the principal amount due on the Stated Maturity as shown on such debt security.

Private Placement Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

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

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Issuer’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.

 

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Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which such Note is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (or their respective Affiliates that are primary Government Securities dealers) and their respective successors; provided , however , that if any Reference Treasury Dealer is not at the applicable time a primary Government Securities dealer (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer selected by it.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Registrar ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers.

Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement as defined and described in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having 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 or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

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

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

 

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S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any date of determination, any of Parent’s Subsidiaries that, together with its Subsidiaries, (i) for its most recent fiscal year, accounted for more than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of Parent and its Subsidiaries or (ii) as of the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 10.0% of the consolidated assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, in each case as set forth on Parent’s most recently available consolidated financial statements for such fiscal year.

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

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50.0% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

TIA ” or “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbb), as in effect on the date this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 9.06 hereof.

Treasury Rate ” means, on any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the 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 annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the related Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for that Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.

 

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United States Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.

U.S. Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

U.S. Person ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.

U.S. Physical Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

SECTION 1.02 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:

 

  (1) indenture securities ” means the Notes;

 

  (2) indenture security holder ” means a Holder;

 

  (3) indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;

 

  (4) indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and

 

  (5) obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the Notes.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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

 

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

 

  (3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

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

 

  (5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

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

 

  (7) references to the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time;

 

  (8) the terms “includes,” “including” or similar words shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”;

 

  (9) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”;

 

  (10) “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; and

 

  (11) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have letters, notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange agreements to which the Issuer is subject or usage. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. The Issuer shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes attached hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture. Each of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by its execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agrees to the terms and provisions of the Notes applicable to it and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form attached hereto in Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Global Notes ”), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

 

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Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Notes in registered form substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Offshore Global Notes ”), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Offshore Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as herein provided.

Notes that are transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors which are not QIBs (other than in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S) shall be issued in the form of permanent Certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Physical Notes ”). Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof in exchange for interests in the U.S. Global Notes shall be in the form of U.S. Physical Notes. Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof in exchange for interests in Offshore Global Notes shall be in the form of permanent Certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ Offshore Physical Notes ”).

The Offshore Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “ Physical Notes .” The U.S. Global Notes and the Offshore Global Notes are sometimes referred to as the “ Global Notes .”

Definitive Notes shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by its execution of such Notes.

SECTION 2.02 Restrictive Legends . (a) Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (i) the U.S. Global Notes and each U.S. Physical Note shall bear the legend set forth below on the face thereof and (ii) each Offshore Global Note and each Offshore Physical Note shall bear the legend set forth below on the face thereof until at least the expiration of the Restricted Period and receipt by the Issuer and the Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto:

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER

(1) REPRESENTS THAT:

(A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT,

 

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(B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”), OR

(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY

(A) TO PARENT, THE ISSUER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (A)(1), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHED TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE NOTES,

(E) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(F) ABOVE, THE ISSUER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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(b) Each Global Note, whether or not an Exchange Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE.

SECTION 2.03 Execution, Authentication and Denominations . An Officer shall execute the Notes for the Issuer by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Issuer.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee or authenticating agent authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent 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 will, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer of the Issuer (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and deliver for original issue Notes that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including Exchange Notes that may be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any Additional Notes at any time from time to time thereafter as provided for in this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.06, 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11 hereof.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may

 

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do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

The Notes (including any Exchange Notes) shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served, which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York and any other jurisdiction where the Issuer deems necessary or appropriate. The Issuer shall cause the Registrar acting as agent of the Issuer to keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “ Note Register ”). The Issuer may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents.

The Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and any change in the address of such Agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands, the Trustee shall act as such Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands for so long as such failure shall continue. The Issuer may remove any Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar, or agent for service of notices and demands; provided , however , that neither the Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them shall act as Paying Agent in connection with the defeasance of the Notes or the discharge of this Indenture under Article Eight hereof.

The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notices and demands. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee on or before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request, the names and addresses of the Holders as they appear in the Note Register.

SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Notes, the Issuer shall deposit with each Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and interest so becoming due. The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent, if any, other than a Paying Agent that is a party to this Indenture to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the

 

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Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes), and that such Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If the Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act as required by this Section 2.05.

SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange . The Notes are issuable only in registered form. A Holder may transfer a Note by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the Note Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Guarantors shall treat the person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations (including an exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes), the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met; provided that no exchanges of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur until a Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission and that any Notes that are exchanged for Exchange Notes shall be cancelled by the Trustee. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges in accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions hereof, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable upon transfers, exchanges or redemptions pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.08, 4.04 or 11.04).

The Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.03 hereof

 

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and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

SECTION 2.07 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . (a) The U.S. Global Notes and Offshore Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under any Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Note.

(b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.08 hereof. In addition, U.S. Physical Notes and Offshore Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Notes or the Offshore Global Notes, respectively, if (i) the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the U.S. Global Notes or the Offshore Global Notes, as the case may be, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request to the foregoing effect from the Depositary.

(c) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the other Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.

(d) In connection with any transfer pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 of a portion of the beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Notes to beneficial owners who are required to hold U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

 

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(e) In connection with the transfer of the entire U.S. Global Notes or Offshore Global Notes to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07, the U.S. Global Notes or Offshore Global Notes, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes or Offshore Global Notes, as the case may be, an equal aggregate principal amount of U.S. Physical Notes or Offshore Physical Notes, as the case may be, of authorized denominations.

(f) Any U.S. Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the U.S. Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b) or (d) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (d)(i)(x) and paragraph (e) of Section 2.08 hereof, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the U.S. Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

(g) Any Offshore Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Offshore Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (e) of Section 2.08 hereof, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Offshore Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

(h) 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 which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(i) QIBs that are beneficial owners of interests in a Global Note may receive Physical Notes (which shall bear the Private Placement Legend if required by Section 2.02 hereof) in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary; in connection with the execution, authentication and delivery of such Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records a decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note equal to the principal amount of such Physical Notes and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes having an equal aggregate principal amount.

SECTION 2.08 Special Transfer Provisions . Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Transfers to QIBs . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to a QIB (excluding transfers outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S):

(i) If the Note to be transferred consists of (x) U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and the

 

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Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the 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 QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as it 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 its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A or (y) an interest in the U.S. Global Notes, the transfer of such interest may be effected only through the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.

(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists of U.S. Physical Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of the documents referred to in clause (a)(i) of this Section 2.08 and instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note so transferred.

(b) Transfers of Interests in the Offshore Global Notes or Offshore Physical Notes . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of interests in the Offshore Global Notes or Offshore Physical Notes:

(i) Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless such transfer complies with Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(c) hereof, as the case may be; and

(ii) After the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any such Note without any requirement to comply with Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(c) hereof or for any additional certification.

(c) Transfers Outside the United States in Compliance with Regulation S at Any Time . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to a Holder outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S:

(i) The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Note outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S only upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto from the proposed transferor.

(ii) (A) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents required by clause (c)(i) of this Section 2.08 and (y) instructions in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and (B) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the

 

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Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Offshore Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes or the U.S. Global Notes, as the case may be, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note, if any, so transferred or decrease the amount of the U.S. Global Notes.

(d) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding transfers outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S):

(i) The Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the time period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act as in effect with respect to such transfer and such request is accompanied by a certificate of the transferor to such effect, or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and (B) if the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being transferred is less than $250,000 at the time of such transfer, an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Issuer that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by clause (d)(i) of this Section 2.08 and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

(e) Private Placement Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless either (i) the circumstances contemplated by clause (d)(i)(x) of this Section 2.08 exist or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect that neither such Private Placement Legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

(f) General . By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. The Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture. In connection with any transfer of Notes to a Person that is not a QIB, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish the Registrar or the Issuer such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such

 

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transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Registrar shall not be required to determine, but may rely on a determination made by the Issuer with respect to, the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof or this Section 2.08. The Issuer 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.

SECTION 2.09 Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided that the requirements of the second paragraph of Section 2.10 hereof are met. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be furnished that is sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge such Holder for its expenses and the expenses of the Trustee in replacing a Note. In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Issuer receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer) holds on the maturity date money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or one of its Affiliates holds such Note; provided , however , that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Issuer or any Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor of the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

 

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SECTION 2.11 Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.12 Cancellation . The Issuer at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Issuer has not issued and sold. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of them in accordance with its normal procedure. The Issuer shall not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers . The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice shall 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 redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers for the Notes.

SECTION 2.14 Defaulted Interest . If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay, or shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) interest on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. A special record date, as used in this Section 2.14 with respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by the Issuer for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes . The Issuer may issue Additional Notes under this Indenture. Each of the Notes issued on the Closing Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall each be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, unless otherwise provided in this Indenture; provided , however , that any Additional Notes that are not fungible with existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have a separate CUSIP, ISIN and other identifying number from the existing Notes.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption . (a) Prior to November 15, 2042, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at then-current Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date.

(b) On or after November 15, 2042, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date.

(c) Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer may redeem Notes which are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.

SECTION 3.02 Notices to Trustee . If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date.

The Issuer shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.02 in an Officer’s Certificate at least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).

SECTION 3.03 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of $2,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to integral multiples of $1,000) of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000 in principal amount; provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note shall be a minimum of $2,000 in principal amount. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Registrar promptly in writing of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for redemption.

 

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SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption . (a) Notices of redemption shall be mailed to Holders of the Notes to be redeemed by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of Notes pursuant to Article Eight hereof or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article Ten hereof and redemption notices may be mailed not less than three days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued with respect to Notes to be redeemed as set forth under clause (c) of Section 3.01 hereof. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

(b) The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

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

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent in order to collect the Redemption Price;

(v) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the Holders is to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date upon surrender of the Notes to the Paying Agent;

(vi) that, if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount (equal to integral multiples of $1,000) of such Note to be redeemed and that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be reissued; and

(vii) that, if any Note contains a CUSIP or ISIN number as provided in Section 2.13 hereof, no representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or ISIN number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.

(c) At the Issuer’s request (which request may be revoked by the Issuer at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the Trustee at least 60 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. If, however, the Issuer gives such notice to the Holders, the Issuer shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such notice has been given.

SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender of any Notes to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

 

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SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price . Prior to 12:00 p.m. New York City time on any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.05 hereof) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 3.07 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption . If notice of redemption has been given in the manner provided above, the Notes or portion of Notes specified in such notice to be redeemed shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price stated therein, together with accrued interest to such Redemption Date, and on and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price and accrued interest to the Redemption Date, in which case the principal, until paid, shall bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Notes), such Notes shall cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any Note for redemption in accordance with a notice of redemption, such Note shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price; provided that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

SECTION 3.08 Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of any Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of such surrendered Note.

ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes . The Issuer shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (if the Paying Agent is a Person other than the Issuer, a Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them) holds at 12:00 p.m. New York City time on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment. If the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, an installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the due date if the entity acting as Paying Agent complies with the last sentence of Section 2.05 hereof. As provided in Section 6.09 hereof, upon any bankruptcy or reorganization procedure related to the Issuer, a Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them, the Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent in New York for the Notes.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.

 

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SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Issuer will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer 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 Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 12.02.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Issuer 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 Issuer hereby initially designates the office of the Trustee at c/o U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., 100 Wall Street, New York, New York, 10005 as such office of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.

SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Liens . If the Issuer, Parent or any of Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor create or permit any lien of any kind upon any stock or indebtedness, whether owned on the issue date or thereafter acquired, of the Issuer or any of Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor to secure any Debt (other than the Notes) of the Issuer, Parent, any of Parent’s Subsidiaries (other than the Issuer) or any other person, the Issuer will cause the outstanding Notes to be secured equally and ratably with that Debt, unless the aggregate principal amount of all such secured Debt then outstanding would not exceed 10.0% of Parent’s Consolidated Net Assets. This Section 4.03 does not (i) restrict any other property of Parent or its Subsidiaries or (ii) prohibit the sale by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary, including any Significant Subsidiary.

