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): February 28, 2014
ENDO INTERNATIONAL PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Ireland | 333-192760 | Not Applicable | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
25-28 North Wall Quay
International Financial Services Centre
Dublin 1, Ireland
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (011) 353-1-649-2000
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture
As previously disclosed, on December 19, 2013, Endo Finance Co. (the Escrow Issuer), a wholly owned subsidiary of Endo Health Solutions Inc. (Endo), entered into an indenture, dated as of December 19, 2013 (the 5.75% Notes Indenture), between the Escrow Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, pursuant to which the Escrow Issuer issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the 5.75% Notes). Upon issuance of the 5.75% Notes, 100% of the gross proceeds (the Escrowed Funds) were deposited with an escrow agent to be held until (a) consummation of the Transactions (as defined below) or (b) the earlier of upon the earlier of July 1, 2014 or the date that Endo had determined to terminate or abandon the Transactions.
As described below, the Transactions were consummated on February 28, 2014 and, as a result, the Escrowed Funds were released from escrow. The Escrowed Funds were used, together with borrowings under the term loan portion of Endo International plcs (formerly known as Endo International Limited, which was formerly known as Sportwell Limited) (New Endo) new senior secured credit facility, to refinance certain existing indebtedness of Endo, to pay related fees and expenses in connection with the offering of the 5.75% Notes, with the remainder to be used for general corporate purposes, which may include strategic acquisitions.
Upon release of the Escrowed Funds from escrow: (a) the Escrow Issuer merged with and into Endo Finance LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of New Endo (the Issuer), with the Issuer as the surviving entity in the merger, and by entry into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture (the 5.75% Notes Supplemental Indenture), the Issuer assumed all of the Escrow Issuers rights and obligations and succeeded to all of the Escrow Issuers obligations under the 5.75% Notes Indenture and the 5.75% Notes; (b) Endo Finco Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of New Endo (the Co-Obligor), by entry into the 5.75% Notes Supplemental Indenture, became a co-obligor under the Indenture and the 5.75% Notes; and (c) Endo and certain subsidiaries of Endo and New Endo, by entry into the 5.75% Notes Supplemental Indenture, jointly and severally guaranteed the Issuers and the Co-Obligors obligations under the 5.75% Notes Indenture and the 5.75% Notes.
The foregoing summary of the 5.75% Notes Supplemental Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms of the 5.75% Notes Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Convertible Notes Supplemental Indenture
On February 28, 2014, Endo, New Endo and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly The Bank of New York) (the Convertible Notes Trustee), entered into the First Supplemental Indenture (the Convertible Notes Supplemental Indenture) to the Indenture dated as of April 15, 2008 (the Convertible Notes Indenture), by and between Endo and the Convertible Notes Trustee. The Convertible Notes Supplemental Indenture states that, as provided in the Arrangement Agreement, each of Endos 1.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due April 15, 2015 issued pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture became convertible into New Endo ordinary shares and provides that New Endo, as the co-obligor, assumes, jointly and severally with Endo, liability for all payments, deliveries and performance under the Convertible Notes Indenture.
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The foregoing summary of the Convertible Notes Supplemental Indenture is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Convertible Notes Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Warrant Letter Agreement and Warrant Guarantee
On February 28, 2014, Endo entered into a Warrant Letter Agreement (the Letter Agreement) with Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the Counterparty), amending the Confirmation, dated as of April 9, 2008, between Endo and the Counterparty pursuant to which Endo sold to the Counterparty, and the Counterparty purchased from Endo, warrants to purchase Endo common shares (the Warrants). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, New Endo may elect to settle the obligations under the Warrants by delivering either New Endo ordinary shares or cash.
On February 28, 2014, Endo entered into a Guarantee with New Endo pursuant to which New Endo will guarantee all payments, deliveries and performance by Endo under the Warrants.
Credit Facility
On February 28, 2014, Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.à.r.l. and Endo LLC (collectively, the Borrowers) established a $1.1 billion, five-year senior secured term loan facility (the Term A Loan Facility), a $425.0 million, seven-year senior secured term loan facility (the Term B Loan Facility) and a $750.0 million, five-year senior secured revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facility, and together with the Term A Loan Facility and the Term B Loan Facility, the Credit Facility), the terms of which are set forth in a Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2014 (the Credit Agreement) among the Borrowers, Endo Limited, Endo Management Limited, Endo Luxembourg Holding Company S.à.r.l., the lenders named therein, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent), collateral agent, issuing bank and swingline lender.