SECTION 4.04 Change of Control Repurchase Event . (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a Repurchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following a Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to a Change of Control, but after the public announcement of such Change of Control, the Issuer shall mail to each Holder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice:

(i) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event;

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(iii) setting forth the payment date for the repurchase of the Notes, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed;

(iv) if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, stating that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice;

(v) stating that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(vi) stating that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the repurchase price, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the repurchase offer will cease to accrue interest after the payment date specified in the notice; and

(vii) specifying the procedure for tendering Notes.

(b) The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.04, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

(c) On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Issuer’s offer;

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

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Issuer.

(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) The Issuer will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Issuer set forth in this Indenture and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) a notice of redemption for all outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof.

 

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SECTION 4.05 Additional Guarantors . Parent shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary that guarantees the Credit Agreement or any other Debt of the Issuer, Parent or any of Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor to become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 30 days of becoming a Guarantor of such Debt; provided that, for avoidance of doubt, none of KCSM or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to become a Guarantor.

SECTION 4.06 Notice of Defaults . In the event that Parent or the Issuer become aware of any Default or Event of Default, Parent or the Issuer, respectively, promptly after it becomes aware thereof, will give written notice thereof to the Trustee.

SECTION 4.07 Reports . (a) Whether or not Parent is required to file reports with the Commission, Parent shall file with the Commission all such reports and other information when and as Parent would be required to file with the Commission by Sections 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act if Parent were subject thereto, unless the Commission does not permit such filings, in which case Parent shall provide such reports and other information to the Trustee (within the same time periods that would be applicable if Parent were required and permitted to file reports with the Commission) and instruct the Trustee to mail such reports and other information to Holders at their addresses set forth on the Note Register. Parent shall supply the Trustee and each Holder or shall supply to the Trustee for forwarding to each such Holder, without cost to such Holder, copies of such reports and other information. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and each Holder shall be deemed to have been supplied the foregoing reports and other information at the time the Trustee or such Holder may electronically access such reports and other information by means of the Commission’s homepage on the internet or at Parent’s homepage on the internet.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, Parent will furnish to the Holders of Notes, beneficial owners of the Notes, bona fide prospective investors, securities analysts and market makers, upon their request, the reports described in clause (a) of this Section 4.07 and any other information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(c) Delivery of the reports and other information described in clause (a) of this Section 4.07 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports or other information shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

SECTION 4.08 Statement as to Compliance . Parent shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent a written statement signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer the president, any vice president, the treasurer or the secretary of Parent, which need not constitute an Officer’s Certificate, stating that a review has been conducted of Parent’s activities and those

 

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of its Significant Subsidiaries and of Parent’s and its Significant Subsidiaries’ performance under this Indenture and that, to the best of such person’s knowledge, Parent and the Issuer have fulfilled all obligations hereunder (or, if there has been a Default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof).

ARTICLE FIVE

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01 When Issuer May Merge, Etc. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor will consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Issuer or such Guarantor unless:

 

  (i) the Issuer or such Guarantor shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Issuer or such Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor is merged or that acquired or leased such property and its assets shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or in the case of a Guarantor, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Guarantor was organized) and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Issuer or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Note Guarantee, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable; provided that this clause (i) shall not apply with respect to a Guarantor whose Note Guarantee is released as described in Section 9.04 hereof;

 

  (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

  (iii) Parent delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other deposition and such supplemental indenture complies with this Section 5.01.

SECTION 5.02 Successor Substituted . Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or any Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or such Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer or such Guarantor herein.

 

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ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default . Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ”:

(a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;

(b) default in the payment of interest on any Note when due and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c) default in the performance of any covenant of the Issuer or a Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a default specified in clause (a) or (b) above), and such default continues for a period of 90 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes;

(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for:

(i) relief in respect of the Issuer or a Guarantor in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,

(ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Issuer or a Guarantor or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor, or

(iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or a Guarantor;

and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days;

(e) the Issuer or a Guarantor:

(i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law;

(ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Issuer or a Guarantor or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor; or

(iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; and

(f) any Note Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of this Indenture) or any Guarantor or Person acting on behalf of such Guarantor denies or disaffirms such Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee and such default continues for a period of 10 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

 

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SECTION 6.02 Acceleration . If an Event of Default described in Section 6.01 hereof shall have occurred and is continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, by notice to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of all of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies . 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 principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults . Subject to Sections 6.02, 6.07 and 11.02 hereof, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, by notice to the Trustee, may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note as specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 or in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; provided , however , that such waiver shall not extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority . The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided that the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in the giving of such direction; provided further that the Trustee may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.05.

SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits . A Holder may not institute any proceeding, judicial or other remedy, with respect to this Indenture or the Notes, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(i) such Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

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(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes makes a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(v) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent the request.

For purposes of Section 6.05 hereof and this Section 6.06, the Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 316(a) in making any determination of whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes have concurred in any request or direction of the Trustee to pursue any remedy available to the Trustee or the Holders with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or otherwise under the law.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.

SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Holder’s Note on or after the respective due dates expressed on such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer, a Guarantor or any other obligor of the Notes for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate specified in the Notes, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

SECTION 6.09 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 (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, a Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Affiliate of any of them, its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Notes or upon any such

 

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claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder 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 pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First : to the Trustee for all amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;

Second : to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

Third : to the Issuer, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Issuer, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10.0% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

SECTION 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies . If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative . Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Notes in Section 2.09, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee

 

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or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver . No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Six or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

ARTICLE SEVEN

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01 General . The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the TIA and as set forth herein. 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 shall 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 its own affairs. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee need only perform those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Article Seven.

SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee . Subject to TIA Sections 315(a) through (d):

(i) the Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document;

(ii) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s 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 such certificate or opinion;

 

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(iii) the Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care;

(iv) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(v) 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 conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture;

(vi) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

(vii) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Issuer and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(viii) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it thereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

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

(x) 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 to each agent, co-trustee, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

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 Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311.

 

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SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee (i) makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, (ii) shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use or application of the proceeds from the Notes and (iii) shall not be responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.05 Notice of Default . If any Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Default or Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c) notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured; provided , however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.

SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders . Within 60 days after each April 15, beginning with April 15, 2014, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such April 15, if required by TIA Section 313(a).

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity . (a) The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee and each Paying Agent such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services. The compensation of the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee and each Paying Agent upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and advances incurred or made by the Trustee and each Paying Agent. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s or such Paying Agent’s agents and counsel.

(b) The Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify the Trustee, its agents and officers, and each Agent against any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, judgments, actions, claims, suits, proceedings, such reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of any kind whatsoever which may be incurred by the Trustee, its agents and officers, or such Agent arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture; provided , however , that the Issuer and the Guarantors need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, obligation, damage, penalty, judgment, action, suit, proceeding, reasonable cost or expense (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of any kind whatsoever which may be incurred by the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding (whether or not such indemnified party is designated a party to such proceeding) in which and to the extent that it is determined that the Trustee, its agents and officers, or any Agent acted with negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee and each Agent shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim of which the Responsible Officer of the Trustee or an officer of such Agent has received written notice for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or any Agent to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the

 

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Issuer and the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder, unless the Issuer and the Guarantors are materially prejudiced thereby. The Issuer or such Guarantor shall defend the claim and the Trustee and such Agent, as the case may be, shall cooperate in the defense. Unless otherwise set forth herein, the Trustee or any Agent may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without the Issuer’s consent.

(c) To secure the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee or any Paying Agent, in its capacity as Trustee or Paying Agent, except money or property held in trust by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes.

(d) If the Trustee or Paying Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 hereof, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

(e) The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee . (a) 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 7.08.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer in writing at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Issuer. The Issuer may at any time remove the Trustee by Issuer Order given at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed removal.

(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance required by the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 7.08 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the expense of the Issuer), the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(d) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer, immediately after the delivery of such written acceptance, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07 hereof, (i) the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, (ii) the resignation or removal

 

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of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and (iii) the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

(e) If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 hereof, any Holder who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) The Issuer shall give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

(g) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligation under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 7.09 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, trust company or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee herein.

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility . This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1). The Trustee (together with its parent) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

SECTION 7.11 Money Held in Trust . The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article Eight and Article Ten of this Indenture.

ARTICLE EIGHT

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

The Issuer may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.

SECTION 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge .

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their

 

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obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article Two and Section 4.02 hereof;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in connection therewith; and

(4) this Article Eight.

Subject to compliance with this Article Eight, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

SECTION 8.03 Covenant Defeasance .

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05 and 4.08 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Section 6.01(c) hereof will not constitute an Event of Default.

 

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SECTION 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance .

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, 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 investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) confirming that:

(A) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal 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 Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) confirming that the Holders 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;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

 

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(6) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or others; and

(7) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article Eight to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.06 Repayment to Issuer .

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease;

 

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provided, however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

SECTION 8.07 Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Issuer and Guarantor under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however , that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE NINE

NOTE GUARANTEES

SECTION 9.01 Guarantee .

(a) Subject to this Article Nine, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:

(i) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise.

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

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(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid to either the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.

(e) Each Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuer’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Note Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

(f) In case any provision of any Note Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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(g) The Note Guarantee issued by any Guarantor shall be a general unsecured senior obligation of such Guarantor and shall rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future senior indebtedness of such Guarantor, if any.

(h) Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

SECTION 9.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability .

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article Nine, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

SECTION 9.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee .

To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 9.01 hereof, each initial Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture has been executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 9.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Note Guarantee.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Notes, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

Upon execution of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture by a new Guarantor substantially in the form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor set forth in this Indenture shall be deemed duly delivered, without any further action by any Person, on behalf of such Guarantor.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture on behalf of the Guarantors who are signatories thereto.

 

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SECTION 9.04 Releases .

A Note Guarantee of a Guarantor (other than Parent) will be released:

(a) in connection with any sale, disposition or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or a Guarantor;

(b) in connection with any sale, disposition or transfer of all of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or a Guarantor;

(c) upon the release or discharge of such Guarantors’ guarantee of the Credit Agreement or under the Debt that triggered such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee;

(d) upon the liquidation or dissolution of such Guarantor; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall occur as a result thereof or has occurred and is continuing; or

(e) upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article Eight hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in Article Ten hereof.

Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 9.04 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article Nine.

ARTICLE TEN

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge .

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated thereunder, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Notes issued thereunder that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused 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, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the Stated Maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

 

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(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound;

(3) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

(4) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at Stated Maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(b) of this Section 10.01, the provisions of Sections 8.06 and 10.02 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 10.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

SECTION 10.02 Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; provided that such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof 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 Issuer and the Guarantors under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof; provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer 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.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

SECTION 11.01 Without Consent of Holders . Notwithstanding Section 11.02 hereof, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees without notice to or the consent of any Holder:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of Certificated Notes;

(3) to provide for the assumption of the obligations of the Issuer or a Guarantor to Holders of the Notes and the Note Guarantees in the case of a merger or consolidation or a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of such Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(6) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in such Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture;

(7) to add a Guarantor or release any Guarantor from its Note Guarantee if such release is in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or

(8) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture.

SECTION 11.02 With Consent of Holders . (a) Except as set forth in Section 11.01 and 11.02(b) hereof, this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, the Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or Note Guarantee may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).

(b) Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof, may not:

(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;

 

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(ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;

(iii) change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;

(iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Note;

(v) reduce the percentage or principal amount of outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend this Indenture or waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or waive certain Defaults;

(vi) waive a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes; or

(vii) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except as set forth under the Article Nine hereof;

(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

(d) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 11.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Issuer will mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

SECTION 11.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent . Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion of its Note. Such revocation shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the last two sentences of 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 consent to such amendment, supplement or

 

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waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 11.02(b) hereof. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 11.02(b) hereof, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting Holder.

SECTION 11.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Note thereafter authenticated. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer 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 issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 11.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Eleven is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall sign such amendment, supplement or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the rights of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 11.06 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Eleven shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.

ARTICLE TWELVE

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 12.01 Trust Indenture Act of 1939 . Prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, this Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA. After the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, this Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be a part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

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SECTION 12.02 Notices . Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

if to the Issuer or any Guarantor :

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

427 West 12th Street

Kansas City, MO 64105

Facsimile: (816) 983-1198

Attention: Treasurer

if to the Trustee :

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

The Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices or communications to a Holder shall be deemed to have been given upon the mailing by first class mail, postage prepaid, of such notices to Holders at their registered addresses as recorded in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed in the Notes for the giving of such notice. Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

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. Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, and except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided in this Section 12.02, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. All communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective when actually received by the Trustee.

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SECTION 12.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, if the Trustee so requests:

(i) an Officer’s Certificate 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

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 12.04 Statements Required in a Certificate or an Opinion . Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(i) a statement that each person signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is based;

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that, with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

SECTION 12.05 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

SECTION 12.06 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day . If an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date of maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note, as the case may be, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or date of maturity of such Note; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date of maturity, as the case may be.

SECTION 12.07 Governing Law . THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES.

 

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SECTION 12.08 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 12.09 No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees . No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes issued under this Indenture or for any claim based on this Indenture or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture, or in any of the Notes or the Note Guarantees or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Issuer, any Guarantor or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.

SECTION 12.11 Successors . All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.04 hereof.

SECTION 12.12 Counterpart 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 of a signature page to this Indenture by facsimile, .pdf attachment, email or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Indenture.

SECTION 12.13 Separability . 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 12.14 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 and provisions hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
By:  

/s/ Rodrigo L. Flores

Name:   Rodrigo L. Flores
Title:   Asst. Treasurer
By:  

/s/ Adam J. Godderz

Name:   Adam J. Godderz
Title:   Asst. Secretary
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Paying Agent
By:  

/s/ Kathy L. Mitchell

Name:   Kathy L. Mitchell
Title:   Vice President

Indenture Signature Page


GUARANTORS:

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Michael W. Cline
  Vice President and Treasurer

GATEWAY EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Michael W. Cline
  Vice President and Treasurer

SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

By:

 

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

  Mary K. Stadler
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

THE KANSAS CITY NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Michael W. Cline
  Vice President and Treasurer

TRANS-SERVE, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Michael W. Cline
  Vice President and Treasurer

KCS HOLDINGS I, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Michael W. Cline
  Vice President and Treasurer

KCS VENTURES I, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Michael W. Cline
  Vice President and Treasurer

SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

  Mary K. Stadler
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

VEALS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

  Mary K. Stadler
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

PABTEX, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

  Mary K. Stadler
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer


EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

4.30% Senior Notes due 2043

[CUSIP] [                    ]

[                    ]

[CINS] [                    ]

[ISIN] [                    ]

No. $        

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum [of $        ] [set forth on the Schedule of Exchange of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] on May 15, 2043.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

Date:     The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the 4.30% Senior Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

4.30% Senior Notes

 

1. Principal and Interest .

The Issuer will pay the principal of this Note on May 15, 2043.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date at the rate of 4.30% per annum.

Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on May 1 or November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing [November 15, 2013]. 1

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 April 29, 2013]; 2 provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum borne by the Notes to the extent lawful and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

2. Method of Payment .

The Issuer will pay principal as provided above and interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes as provided above on each Interest Payment Date to the persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at the close of business on May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Issuer will not make payment to the Holder unless this Note is surrendered to a Paying Agent.

The Issuer will pay principal, premium, if any, and, as provided above, interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Issuer may pay principal, premium, if any, and interest by its check payable in such money. The Issuer may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address (as reflected in the Note Register). If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

 

1   With respect to Notes issued on the Closing Date.
2   With respect to Notes issued on the Closing Date.

 

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar .

Initially, the Trustee will act as authenticating agent, Paying Agent in New York and Registrar. The Issuer may appoint or change any authenticating agent, Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Issuer, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.

 

4. Indenture; Limitations .

The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 29, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and the U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as paying agent (“ Paying Agent ”). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. 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. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Issuer.

 

5. Optional Redemption .

Prior to November 15, 2042, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at then-current Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date.

On or after November 15, 2042, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date.

Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer may redeem Notes which are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.

 

6. Partial Redemption .

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities

 

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exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of $2,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

 

7. Notice of Redemption .

Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 5 hereof will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as it appears in the Note Register. Notes in original denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue and the principal amount shall remain constant (using the principal amount as of the Redemption Date) on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

 

8. Repurchase upon Change of Control Repurchase Event .

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Repurchase Event, each Holder shall have the right to require the repurchase of its Notes by the Issuer in cash pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of repurchase plus accrued interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

A notice of such Change of Control Repurchase Event will be mailed within 30 days after any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to the Change of Control, but after public announcement of such Change of Control, to each Holder of the Notes with a copy to the Trustee. Notes in original denominations larger than $2,000 may be sold to the Issuer in part. On and after the Change of Control Payment Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes surrendered for purchase by the Issuer, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the repurchase price.

 

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 of principal amount and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption. Also, it need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed is made.

 

10. Persons Deemed Owners .

A Holder shall be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.

 

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11. Unclaimed Money .

If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Issuer at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

 

12. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity .

The Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of U.S. dollars or Government Securities sufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.

 

13. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any Holder.

 

14. Restrictive Covenants .

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and the Guarantors, among other things, to create or permit any lien or merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of their assets. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Issuer must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

15. Successor Persons .

When a successor person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor person will be released from those obligations.

 

16. Defaults and Remedies .

The following events constitute “Events of Default” under the Indenture: (a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise; (b) default in the payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; (c) the Issuer or a Guarantor defaults in the performance of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of the Issuer or a Guarantor in the Indenture or under

 

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this Note (other than a default specified in clause (a) or (b) above), and such default or breach continues for a period of 90 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes; (d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (i) relief in respect of the Issuer or a Guarantor in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Issuer or a Guarantor or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or a Guarantor and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days; (e) the Issuer or a Guarantor (i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Issuer or a Guarantor or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (f) any Note Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the Indenture) or any Guarantor or Person acting on behalf of such Guarantor denies or disaffirms such Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture or any Note Guarantee and such default continues for a period of 10 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable.

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

 

17. Trustee Dealings with Issuer .

The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

 

18. No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees .

No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes issued under the Indenture or for any claim based on the Indenture or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in the Indenture, or in any of the Notes or the Note Guarantees or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Issuer, any Guarantor or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.

 

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19. Authentication .

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent 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 right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, 427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105, Attention: Treasurer.

 

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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Insert Taxpayer Identification No.

 

 

Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee

    

 

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

                                                                                                                    attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Issuer with full power of substitution in the premises.

[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED

ON ALL NOTES OTHER THAN EXCHANGE NOTES,

OFFSHORE GLOBAL NOTES AND

OFFSHORE PHYSICAL NOTES]

In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of an effective registration statement or (ii) the end of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising:

[ Check One ]

 

[    ] (a)   this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.
  or
[    ] (b)   this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note 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 Section 2.08 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Date:                                      

 

   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) 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 Issuer 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.

 

Date:                                      

 

   NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, check the Box:   ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, state the amount: $        

Date:

 

Your Signature:  

 

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:                                                                                     

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $        . The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Certificated Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount

 

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

Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Certificate

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

  Re: The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (the “Issuer”)

4.30% Senior Notes due 2043

                         (the “Notes”)                        

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter relates to $           principal amount of Notes represented by a Note (the “ Legended Note ”) which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon transfer of such Legended Note. Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture dated as of April 29, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”), relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such securities on behalf of) a person outside the United States to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, you are hereby requested to exchange the legended certificate for an unlegended certificate representing an identical principal amount of Notes, all in the manner provided for in the Indenture.

You and the Issuer 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 Holder]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Certificate to Be Delivered

in Connection with Transfers

Pursuant to Regulation S

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

  Re: The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (the “Issuer”)

4.30% Senior Notes due 2043

                         (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 (“ Regulation S ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(A) if the offer of the Notes was made prior to the expiration of the distribution compliance period, the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person;

(B) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

(C) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States;

(D) no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(E) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

You and the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested parry 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 D

Form of Certificate to be

Delivered in Connection with

Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors

(Other Than Outside the United States in Reliance on Regulation S)

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

  Re: The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (the “Issuer”)

4.30% Senior Notes due 2043

                         (the “Notes”)                        

Dear Sirs:

In connection with our proposed purchase of $          aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that:

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of April 29, 2013 (the “Indenture”), relating to the Notes and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Issuer, Parent or any of its subsidiaries, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Issuer a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.

 

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3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will be required to furnish to you and the Issuer such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Issuer may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

4. We are purchasing notes having a minimum purchase price of not less than $250,000 for our own account or for any separate account for which we are acting.

5. We are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2) or (3) under the Securities Act (an “institutional accredited investor”) able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the notes.

6. Any purchase of Notes by us will be for our own account or for the account of one or more other institutional accredited investors for each of which we exercise sole investment discretion (and have authority to make, and do make, the statements contained in this letter) or as fiduciary for the account of one or more trusts, each of which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(7) under the Securities Act and for each of which we exercise sole investment discretion; or we are a “bank” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a “savings and loan association” or other institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, that is acquiring the Notes as fiduciary for the account of one or more institutions for which we exercise sole investment discretion.

7. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the notes.

You and the Issuer 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.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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Exhibit 4.2

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

$450,000,000 4.30% Senior Notes Due 2043

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

April 29, 2013

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                              INCORPORATED

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

    as the Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Missouri Corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Initial Purchasers”), $450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 4.30% Senior Notes Due 2043 (the “Notes”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement between the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and the Initial Purchasers dated April 24, 2013 (the “Purchase Agreement”) relating to the initial purchase (the “Initial Purchase”) of the Notes. Pursuant to the Indenture (as herein defined), the Notes will be guaranteed (the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”), jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by the entities listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Guarantors”). To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Company agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers) (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:


“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

“Closing Date” shall mean the date of the first issuance of the Securities.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the earlier of the 180-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and the date on which Broker-Dealers are no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include the Initial Purchasers) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange for New Securities any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities.

“Final Memorandum” shall mean the offering memorandum, dated April 24, 2013 relating to the Securities, including any and all exhibits and appendices thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein as of such date.

“FINRA Rules” shall mean the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of April 29, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and paying agent, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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“Initial Purchase” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding and registered under a Registration Statement.

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Registration Statement.

“New Securities” shall mean debt securities of the Company identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the transfer restrictions shall be modified or eliminated, as appropriate) to be issued under the Indenture.

“Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein.

“Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the proposed offer of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) Securities other than those that have been (A) registered under a Registration Statement and exchanged or otherwise disposed of in accordance therewith or (B) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the Commission and (ii) any New Securities, the resale of which by the Holder thereof requires compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act.

“Registration Default Damages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

“Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein), all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

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“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

“Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(ii) hereof.

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

2. Registered Exchange Offer . (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act and to complete the Registered Exchange Offer within 365 days of the Closing Date.

(b) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States.

(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not more than 40 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law);

 

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(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act, supplemented and amended as required, under the Act to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;

(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, which may be the Trustee, or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

(v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities (in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

(vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company is conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991); and (B) including a representation that the Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the Company’s information and belief, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities; and

(vii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.