The Credit Facility will be available for letters of credit, working capital and general corporate purposes (including the making of certain intercompany proceeds loans to effect the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness of Endo and its subsidiaries and certain other Transactions (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by certain affiliates of the Borrowers). The Credit Agreement provides that with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility up to $50.0 million of U.S. dollar equivalent (which amount may be increased up to $75.0 million with the consent of the Administrative Agent) is available for letters of credit and up to $50.0 million (which amount may be increased up to $75.0 million with the consent of the Administrative Agent) is available for swing line loans (the Swing Line Loans) on same-day notice. The Credit Agreement also permits up to $1.0 billion of additional revolving or term loan commitments (which amount may be unlimited if the Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement), at the time of incurrence of such additional commitments and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 (assuming for purposes of such calculation that all commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility are fully drawn)) from one or more of the existing lenders or other lenders (with the consent of the Administrative Agent) without the need for consent from any of the existing lenders under the Credit Facility.
The obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by Endo Limited and certain of its subsidiaries (the Subsidiary Guarantors) and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Endo Limited and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including but not limited to: (a) pledges of and first priority perfected security interests in 100% of the equity interests of certain of Endo Limiteds and the Subsidiary Guarantors subsidiaries and (b) perfected first priority security interests in substantially all other tangible and intangible assets of Endo Limited and each Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to certain exceptions. The Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants that the Borrowers believe are usual and customary for a senior secured credit agreement. The negative covenants include, among other things, limitations on capital expenditures, asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, indebtedness, liens, dividends, investments and transactions with Endo Limiteds and the Borrowers affiliates. The Credit Agreement also requires Endo Limited to maintain a maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio.
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As set forth in the Credit Agreement, borrowings under the Credit Facility will bear interest at an amount equal to a rate calculated based on the type of borrowing and Endo Limiteds Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from time to time. For example, for the Term A Loan Facility and revolving loans (other than Swing Line Loans), the Borrowers may elect to pay interest based on an adjusted LIBOR rate plus between 1.50% and 2.25% or an Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus between 0.50% and 1.25%. For the Term B Loan Facility, the Borrowers may elect to pay interest based on an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 2.50% or an Alternate Base Rate plus 1.50%. In addition, the Term B Loan Facility has an adjusted LIBOR floor of 0.75%. The Borrowers will also pay a commitment fee of between 30 to 50 basis points, payable quarterly, on the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility based on Endo Limiteds Leverage Ratio from time to time.
At any time when the Borrowers are in default on the payment of any amount of principal owing under the Credit Facility, such amount will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate otherwise applicable thereto plus an additional 2.0%.
Overdue interest, fees and other amounts owing under the Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to the Alternate Base Rate loans plus an additional 2.0%.
As of the date of this filing, the Borrowers have not drawn any amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility.
The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
On February 28, 2014, pursuant to that certain Arrangement Agreement, dated November 5, 2013, among Endo, New Endo, Endo Limited (formerly known as Sportwell II Limited), Endo U.S. Inc. (formerly known as ULU Acquisition Corp.), RDS Merger Sub, LLC (Merger Sub), 8312214 Canada Inc. and Paladin Labs Inc. (Paladin) (a) New Endo indirectly acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Paladin pursuant to a plan of arrangement under Canadian law (the Arrangement); and (b) Merger Sub merged with and into Endo, with Endo as the surviving corporation in the merger (the Merger and, together with the Arrangement, the Transactions). Following consummation of the Transactions, each of Endo and Paladin became indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of New Endo.
Pursuant to the Arrangement, (a) Paladin shareholders received $1.16 (CAD) in cash, 1.6331 newly issued New Endo ordinary shares and one common share of Knight Therapeutics Inc., a newly formed corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada that was separated from Paladin as part of the Transactions, in exchange for each Paladin common share held by such shareholders; (b) all options to acquire Paladin common shares were settled on a cash-less exercise basis for New Endo ordinary shares and common shares of Knight Therapeutics in an amount reflecting the arrangement consideration; and (c) unvested rights to receive additional common shares under Paladins share purchase plan were settled for a cash amount based on the Paladin common share price immediately prior to the effective time of the Arrangement. At the effective time of the Merger, each share of Endo common stock was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive one New Endo ordinary share.
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The issuance of New Endo ordinary shares in connection with the Transactions was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to New Endos registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-192760) (the Registration Statement) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and declared effective on January 24, 2014. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus of New Endo and Endo, dated January 24, 2014, that forms a part of the Registration Statement contains additional information about the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement, including a description of the treatment of equity awards and information concerning the interests of directors, executive officers and affiliates of Endo and Paladin in the Transactions.
Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), New Endo is the successor issuer to Endo. New Endos ordinary shares are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and New Endo is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. New Endos ordinary shares were approved for listing on (a) The NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ) and trade under the symbol ENDP and (b) Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and trade under the symbol ENL.