(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

(i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

(ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and

(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

(e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (i) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988)

 

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and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that:

(i) any New Securities to be received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within the meaning of the Act; and

(iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company;

and to make such other representations as may be necessary under applicable Commission rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of the Form S-4 or other appropriate form under the Act available.

(f) If, in the reasonable opinion of the Initial Purchasers, an Initial Purchaser is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, at the request of the Initial Purchasers, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers or the person purchasing New Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3 hereof from the Initial Purchasers, in exchange for such Securities, a like principal amount of New Securities. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such New Securities as for New Securities issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.

3. Shelf Registration . (a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company determines upon advice of its outside counsel that it is not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 365 days of the date hereof; (iii) any Holder (other than the Initial Purchasers) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer other than by reason of such Holder being an Affiliate of the Company; (iv) based on their reasonable opinion, the Initial Purchasers so request with respect to Securities that are not eligible to be exchanged for New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer that are held by them following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, such request being in writing and delivered to the Company; or (v) in the case that the Initial Purchasers participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or acquire New Securities pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, in their reasonable opinion the Initial Purchasers do not receive freely tradeable New Securities in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment (it being understood that (A) the requirement that the Initial Purchasers deliver a

 

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Prospectus containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Act in connection with sales of New Securities acquired in exchange for such Securities shall result in such New Securities being not “freely tradeable” and (B) the requirement that an Exchanging Dealer deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of New Securities acquired in the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities shall not result in such New Securities being not “freely tradeable”), the Company shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

(b)(i) The Company shall as promptly as practicable file with the Commission and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Act within 365 days after the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided , however , that no Holder (other than the Initial Purchasers) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder (it being understood that Holders who would have received freely transferable Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer had they not (A) failed to duly tender their Securities for exchange pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer (other than the Initial Purchasers in connection with Securities held by them constituting any portion of an unsold allotment), or otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of the Registered Exchange Offer as provided in Section 2 hereof or (B) failed to furnish to the Company such information as the Company may request in accordance with Section 4(o) in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, shall not retain any rights under this Agreement, including any right to have Securities owned by them included in any Shelf Registration Statement); and provided further that, with respect to New Securities received by the Initial Purchasers in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Company may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K of the Act, as applicable, in satisfaction of its obligations under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.

(ii) The Company shall, except as permitted under Section 4(k)(ii), keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until (A) the first anniversary thereof or (B) the earlier date upon which all the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(iii) The Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a

 

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material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

4. Additional Registration Procedures . In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.

(a) The Company shall:

(i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel for the Majority Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably propose;

(ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

(iii) if requested by the Initial Purchasers, include the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; and

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

(b) The Company shall ensure that:

(i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

(ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(c) The Company shall advise the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile

 

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number and address for notices, and, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) of this Section 4(c) shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;

(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

(v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

(d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated therein by reference, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the Preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

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amendment thereto, including all material incorporated by reference therein, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

(h) The Company shall promptly deliver to the Initial Purchasers, each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial Purchasers, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

(i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities or the New Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and shall maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

(j) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Securities or New Securities.

(k)(i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (ii) through (v) of Section 4(c), the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 hereof shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) hereof to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

(ii) Upon the happening of any event of the kind described in Section (c)(v) hereof, or the determination by the Company that, in its reasonable judgment and upon written advice of counsel, the continued effectiveness and use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the disclosure of confidential information or interfere with any financing, acquisition, reorganization or other material transaction involving the Company, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Securities or New

 

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Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 4(f) hereof (or a notice from the Company that such Holder may resume use of the existing Prospectus), and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have (A) received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or (B) a notice permitting use of the existing Prospectus. The Company may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions may not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there may not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

(l) Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

(m) The Company shall comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 90 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 180 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.

(n) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

(o) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

 

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(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall:

(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries; provided , however , that, if any such records, documents or other information are related to pending or proposed acquisitions or dispositions, or otherwise related to matters reasonably considered by the Company to constitute sensitive or proprietary information, the Company need not provide such records, documents or information unless the foregoing parties enter into a confidentiality agreement in customary form and reasonably acceptable to such parties and the Company;

(ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, legal counsel, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided , however , that such information may not be used for any other purpose than due diligence and provided further , however, that any information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, legal counsel, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with an arbitration or court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

(v) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, provided that such letters need not be addressed to any Holder to whom, in the reasonable opinion of the Company’s independent public accountants, addressing such letter is not permissible under applicable accounting standards, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;

 

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(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company; and

(vii) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, (A) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (B) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing.

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 4(q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

(r) In the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall:

(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, and any legal counsel, accountant or other agent retained by the Initial Purchasers, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries; provided , however , that, if any such records, documents or other information is related to pending or proposed acquisitions or dispositions, or otherwise related to matters reasonably acceptable to such parties and the Company to constitute sensitive or proprietary information, the Company need not provide such records, documents or information unless the foregoing parties enter into a confidentiality agreement in customary form and reasonably acceptable to such parties and the Company;

(ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or any such attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided , however , that such information may not be used for any purpose other than due diligence and provided further , however, that any information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Initial Purchasers or any such attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with an arbitration or court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Initial Purchasers, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

 

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(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel, addressed to the Initial Purchasers, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel;

(v) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, or if requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel in lieu of a comfort letter, an agreed-upon procedures letter under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 35, covering matters requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel; and

(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k) hereof and with conditions customarily contained in underwriting agreements;

provided , however , that the Company will be required to perform the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) only upon the reasonable request by the Initial Purchasers to the Company or the reasonable request in writing to the Company by one or more Broker-Dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Company in writing that they anticipate they will receive New Securities for their own account in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities, and, based on the position of the Commission as described in Section 2(e) hereof, will be required to satisfy the prospectus delivery obligation under the Act in connection with the resale of such New Securities; and provided further , that the Company will not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period exceeding the Exchange Offer Registration Period, and such Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with resales contemplated in this Section 4(r); and provided further , that the Company will be obligated to deal only with one entity representing such Broker-Dealers, which shall be Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, unless it elects not to act as such representative, and to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing such Broker-Dealers, which shall be the counsel to the Initial Purchasers, unless such counsel elects not to so act, and to cause to be delivered only one, if any, comfort letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the expiration of the Registered Exchange Offer and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, if any, effected during the period specified above.

 

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The foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 4(r) shall be performed at the close of the Registered Exchange Offer and the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of any physical certificates representing the Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the physical certificates representing the New Securities, the Company shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities. In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

(t) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to confirm that the ratings issued to the Securities prior to their initial sale will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

(u) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the FINRA Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall assist such Broker-Dealer in complying with the FINRA Rules.

(v) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

5. Registration Expenses . The Company shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel (which shall initially be Shearman & Sterling LLP, but which may, with the written consent of the Initial Purchasers, be another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities matters designated by the Majority Holders) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

6. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement, the Initial Purchasers and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and employees of each such Holder, the Initial Purchasers or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder, the Initial Purchasers or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based

 

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upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, including all documents incorporated by reference therein or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the party claiming indemnification specifically for inclusion therein; provided further , however, that with respect to any untrue statement or omission of a material fact made in any preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder occurs under the circumstance where it shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment that (i) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus, (ii) the Company had previously furnished copies of the Prospectus to such Holder prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities or New Securities and (iii) such loss, claim, damage or liability results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, to such person, a copy of the Prospectus; and provided further , however, that the Company shall not be liable to an indemnified party with respect to any Prospectus or Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereof to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action of such indemnified party arises out of, or is based upon, (i) the use of any Registration Statement during a period when a stop order has been issued by the Commission in respect thereof or (ii) the use of the Prospectus during a period when the use of the Prospectus has been suspended in accordance with the instructions of the Company because of the discovery of any untrue statement or omission of a material fact therein, provided that all Holders of Securities or New Securities received prior written notice of such stop order or suspension and such indemnified party knowingly and voluntarily continued to use such Prospectus or Registration Statement. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

 

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(b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including the Initial Purchasers, but only if such Initial Purchaser is a Holder, in such capacity) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Purchase and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall the Initial Purchasers be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Security, or in the case of a New Security, applicable to the Security that was exchangeable into such New Security, nor shall any Holder be responsible, in the aggregate for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Securities were sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission which resulted in such Losses, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (i) the total net proceeds from the Initial Purchase (before deducting expenses) as set forth on the cover page of the Final Memorandum and (ii) the total amount of additional interest which the Company was not required to pay as a result of registering the securities covered by the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions less any expenses reimbursed pursuant to Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or New Securities sold by such Holder 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. Furthermore, notwithstanding the provisions

 

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of this Section 6, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this Section 6.

(e) The provisions of this Section 6 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in this Section 6 hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

7. Underwritten Registrations . (a) If any of the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders.

(b) No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

8. Registration Defaults . If any of the following events shall occur, then the Company shall pay liquidated damages (the “Registration Default Damages”) to the Holders of Securities in respect of the Securities as follows:

(a) if on or prior to the 365th day following the Closing Date, neither the Registered Exchange Offer has been completed nor the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective, then Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum and shall be payable in accordance with the interest payment provisions of the Securities; or

(b) if any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective at any time at which it is required to be effective under this Agreement, then commencing on the day the Registration Statement ceases to be effective, Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum and shall be payable in accordance with the interest payment provisions of the Securities;

provided , however , that (i) upon completion of the Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of paragraph (a) above), or (ii) upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of paragraph (b) above), Registration Default Damages shall cease to accrue.

 

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9. No Inconsistent Agreements . The Company has not entered into, and agrees not to enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

10. Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities outstanding; provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of the Initial Purchasers hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of the Initial Purchasers against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective; provided further , that no amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 8 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided further that the provisions of this Section 10 may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing provisos), a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement.

11. Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the registrar under the Indenture;

(b) if to the Initial Purchasers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

(c) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

The Initial Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

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12. Remedies . Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or, in the case of a Holder who is an Initial Purchaser, in the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

13. Successors . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Securities and the New Securities. The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

14. Jurisdiction . Each of the parties hereto agrees that any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

15. Third Party Beneficiary . The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile or electronic .pdf shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.

17. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

18. Applicable Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. Severability . In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

20. Securities Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities or New Securities is required

 

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hereunder, Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Very truly yours,
THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
GATEWAY EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
  By:  

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

    Name: Mary K. Stadler
    Title:  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
THE KANSAS CITY NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
TRANS-SERVE, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
KCS HOLDINGS I, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
KCS VENTURES I, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

    Name: Michael W. Cline
    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

    Name: Mary K. Stadler
    Title:  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
VEALS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

    Name: Mary K. Stadler
    Title:  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
PABTEX, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Mary K. Stadler

    Name: Mary K. Stadler
    Title:  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

[ signature page to KCSR Registration Rights Agreement ]

 


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Initial Purchasers.
By:   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:  

/s/ Maria Sramek

  Name: Maria Sramek
  Title: Executive Director
By:   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                        Incorporated
By:  

/s/ Jay Johnston

  Name: Jay Johnston
  Title: Managing Director
By:   Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

/s/ Yurij Slyz

  Name: Yurij Slyz
  Title: Executive Director

[ signature page to KCSR Registration Rights Agreement ]


SCHEDULE A

Guarantors

Kansas City Southern

Gateway Eastern Railway Company

Southern Development Company

The Kansas City Northern Railway Company

Trans-Serve, Inc.

KCS Holdings I, Inc.

KCS Ventures I, Inc.

Southern Industrial Services, Inc.

Veals, Inc.

Pabtex, Inc.


ANNEX A

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180 days after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution”.


ANNEX B

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


ANNEX C

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180 days after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

The company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers. New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such new securities. Any broker-dealer that resells new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

For a period of 180 days after the expiration date, the company will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

[If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508.]


ANNEX D

Rider A

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:    
Address:  
 

Rider B

If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities nor will it have any such arrangements or understandings upon consummation of the Exchange Offer. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchanged for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

Exhibit 10.1

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

$450,000,000

4.300% Senior Notes due 2043

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

April 24, 2013

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC


Purchase Agreement

April 24, 2013

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                              INCORPORATED

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

c/o MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                                     INCORPORATED

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Introductory. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Missouri corporation (the “ Company ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kansas City Southern (the “ Parent ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Initial Purchasers ”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.300% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ Notes ”). J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC have agreed to act as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 hereof) (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Notes will be issued in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”). Pursuant to the Indenture, the Notes will be guaranteed (the “ Guarantees ” and, together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”), jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured, unconditional basis by the entities listed on Schedule B hereto (the “ Guarantors ”).


The holders of the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), among the Company and the Representatives, pursuant to which the Company will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”), under the circumstances set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”) relating to an additional series of debt securities of the Company with terms substantially identical to the Securities (the “ Exchange Securities ”), to be offered in exchange for the Securities (the “ Exchange Offers ”) and (ii) to the extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Securities, and in each case, to use its best efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared effective.

The Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated April 24, 2013 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”), and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated the date hereof (the “ Pricing Supplement ”) and attached as Exhibit A hereto, describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to as the “ Pricing Disclosure Package .” Promptly after the time this purchase agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is executed by the parties hereto (the “ Time of Execution ”), the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “ Offering Memorandum ”).

The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the “ Subsequent Purchasers ”) at any time after the Time of Execution. The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Commission under the Securities Act, in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”) or Regulation S under the Securities Act (“ Regulation S ”)).

All references in this Agreement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include any document that is filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”), prior to 4:30 p.m. New York City time on the date hereof (the “ Initial Sale Time ”), and is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments and supplements to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Initial Sale Time

 

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and prior to the consummation of the offering of the Securities, which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be.

Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby confirms its agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

S ECTION  1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors .

Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each Initial Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (in each case, a “ Representation Date ”), as follows:

a) No Registration Required . Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or, until such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Trust Indenture Act ”).

b) No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation . None of the Company, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act and, for the avoidance of doubt, including the Parent) (each, an “ Affiliate ”), or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act. With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.

c) Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A . The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.

 

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d) Pricing Disclosure Package; Offering Memorandum; Company Additional Written Communication. Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Initial Sale Time, nor the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3(a), if applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. The Pricing Disclosure Package contains, and the Offering Memorandum will contain, all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii) the Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act with the Commission, would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act (collectively, “ Company Additional Written Communication ”) reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and listed on Annex I hereto. Each such Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Initial Sale Time, and will not at the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Company Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

e) Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

f) The Purchase Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

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g) The Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (whether applied by a court of law or equity), including the principle that equitable remedies may be granted only at the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”), and except as rights to indemnification under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable law.

h) Authorization of the Indenture . The Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Company and the Guarantors, and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

i) Authorization of the Securities and Exchange Securities . The Securities to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Company will be, at the Closing Date, in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by each of the Company and the Guarantors for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by each of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of each of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Exchange Securities when duly and validly authorized for issuance by each of the Company and the Guarantors, and issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of each of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, enforceable against each of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

j) Description of the Securities, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement . The Securities, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

k) Accuracy of Statements . The statements in, or incorporated by reference in, each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of Notes” and “Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” in each case insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

 

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l) No Material Adverse Change . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties, results of operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of any of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “ Material Adverse Change ”).

m) Independent Accountants . KPMG LLP (“ KPMG ”), who have audited the consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2012, incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and the Parent within the meaning and as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations published thereunder and are an independent registered public accounting firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

n) Preparation of the Financial Statements . The financial statements together with the related notes thereto, incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

o) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company, the Guarantors and their Subsidiaries . Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02(10) of Regulation S-X, the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the Company and the Guarantors, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company, the Guarantors and each of their Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the

 

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ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect (i) on the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties, results of operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, considered as one entity or (ii) the ability of the Company or the Guarantors to perform their obligations under, and consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (each, a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Parent have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Parent, directly or through its subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim. The Parent does not have any subsidiary not listed on Exhibit 21 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K which is required to be so listed.

p) No Conflicts . The Company’s and the Guarantors’ execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Guarantees, as applicable (the “ Transaction Documents ”) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, by the Pricing Disclosure Package and by the Offering Memorandum, including, without limitation, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation of the Charter Documents of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries is subject (each, an “ Existing Instrument ”), and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, as applicable, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) issued by the Company or the Guarantors, the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries.

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regulatory authority or agency is required for the Company’s or the Guarantors’ execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (i) such as have been obtained or made by the Company or the Guarantors and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act or applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) such as may be required by the securities laws of the several states of the United States and (iii) such as may be required by U.S. federal and state securities laws with respect to the Company’s or the Guarantors’ obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

r) No Material Actions or Proceedings . Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Parent’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or (ii) which have as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries where any such action, suit or proceeding, if determined adversely to the Company or such subsidiary, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

s) Regulation S . The Company, its affiliates and all persons acting on its of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States.

t) Company and the Guarantors Not an Investment Company . Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is, and after receipt of payment for the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

u) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments . None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the best of the Parent’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, a Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of either (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or (ii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “ Bribery Act ”), and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective subsidiaries and, to the best of the Parent’s knowledge, their respective affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

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v) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best of the Parent’s knowledge, threatened.

w) No Conflict with OFAC Laws. None of the Company, the Guarantors, any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Parent, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company or a Guarantor located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

x) Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Parent and any of the Parent’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

y) Internal Controls and Procedures. The Parent maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering

 

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Memorandum, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been no material weakness or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated).

z) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Parent maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; and such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries is made known to the Parent’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act.

aa) No Immunity from Jurisdiction . The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries have no immunity from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which they own or lease property or assets, or (ii) the United States or the State of New York or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to themselves or their property and assets or this Agreement, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement or actions to enforce judgments in respect thereof.

bb) Submission to Jurisdiction . Each of the Company and the Guarantors has validly, legally, effectively and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any state or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and has validly, legally, effectively and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Parent and the Company to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth therein.

S ECTION  2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities .

a) The Securities. The Company and the Guarantors agree to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Securities upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Guarantors the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a purchase price of 98.206% of the principal amount of the Securities, payable on the Closing Date.

b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Securities in global form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on April 29, 2013, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company shall mutually agree (the time and date of such closing are called the “ Closing Date ”).

 

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c) Offering of the Securities. The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer for sale, as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Time of Execution as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.

d) Delivery of the Securities. The Company and the Guarantors shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates for the Securities on the Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company at such bank account or accounts as the Company shall designate to the Representatives for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Securities shall be registered in such names and denominations as the Representatives shall have requested at least two full business days prior to the Closing Date and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City, as the Representatives may designate.

e) Initial Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:

 

  (i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “ Qualified Institutional Buyer ”);

 

  (ii) it will offer and sell the Securities only to (a) persons it reasonably believes are Qualified Institutional Buyers in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex II hereto;

 

  (iii) it will not offer or sell the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act; and

 

  (iv) it will offer and sell the Securities (a) as part of its distribution at any time and (b) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; accordingly, neither such Initial Purchaser, its affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities, and any such Initial Purchaser, its affiliates and any such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

S ECTION  3. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantors .

Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree with each Initial Purchaser as follows:

 

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a) Preparation of Offering Memorandum; Initial Purchasers’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. As promptly as practicable following the Time of Execution and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Offering Memorandum, which shall consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained in the Pricing Supplement and other immaterial changes as agreed to by the Representatives (or their counsel). The Company will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement or the Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing Date unless the Initial Purchasers shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement at least one business day prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have objected to such amendment or supplement.

b) Amendments and Supplements to the Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters. If, prior to the later of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Representatives, (i) any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (ii) it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Company agrees to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3 hereof), file with the Commission and furnish at its own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable law.

c) Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Company agrees to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall have reasonably requested.

d) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register the Securities for sale under (or obtain exemptions from qualification or registration under) the state securities or blue sky laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. The Company shall not be required to qualify to transact business or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign business. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

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e) Use of Proceeds. The Company and the Guarantors shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

f) Depositary. The Company and the Guarantors will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.

g) Periodic Reporting Obligations. Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, the Company or the Parent, as applicable, shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any time when any of the Company or the Parent is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Company and the Parent, as applicable, shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities information satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).

h) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company and the Guarantors similar to the Securities or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities similar to the Securities (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Securities).

i) No Integration. The Company agrees that it will not and will cause its Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.

j) No Restricted Resales . During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them, except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

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k) Legended Securities . Each certificate for a Note will bear the legend contained in “Transfer Restrictions” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

l) No Manipulation of Price. The Company and the Guarantors will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company or the Guarantors to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

The Representatives, on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers, may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or the Guarantors of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

S ECTION  4. Payment of Expenses . The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay the following costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby: (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Exchange Securities (including all printing costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors to the Company and the Guarantors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws and preparing a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, (vii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities or the Exchange Securities with the ratings agencies, (viii) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with approval of the Securities or the Exchange Securities by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer and (ix) all other fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section 4. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

 

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S ECTION  5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers . The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof as of each Representation Date and to the timely performance by each of the Company and the Guarantors of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG, independent registered public accountants for the Parent, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

b) Bring-down Comfort Letter . On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG, independent registered public accountants for the Parent, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change that makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Notes;

(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum; and

(iii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading in or withdrawal of, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or withdrawal or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, the rating accorded any securities of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

d) Authorizations and Approvals . The Company and the Guarantors shall have obtained all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders of, and shall have duly made all registrations, qualifications and filings with, any court or regulatory authority or other governmental agency or instrumentality required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

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e) Opinions of Counsel for the Company and the Guarantors. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received:

 

  (i) an opinion of White & Case LLP, outside counsel for the Company and certain Guarantors, dated as of such Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives;

 

  (ii) an opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP, Missouri and Illinois counsel for the Company and certain Guarantors, dated as of such Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives; and

 

  (iii) an in-house legal opinion from William J. Wochner, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Parent, dated as of such Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives.

f) Opinions of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.

g) Officer’s Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a written certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company or the Parent, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that:

 

  (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and

 

  (ii) each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.

h) Registration Rights Agreement . The Company and the Guarantors shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof.

i) Indenture, Notes and Guarantees . As of the Closing Date, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee shall have entered into the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees (as applicable) and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

j) Additional Documents . On or before the Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

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any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

S ECTION  6. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5, 10 or 11 hereof, or if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Guarantor to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers, severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

S ECTION  7. Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures . Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:

(A) Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex II hereto, which Annex II is hereby expressly made a part hereof.

(B) The Securities will be offered by approaching prospective Subsequent Purchasers on an individual basis. No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(C) Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Securities) shall bear a legend to the following effect:

“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

 

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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) TO A PERSON WHOM 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 NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE), (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES AT THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN US$250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT 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 ITS AFFILIATES 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

 

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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.”

Following the sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Security by a Subsequent Purchaser.

S ECTION  8. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (collectively, the “ Initial Purchaser Indemnified Parties ” and each, an “ Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party ”) against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred (collectively, “ Losses ” and each, a “ Loss ”), to which such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such Loss (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial Purchasers Indemnified Party for any and all expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such Loss or action; provided, however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company or the Guarantors may otherwise have.

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Guarantors within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively, the “ Company and Guarantors Indemnified Parties ” and each, a “ Company and Guarantor Identified Party ”), against any Loss to which any Company and Guarantor Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such Loss (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and to reimburse any Company and Guarantor Indemnified Party for any and all expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Company) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Company and Guarantor Indemnified Party, in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such Losses or action. The Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge that the only information furnished to the Company by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, the second sentence of the eighth paragraph and the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have to the Company and Guarantors Indemnified Parties.

(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, such indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and to

 

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participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party, unless: (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or any affiliate of the indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that either (x) there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party or (y) a conflict may exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to a single firm of local counsel) for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives (in the case of counsel representing any Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party) and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred). Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence, in which case the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any Loss by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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S ECTION  9. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Losses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any Losses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors, and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers, bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or a Guarantor, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Losses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8, any reasonable legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Securities purchased by it. 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. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective purchase commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party (other than such Initial Purchaser) shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each Company and Guarantor Indemnified Party (other than the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable) shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors.

 

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S ECTION  10. Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers. If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities, which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal amount of such Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to purchase such Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase such Securities and the aggregate principal amount of such Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

S ECTION  11. Termination of this Agreement . Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s or the Parent’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, or trading in securities generally on either the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or New York authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity involving the United States or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the

 

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Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (v) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 4 and 6 hereof, and provided further that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

S ECTION  12. No Fiduciary Duty . The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and each of the Company and the Guarantors is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Initial Purchaser has any obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors and that the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Guarantors and the several Initial Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the several Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

S ECTION  13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors, of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers and of the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the officers or employees of any Initial Purchasers, or any person

 

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controlling the Initial Purchaser, the Company, the Guarantors, the officers or employees of the Company and the Guarantors or any person controlling the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

S ECTION  14. Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, facsimiled or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

If to the Representatives:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

Facsimile: (212) 834-6081

Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk – 3 rd floor

and

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

50 Rockefeller Plaza

NY1-050-12-01

New York, NY 10020

Facsimile: (646) 855-5958

Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal

and

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Phone: (212) 761-6691

Facsimile: (212) 507-8999

Attention: Investment Banking Division

with a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Facsimile: 646-848-7895

Attention: Robert Treuhold, Esq.

 

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If to the Company:

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

427 West 12th Street

Kansas City, MO 64105

Facsimile: (816) 983-1198

Attention: Michael W. Cline, Treasurer

with a copy to:

White & Case LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 354-8113

Attention: Gary Kashar, Esq.

Any party hereto may change the address or facsimile number for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

S ECTION  15. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Securities as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.

S ECTION  16. Partial Unenforceability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

S ECTION  17. Governing Law Provisions . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THAT STATE.

(a) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“ Related Proceedings ”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “ Related Judgment ”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding.

 

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Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Courts. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any Related Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

S ECTION  18. Trial by Jury . EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTORS (ON THEIR BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF THEIR STOCKHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES) AND EACH OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

S ECTION  19. General Provisions . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 hereof and the contribution provisions of Section 9 hereof, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

 

Name:

 

Michael W. Upchurch

 

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer and Attorney-in-Fact
GUARANTORS:
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
GATEWAY EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
THE KANSAS CITY NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
TRANS-SERVE, INC.
KCS HOLDINGS I, INC.
KCS VENTURES I, INC.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
VEALS, INC.
PABTEX, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

 

Name:

 

Michael W. Upchurch

 

Title:

  Attorney-in-Fact

[ signature page to KCSR Purchase Agreement ]


The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representatives as of the date first above written.

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                INCORPORATED
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

Acting as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named in the attached Schedule A.

By:   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:  

/s/ Maria Sramek

  Name: Maria Sramek
  Title:   Executive Director
By:   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                        Incorporated
By:  

/s/ Jay Johnston

  Name: Jay Johnston
  Title:   Managing Director
By:   Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

/s/ Yurij Slyz

  Name: Yurij Slyz
  Title:   Executive Director

[ signature page to KCSR Purchase Agreement ]


SCHEDULE A

 

Initial Purchasers

   Aggregate Principal
Amount of Securities
to be Purchased
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 112,500,000.00   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

   $ 112,500,000.00   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

   $ 112,500,000.00   

RBS Securities Inc.

   $ 40,500,000.00   

BMO Markets Corp.

   $ 18,000,000.00   

Comerica Securities, Inc.

   $ 18,000,000.00   

PNC Capital Markets LLC

   $ 18,000,000.00   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

   $ 18,000,000.00   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 450,000,000.00   
  

 

 

 

 

Schedule A-1


SCHEDULE B

Guarantors

Kansas City Southern

Gateway Eastern Railway Company

Southern Development Company

The Kansas City Northern Railway Company

Trans-Serve, Inc.

KCS Holdings I, Inc.

KCS Ventures I, Inc.

Southern Industrial Services, Inc.

Veals, Inc.

Pabtex, Inc.

 

Schedule B-1


ANNEX I

Company Additional Written Communication

1. Electronic (Netroadshow) road show of the Parent relating to the Company, the Parent and Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (with no mention of the offering of the Securities) entitled “Fixed Income Investor Meetings April 2013.”

2. The non-deal presentation of the Parent relating to the Company, the Parent and Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (with no mention of the offering of the Securities) entitled “Fixed Income Investor Meetings April 2013.”

3. The electronic (Netroadshow) road show of the Parent relating to the offering of the Securities by the Company and a separate offering of debt securities by Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. dated April 2013.

 

Annex I-1


ANNEX II

Resale Pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A. Each Initial Purchaser understands that:

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Securities (including any “tombstone” advertisement) to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as are permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S.

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Securities by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date the Securities were first offered to persons other than distributors in reliance upon Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to accredited investors in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Securities covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act.”

 

Annex II-1


EXHIBIT A

Form of Pricing Supplement

 

PRICING SUPPLEMENT    STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

$450,000,000

 

LOGO

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

4.300% Senior Notes due 2043

April 24, 2013

This Pricing Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated April 24, 2013 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”). The information in this Pricing Supplement supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent this information is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Capitalized terms used in this Pricing Supplement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

The Notes (as defined below) have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Notes are being offered and sold (1) only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and (2) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

Issuer:    The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (the “Company”)
Title of Securities:    4.300% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “Notes”)
Guarantees:    The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally on an unsecured senior basis by Kansas City Southern (“KCS”), the Company’s parent, and each of KCS’s current and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantees the Company’s credit facility or certain other debt of the Company or a guarantor.
Aggregate Principal Amount:    $450,000,000
Final Maturity Date:    May 15, 2043
Issue Price:    99.081%


Coupon:    4.300%
Yield to Maturity:    4.355%
Benchmark Treasury:    UST 2.75% due November 15, 2042
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:    96-30 / 2.905%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    145 basis points
Interest Payment Dates:    May 15 and November 15
Record Dates:    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date:    November 15, 2013
Optional Redemption:    Prior to November 15, 2042 (the date that is six months prior to the maturity date), the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then-current Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date.
  

At any time on or after November 15, 2042 (the date that is six months prior to the maturity date), the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to but excluding the redemption date.

Additional Optional Redemption:   

Upon completion of the registered exchange offer as described under “Description of Notes—Registration Rights,” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Company may also redeem the Notes which were not exchanged in the registered exchange offer in an amount up to 2% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest to but excluding the redemption date.

Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Senior Co-Manager:    RBS Securities Inc.


Co-Managers:   

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

Comerica Securities, Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Trade Date:    April 24, 2013
Settlement Date:    April 29, 2013 (T+3 business days)
144A CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:    485188 AK2 / US485188AK29
Reg S CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:    U24447 AC5/ USU24447AC59

Exhibit 10.2

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.

$275,000,000

2.350% Notes due 2020

and

$450,000,000

3.000% Notes due 2023

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

April 24, 2013

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC


Purchase Agreement

April 24, 2013

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                              INCORPORATED

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

    as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

c/o MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                                     INCORPORATED

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Introductory. Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Initial Purchasers ”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.350% Notes due 2020 (the “ 2020 Notes ”) and $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.000% Notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Notes ” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the “ Notes ”). J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC have agreed to act as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.

The 2020 Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 hereof) (the “2020 Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “2020 Trustee ”). The 2023 Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “2023 Indenture ” and, together with the 2020 Indenture, the “ Indentures ” and each, an “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ 2023 Trustee ” and, together with the 2020 Trustee, the “ Trustee ”). The Notes will be issued in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”).


The holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), among the Company and the Representatives, pursuant to which the Company will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”), under the circumstances set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”) relating to two additional series of debt securities of the Company, one series with terms substantially identical to the 2020 Notes and one series with terms substantially identical to the 2023 Notes (collectively, the “ Exchange Notes ”), to be offered in exchange for the applicable series of Notes (the “ Exchange Offers ”) and (ii) to the extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Notes, and in each case, to use its best efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared effective.

The Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated April 24, 2013 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”), and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated the date hereof (the “ Pricing Supplement ”) and attached as Exhibit B hereto, describing the terms of the Notes, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to as the “ Pricing Disclosure Package .” Promptly after the time this purchase agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is executed by the parties hereto (the “ Time of Execution ”), the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “ Offering Memorandum ”).

The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Notes on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Notes to purchasers (the “ Subsequent Purchasers ”) at any time after the Time of Execution. The Notes are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Commission under the Securities Act, in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the Indentures, investors who acquire Notes shall be deemed to have agreed that Notes may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Notes are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”) or Regulation S under the Securities Act (“ Regulation S ”)).

All references in this Agreement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include any document that is filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”), prior to 4:30 p.m. New York City time on the date hereof (the “ Initial Sale Time ”), and is or is deemed

 

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to be incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments and supplements to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Initial Sale Time and prior to the consummation of the offering of the Notes, which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be.

The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

S ECTION  1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.

The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Initial Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (in each case, a “ Representation Date ”), as follows:

a) No Registration Required . Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Notes under the Securities Act or, until such time as the Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the Indentures under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Trust Indenture Act ”).

b) No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation . None of the Company, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act and, for the avoidance of doubt, including Kansas City Southern (“ KCS ”)) (each, an “ Affiliate ”), or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the Notes to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Notes, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act. With respect to those Notes sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.

c) Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A . The Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.

 

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d) Pricing Disclosure Package; Offering Memorandum; Company Additional Written Communication . Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Initial Sale Time, nor the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3(a), if applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. The Pricing Disclosure Package contains, and the Offering Memorandum will contain, all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Notes, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii) the Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications that, if the offering of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act with the Commission, would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act (collectively, “ Company Additional Written Communication ”) reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and listed on Annex I hereto. Each such Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Initial Sale Time, and will not at the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Company Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

e) Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

f) The Purchase Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

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g) The Registration Rights Agreement . The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable concurso mercantil , bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (whether applied by a court of law or equity), including the principle that equitable remedies may be granted only at the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”), and except as rights to indemnification under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable law.

h) Authorization of the Indentures . Each of the Indentures has been duly authorized, and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

i) Authorization of the Notes and Exchange Notes . The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Company will be, at the Closing Date, in the form contemplated by the applicable Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the applicable Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the applicable Indenture. The Exchange Notes when duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company, and issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and will be entitled to the benefits of the applicable Indenture.

j) Description of the Notes, the Indentures and the Registration Rights Agreement . The Notes, the Indentures and the Registration Rights Agreement conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

k) Accuracy of Statements . The statements in, or incorporated by reference in, each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of Notes” and “Taxation—Material U.S. Federal Income Taxation,” in each case insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

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Pricing Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties, results of operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “ Material Adverse Change ”).

m) Independent Accountants . KPMG LLP (“ KPMG ”), who have audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2012, incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning and as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations published thereunder and are an independent registered public accounting firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

n) Preparation of the Financial Statements . The financial statements together with the related notes thereto, incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

o) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries . Each of the Company and its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02(10) of Regulation S-X, the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, sociedad anónima de capital variable or sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable , as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect (i) on the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties, results of operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations

 

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under, and consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indentures and the Notes (each, a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). All of the issued and outstanding shares ( acciones ) of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by KCS, directly or through its subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim. All of the issued and outstanding shares ( acciones ) or equity quotas ( partes sociales ) of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, or by affiliates of the Company, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim, other than the shares ( acciones ) or equity quotas ( partes sociales ) representing 100% of the stated capital (capital social) of the Company’s subsidiaries, Arrendadora KCSM, S. de R.L. de C.V., and Highstar Harbor Holdings México, S. de R.L. de C.V., and the Company’s indirect subsidiaries MTC Puerta México, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Vamos a México, S.A. de C.V., which have been pledged by the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates as collateral for the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2012, among the Company, the various financial institutions and other persons from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and certain other financial institutions party thereto. The Company does not have any subsidiary not listed on Schedule B hereto.

p) No Conflicts . The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indentures, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes (the “ Transaction Documents ”) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, by the Pricing Disclosure Package and by the Offering Memorandum, including, without limitation, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation of the Charter Documents of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject (each, an “ Existing Instrument ”), and (iii) will not result in any violation of the Concession or any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, as applicable, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) issued by the Company, the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.

 

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q) No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required . No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (i) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act or applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) such as may be required by the securities laws of the several states of the United States, (iii) such as may be required by U.S. federal and state securities laws with respect to the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement and (iv) the filing of a notice with the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores of Mexico (the “ CNBV ”) regarding the issuance of the Notes and the terms thereof, such filing to be delivered by the Company to the CNBV prior to the Closing Date and a supplemental notice to be given to the CNBV within five business days after Closing Date.

r) Valid Concession . The Company holds a valid concession title granted on December 2, 1996 for a period of 50 years, which may be renewed under certain conditions for an additional period of up to 50 years, to provide freight transportation services over its rail lines as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (the “ Concession ”). The Concession is currently, and has at all times since its granting been, in full force and effect and no proceeding to revoke, suspend or lapse the effectiveness of the Concession is pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by any Mexican federal governmental authority. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of the Concession, except for such violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except for the rights held by the government of Mexico as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Concession and the Company’s rights deriving therefrom are free and clear of any liens and encumbrances.

s) No Material Actions or Proceedings . Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) which have as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, where any such action, suit or proceeding, if determined adversely to the Company or such subsidiary, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

t) Regulation S . The Company, its affiliates and all persons acting on its of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Notes outside the United States.

u) Tax Law Compliance . The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or

 

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penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except where a default to make such filings or payments would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made appropriate provisions in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(n) above in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

v) No Withholding Tax . Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (i) payments in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the transfer, sale and delivery of the Notes), are not subject under the current laws of any applicable jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or therein to any withholdings or similar charges for or on account of taxation or otherwise other than taxes imposed on the income or gain of the Initial Purchasers whose net income or gains are otherwise subject to any tax by Mexico or any political subdivision thereof or therein, and (ii) payments made to a Foreign Holder (as defined in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum) by the Company under the Notes will not be subject under the current laws of Mexico or any political subdivision thereof to any withholdings or similar charges for or on account of taxation.

w) Company Not an Investment Company . The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will not be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

x) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of either (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or (ii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “ Bribery Act ”), and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

y) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, including, without limitation, Mexico, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any

 

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governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

z) No Conflict with OFAC Laws. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

aa) Internal Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been no material weakness or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated).

bb) No Immunity from Jurisdiction . The Company and each of its subsidiaries have no immunity from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which they own or lease property or assets, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) Mexico or any political subdivision thereof or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to themselves or their property and assets or this Agreement, the Indentures or the Registration Rights Agreement or actions to enforce judgments in respect thereof.

 

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cc) Submission to Jurisdiction . The Company has validly, legally, effectively and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any state or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, has validly, legally, effectively and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court, and has validly, legally, effectively and irrevocably appointed CT Corporation as its authorized agent for service of process.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth therein.

S ECTION  2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes .

a) The Notes. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Notes upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a purchase price of 99.259% of the principal amount of the 2020 Notes and 98.937% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes, in each case, payable on the Closing Date.

b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Notes in global form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 3, 2013, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company shall mutually agree (the time and date of such closing are called the “ Closing Date ”).

c) Offering of the Notes. The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer for sale, as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, their respective portions of the Notes as soon after the Time of Execution as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.

d) Delivery of the Notes. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates for the Notes on the Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company at such bank account or accounts as the Company shall designate to the Representatives for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Notes shall be registered in such names and denominations as the Representatives shall have requested at least two full business days prior to the Closing Date and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City, as the Representatives may designate.

 

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e) Initial Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:

 

  (i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “ Qualified Institutional Buyer ”);

 

  (ii) it will offer and sell the Notes only to (a) persons it reasonably believes are Qualified Institutional Buyers in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex II hereto;

 

  (iii) it will not offer or sell the Notes by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act; and

 

  (iv) it will offer and sell the Notes (a) as part of its distribution at any time and (b) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; accordingly, neither such Initial Purchaser, its affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Notes, and any such Initial Purchaser, its affiliates and any such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

S ECTION  3. Covenants of the Company .

The Company covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:

a) Preparation of Offering Memorandum; Initial Purchasers’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. As promptly as practicable following the Time of Execution and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Offering Memorandum, which shall consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained in the Pricing Supplement and other immaterial changes as agreed to by the Representatives (or their counsel). The Company will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement or the Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing Date unless the Initial Purchasers shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement at least one business day prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have objected to such amendment or supplement.

b) Amendments and Supplements to the Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters. If, prior to the later of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the completion of the placement of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Representatives, (i) any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the

 

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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (ii) it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Company agrees to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3 hereof), file with the Commission and furnish at its own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable law.

c) Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Company agrees to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall have reasonably requested.

d) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register the Notes for sale under (or obtain exemptions from qualification or registration under) the state securities or blue sky laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Notes. The Company shall not be required to qualify to transact business or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign business. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Notes for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

e) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

f) Depositary. The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use its best efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.

g) Periodic Reporting Obligations. Prior to the completion of the placement of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Notes, the Company shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Notes and prospective purchasers of Notes information satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).

 

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h) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company similar to the Notes or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities similar to the Notes (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Notes).

i) No Integration. The Company agrees that it will not and will cause its Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Notes by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Notes by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.

j) No Restricted Resales . During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the Notes which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them, except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

k) Regulation S Compliance. The Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a temporary global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of the Securities Act and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Notes by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Notes in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

l) Legended Securities . Each certificate for a Note will bear the legend contained in “Transfer Restrictions” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

m) No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.

n) Listing . The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the admission to trading and listing of the Notes and the Exchange Notes on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and to maintain the trading and listing of the Notes and the Exchange

 

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Notes on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange for so long as such Notes and Exchange Notes are outstanding, and to have the Notes and the Exchange Notes admitted to trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, and in any event prior to the date of the first interest payment on the Notes and Exchange Notes, as applicable. The Company agrees to supply to the Irish Stock Exchange copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and such other documents, information and undertakings as may be required for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining such listing.

The Representatives, on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers, may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

S ECTION  4. Payment of Expenses . The Company agrees to pay the following costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby: (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Notes and the Exchange Notes (including all printing costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Exchange Notes, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors to the Company, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indentures, the Notes and the Exchange Notes, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Notes for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws and preparing a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the admission of the Notes for trading in any appropriate market system, including any cost incurred in connection with the listing of the Notes on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indentures, the Notes and the Exchange Notes, (viii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Notes or the Exchange Notes with the ratings agencies, (ix) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Notes or the Exchange Notes by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer and (x) all other fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section 4. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

 

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S ECTION  5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers . The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of each Representation Date and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.

b) Bring-down Comfort Letter . On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i) in the judgment of the Representatives, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change that makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Notes;

(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum; and

(iii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading in or withdrawal of, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or withdrawal or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, the rating accorded any securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

d) Authorizations and Approvals . The Company shall have obtained all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders of, and shall have duly made all registrations, qualifications and filings with, any court or regulatory authority or other governmental agency or instrumentality, including without limitation the CNBV, required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement except for a supplemental filing to be made by the Company with the CNBV after the Closing Date.

 

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e) Opinions of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received:

 

  (i) an opinion of White & Case LLP, outside U.S. counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives;

 

  (ii) an opinion of White & Case, S.C., outside Mexican counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives; and

 

  (iii) an in-house legal opinion from Edgar Aguileta Gutiérrez, Associate General Counsel and Alternate Corporate Secretary of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives.

f) Opinions of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received:

 

  (i) an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, U.S. counsel for the counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers; and

 

  (ii) an opinion of Raz Guzmán, S.C., Mexican counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.

g) Officers’ Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a written certificate executed by an attorney-in-fact of the Company, who is an executive officer of KCS, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that:

 

  (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and

 

  (ii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.

h) Registration Rights Agreement . The Company shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof.

i) Indentures and Notes . As of the Closing Date, the Company and the Trustee shall have entered into the Indentures and the Notes and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

 

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j) Additional Documents . On or before the Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

S ECTION  6. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5, 10 or 11 hereof, or if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the Notes on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers, severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Notes, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

S ECTION  7. Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures . Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes:

(A) Offers and sales of the Notes will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Notes may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex II hereto, which Annex II is hereby expressly made a part hereof.

(B) The Notes will be offered by approaching prospective Subsequent Purchasers on an individual basis. No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Notes.

(C) Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Notes) shall bear a legend to the following effect:

 

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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) TO A PERSON WHOM 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 NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE), (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES AT THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN US$250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL

 

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ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES 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.”

(D) The Notes have not been and will not be registered with the Registro Nacional de Valores (National Registry of Securities) maintained by the CNBV under the Securities and Exchange Law of Mexico ( Ley del Mercado de Valores ), and the Initial Purchasers have not offered or sold, and agree not to offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any Notes in Mexico or for the account of any resident thereof, except pursuant to a private placement exemption set forth under Article 8 of the Securities and Exchange Law of Mexico and in compliance with applicable provisions of Mexican Law or in accordance with an authorization to that effect.

Following the sale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Note by a Subsequent Purchaser.

S ECTION  8. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (collectively, the “ Initial Purchaser Indemnified Parties ” and each, an “ Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party ”) against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred (collectively, “ Losses ” and each, a “ Loss ”), to which such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such Loss (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission

 

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therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial Purchasers Indemnified Party for any and all expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such Loss or action; provided, however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively, the “ Company Indemnified Parties ” and each, a “ Company Indemnified Party ”), against any Loss to which any Company Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such Loss (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and to reimburse any Company Indemnified Party for any and all expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Company) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Company Indemnified Party, in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such Losses or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information furnished to the Company by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, the second sentence of the ninth paragraph and the eleventh and twelfth paragraphs under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have to the Company Indemnified Parties.

 

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(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, such indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party, unless: (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or any affiliate of the indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that either (x) there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party or (y) a conflict may exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to a single firm of local counsel) for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives (in the case of counsel representing any Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party) and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred). Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence, in which case the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any Loss by

 

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reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

S ECTION  9. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Losses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any Losses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers, bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Notes. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Losses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8, any reasonable legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

 

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The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Notes purchased by it. 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. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective purchase commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each Initial Purchaser Indemnified Party (other than such Initial Purchaser) shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each Company Indemnified Party (other than the Company) shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

S ECTION  10. Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers . If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate principal amount of Notes, which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such Notes set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal amount of such Notes set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to purchase such Notes which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase such Notes and the aggregate principal amount of such Notes with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Notes are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

S ECTION  11. Termination of this Agreement . Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time (i)

 

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trading or quotation in any of the Company’s or KCS’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, or trading in securities generally on either the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, or the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal, New York or Mexican authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity involving the United States or Mexico, or any change in the United States, Mexican or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’, Mexico’s or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (v) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or in Mexico. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 4 and 6 hereof, and provided further that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

S ECTION  12. No Fiduciary Duty . The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Notes and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company or its affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Initial Purchaser has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

 

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This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the several Initial Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the several Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

S ECTION  13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its officers and of the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the officers or employees of any Initial Purchasers, or any person controlling the Initial Purchaser, the Company, the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the Notes and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

S ECTION  14. Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, facsimiled or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

If to the Representatives:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

Facsimile: (212) 834-6081

Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk – 3 rd floor

and

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

50 Rockefeller Plaza

NY1-050-12-01 New York, NY 10020

Facsimile: (646) 855-5958

Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal

and

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Phone: (212) 761-6691

Facsimile: (212) 507-8999

Attention: Investment Banking Division

 

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with a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Facsimile: (646) 848-7895

Attention: Robert Treuhold, Esq.

If to the Company:

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

Montes Urales 625, Lomas de Chapultepec

Delegación Miguel Hidalgo

11000 México, D.F., México

Facsimile: (816) 983-1198

Attention: Michael W. Cline, Treasurer

with a copy to:

White & Case LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 354-8113

Attention: Gary Kashar, Esq.

Any party hereto may change the address or facsimile number for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

S ECTION  15. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Notes as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.

S ECTION  16. Partial Unenforceability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

S ECTION  17. Governing Law Provisions . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THAT STATE.

 

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(a) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“ Related Proceedings ”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “ Related Judgment ”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Courts. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any Related Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints CT Corporation, as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any Related Proceeding that may be instituted in any Specified Court.

(b) Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

(c) Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Initial Purchasers could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company in respect of any sum due from it to any Initial Purchaser shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Initial Purchaser of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Initial Purchaser may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Initial Purchaser against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder, such Initial Purchaser agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder.

 

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Section 18. Trial by Jury . THE COMPANY (ON ITS BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES) AND EACH OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 19. General Provisions. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 hereof and the contribution provisions of Section 9 hereof, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

  Name:   Michael W. Upchurch
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and
    Attorney-in-Fact

[ signature page to KCSM Purchase Agreement ]


The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representatives as of the date first above written.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                                INCORPORATED

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

Acting as Representatives of the

several Initial Purchasers named in

the attached Schedule A.

 

By:   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:  

  /s/ Maria Sramek

  Name:   Maria Sramek
  Title:   Executive Director
By:   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                        Incorporated
By:  

  /s/ Jay Johnston

  Name:   Jay Johnston
  Title:   Managing Director
By:   Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

  /s/ Yurij Slyz

  Name:   Yurij Slyz
  Title:   Executive Director

[ signature page to KCSM Purchase Agreement ]


SCHEDULE A

 

Initial Purchasers

   Aggregate
Principal
Amount of

2020 Notes to
be Purchased
     Aggregate
Principal
Amount of

2023 Notes to
be Purchased
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 73,792,000       $ 120,750,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

     73,792,000         120,750,000   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     73,792,000         120,750,000   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     21,312,000         34,875,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     21,312,000         34,875,000   

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     11,000,000         18,000,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 275,000,000       $ 450,000,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Schedule A-1


SCHEDULE B

Arrendadora KCSM, S. de R.L. de C.V.

KCSM Holdings LLC

Highstar Harbor Holdings Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.

 

Schedule B-1


ANNEX I

Company Additional Written Communication

1. Electronic (Netroadshow) road show of KCS relating to the Company, KCS and The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (with no mention of the offering of the Notes) entitled “Fixed Income Investor Meetings April 2013.”

2. The non-deal presentation of KCS relating to the Company, KCS and The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (with no mention of the offering of the Notes) entitled “Fixed Income Investor Meetings April 2013.”

3. The electronic (Netroadshow) road show of KCS relating to the offering of the Notes by the Company and a separate offering of debt securities by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company dated April 2013.

 

Annex I-1


ANNEX II

Resale Pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Notes in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Notes pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Notes (including any “tombstone” advertisement) to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Notes, except such advertisements as permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S.

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Notes by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Notes covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date the Notes were first offered to persons other than distributors in reliance on Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Notes covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act.”

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that the Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Notes by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Notes in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Annex II-1


EXHIBIT B

Form of Pricing Supplement

PRICING SUPPLEMENT                                              STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

$725,000,000

 

LOGO

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.

2.350% Senior Notes due 2020

3.000% Senior Notes due 2023

April 24, 2013

This Pricing Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated April 24, 2013 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”). The information in this Pricing Supplement supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent this information is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Capitalized terms used in this Pricing Supplement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

The Notes (as defined below) have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Notes are being offered and sold (1) only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and (2) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered with the Mexican National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores) maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores) and may not be offered or sold publicly, or otherwise be the subject of broker activities in Mexico, except pursuant to a private placement exemption set forth under Article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores).

 

Issuer:

   Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the “Company”)
Title of Securities:    2.350% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”)    3.000% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the “Notes”)
Aggregate Principal Amount:    $275,000,000    $450,000,000
Final Maturity Date:    May 15, 2020    May 15, 2023

 

Exhibit B-1


Issue Price:    99.884%    99.587%
Coupon:    2.350%    3.000%
Yield to Maturity:    2.368%    3.048%
Benchmark Treasury:    UST 1.125% due March 31, 2020    UST 2% due February 15, 2023
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:    100-01+ / 1.118%    102-23 / 1.698%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    125 basis points    135 basis points
Interest Payment Dates:    May 15 and November 15
Record Dates:    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date:    November 15, 2013
Optional Redemption:    Prior to April 15, 2020 (the date that is one month prior to the maturity date) in the case of the 2020 Notes, and February 15, 2023 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date) in the case of the 2023 Notes, the Notes of the applicable series will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then-current Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, in the case of the 2020 Notes, and 20 basis points, in the case of the 2023 Notes, plus, in either case, accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date.
  

At any time on or after April 15, 2020 (the date that is one month prior to the maturity date) in the case of the 2020 Notes, and February 15, 2023 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date) in the case of the 2023 Notes, the Notes of the applicable series will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date.

Additional Optional Redemption:   

Upon completion of the registered exchange offer as described under “Description of Notes—Registration Rights,” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Company may also redeem (1) 2020 Notes which were not exchanged in the registered exchange offer with respect to the 2020 Notes in an amount up to 2% of the original aggregate principal amount of 2020 Notes issued at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date and (2) 2023 Notes which are not exchanged in the registered exchange offer with respect to the 2023 Notes in an amount up to 2% of the original

 

Exhibit B-2


   aggregate principal amount of 2023 Notes issued at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date.
   In addition, the Company may, at its option, redeem each series of the Notes, in whole but not in part, at any time at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date if the Mexican withholding tax rate on payments of interest in respect of the Notes is increased, as a result of a change in Mexican law, to a rate in excess of 4.9%.
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Senior Co-Managers:   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Manager:    Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Trade Date:    April 24, 2013
Settlement Date:    May 3, 2013 (T+7 business days)
144A CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:    485161AN3 / US485161AN35    485161 AR4 / US485161AR49
Reg S CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:    P6052AAG9 / USP6052AAG96    P6052A AH7 / USP6052AAH79

 

Exhibit B-3

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Contact: William H. Galligan, (816) 983-1551, bgalligan@kcsouthern.com

KCS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF KCSR’S PRIVATE OFFERING OF SENIOR NOTES

Kansas City, Mo., April 24, 2013 — Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) (NYSE:KSU) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (“KCSR”), has priced $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.30% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “Senior Notes”) in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The offering by KCSR is expected to close on April 29, 2013. KCSR intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund prepayment of certain term loan obligations, to finance the purchase of certain leased equipment and for other general corporate purposes.

The Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of offers to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any security in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is KCSR, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’s North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are not based upon historical information. Readers can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of such verbs as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” or similar verbs or conjugations of such verbs. Such forward-looking statements are based upon information currently available to management and management’s perception thereof as of the date of this news release. However, such statements are dependent on and, therefore, can be influenced by, a number of external variables over which management has little or no control, including: domestic and international economic conditions; interest rates; the business environment in industries that produce and consume rail freight; competition and consolidation within the transportation industry; fluctuation in prices or availability of key materials, in particular diesel fuel; labor difficulties, including strikes and work stoppages; credit risk of customers and counterparties and their failure to meet their financial obligation; the outcome of claims and litigation; legislative and regulatory developments; political and economic conditions in Mexico and the level of trade between the United States and Mexico; changes in securities and capital markets; disruptions to the KCS’s and KCSM’s technology infrastructure, including its computer systems; natural events such as


severe weather, hurricanes and floods; acts of terrorism or risk of terrorist activities; war or risk of war; and other factors affecting the operation of the business of KCS and KCSM. More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by KCS and KCSM. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including their most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as, a guarantee of future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at or by which any such performance or results will be achieved. As a result, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. KCS and KCSM are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or alter their forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Exhibit 99.2

 

LOGO

Contact: William H. Galligan, (816) 983-1551, bgalligan@kcsouthern.com

KCS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF KCSM’S PRIVATE OFFERING OF SENIOR NOTES

Kansas City, Mo., April 24, 2013 — Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) (NYSE:KSU) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM”) has priced (i) $275 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.35%% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Senior Notes”) and (ii) $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Senior Notes” and, together with the 2020 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”) in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The offering by KCSM is expected to close on May 3, 2013. KCSM intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund concurrent tender offers and consent solicitations KCSM has undertaken in respect of its existing 8% Senior Notes due 2018 and 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020; to fund a concurrent tender offer KCSM has undertaken in respect of its existing 6.125% Senior Notes due 2021; to pay the fees and expenses associated with such tender offers and consent solicitations; to finance the purchase of certain leased equipment; and for other general corporate purposes. Currently, there is approximately $300 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 8% Senior Notes due 2018, approximately $185 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020, and $200 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2021.

The Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration.

The Senior Notes have not been and will not be registered with the Mexican National Securities Registry ( Registro Nacional de Valores ) maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission ( Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores ), or CNBV, and may not be offered or sold publicly, or otherwise be the subject of broker activities in Mexico, except pursuant to a private placement exemption set forth under Article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law ( Ley del Mercado de Valores ).

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of offers to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any security in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include KCSM, serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’s North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.


This news release contains forward-looking statements that are not based upon historical information. Readers can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of such verbs as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” or similar verbs or conjugations of such verbs. Such forward-looking statements are based upon information currently available to management and management’s perception thereof as of the date of this news release. However, such statements are dependent on and, therefore, can be influenced by, a number of external variables over which management has little or no control, including: domestic and international economic conditions; interest rates; the business environment in industries that produce and consume rail freight; competition and consolidation within the transportation industry; fluctuation in prices or availability of key materials, in particular diesel fuel; labor difficulties, including strikes and work stoppages; credit risk of customers and counterparties and their failure to meet their financial obligation; the outcome of claims and litigation; legislative and regulatory developments; political and economic conditions in Mexico and the level of trade between the United States and Mexico; changes in securities and capital markets; disruptions to the KCS’s and KCSM’s technology infrastructure, including its computer systems; natural events such as severe weather, hurricanes and floods; acts of terrorism or risk of terrorist activities; war or risk of war; and other factors affecting the operation of the business of KCS and KCSM. More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by KCS and KCSM with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including their most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as, a guarantee of future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at or by which any such performance or results will be achieved. As a result, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. KCS and KCSM are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or alter their forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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