Prior to the Transactions, Endos common shares were registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and listed on NASDAQ, and Paladins common shares were listed on TSX. Endos common shares were delisted from trading on NASDAQ as of close of business on February 28, 2014, and Paladins common shares were delisted from trading on the TSX as of close of business on February 28, 2014. Endo expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration under the Exchange Act of Endos common shares. Paladin expects to file the required notices and applications for Paladin to cease to be a reporting issuer in the jurisdictions where Paladin is currently a reporting issuer.
The foregoing description of the Arrangement Agreement and the Transactions does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Arrangement Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Endos Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of November 5, 2013, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Securityholders |
In connection with the Transactions, on February 28, 2014, each Endo common share was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive one New Endo ordinary share. The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.01. | Changes in Control of Registrant. |
The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. |
On February 28, 2014, in connection with the Transactions, each of New Endos executive officers immediately prior to the Transactions and each of the members of New Endos board of directors immediately prior to the Transactions resigned, other than David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A. who submitted his resignation effective February 24, 2014.
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Appointment of Executive Officers
In connection with the Transactions, the following individuals were appointed as the executive officers of New Endo, effective immediately following the consummation of the Transactions:
Name |
Position(s) |
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Rajiv De Silva |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Suketu P. Upadhyay |
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | |
Caroline B. Manogue |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | |
Donald W. DeGolyer |
Chief Operating Officer, Pharmaceuticals | |
Camille Farhat |
President, American Medical Systems, Inc. | |
Daniel A. Rudio |
Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer |
Appointment of Directors
In connection with the Transactions, on February 28, 2014, the members of Endos board of directors (other than Dr. Nash) were appointed as members of New Endos board of directors, effective immediately following the consummation of the Transactions. The following individuals have been appointed to New Endos board of directors: Roger H. Kimmel, John J. Delucca, Arthur J. Higgins, Nancy J. Hutson, Michael Hyatt, William P. Montague, Jill D. Smith, William F. Spengler and Rajiv De Silva. Mr. Kimmel has been designated as chairman of the board. Members of the board of directors of New Endo will receive compensation under New Endos director compensation program which consists of annual cash retainers, cash meeting fees, and an annual award of restricted stock units.
On February 28, 2014, the committees of the board of directors were constituted as follows:
Audit Committee |
Roger H. Kimmel John J. Delucca (Chairman) William P. Montague Jill D. Smith William F. Spengler |
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Compensation Committee |
John J. Delucca Arthur J. Higgins Michael Hyatt William P. Montague (Chairman) William F. Spengler |
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Nominating and Governance Committee |
Roger H. Kimmel (Chairman) Nancy J. Hutson, Ph.D. Michael Hyatt William P. Montague Jill D. Smith |
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Operations Committee |
Nancy J. Hutson, Ph.D. (Chairman) Arthur J. Higgins Roger H. Kimmel Jill D. Smith William F. Spengler |
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Transactions Committee |
Roger H. Kimmel Arthur J. Higgins Nancy J. Hutson, Ph.D. Michael Hyatt (Chairman) William P. Montague |
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There are no arrangements or understandings between any director and any other person pursuant to which the director was selected as a director, other than the provisions of the Arrangement Agreement.
The information required by Items 401(b), (d) and (e) and 404(a) of Regulation S-K is set forth in (i) the Registration Statement and (ii) Endos Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (which was filed with the SEC on February 28, 2014), and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On February 18, 2014, New Endos Certificate of Incorporation on re-registration as a public limited company was issued by the Irish Companies Registration Office. The Certificate of Incorporation on re-registration as a public limited company is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. On February 28, 2014, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, New Endo adopted its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Memorandum and Articles of Association of New Endo is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On February 28, 2014, New Endo issued a press release announcing, among other things, the completion of its acquisition of Paladin. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
To be filed by amendment not later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report is required to be filed.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
To be filed by amendment not later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report is required to be filed.
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(d) Exhibits.
2.1 | Arrangement Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2013, among Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo International plc (formerly known as Endo International Limited, which was formerly known as Sportwell Limited), Endo Limited (formerly known as Sportwell II Limited), Endo U.S. Inc. (formerly known as ULU Acquisition Corp.), RDS Merger Sub, LLC, 8312214 Canada Inc., and Paladin Labs Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Endo Health Solutions Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 5, 2013). | |
3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation on re-registration as a public limited company of Endo International plc. | |
3.2 | Memorandum and Articles of Association of Endo International plc. | |
4.1 | Supplemental Indenture, dated February 28, 2014, among Endo Finance LLC, Endo Finco Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. | |
4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2014, by and among Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo International plc, as co-obligor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. | |
4.3 | Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2014, among Endo Limited, Endo Management Limited, Endo Luxembourg Holding Company S.a.r.l., Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.a.r.l., Endo LLC (formerly known as NIMA Acquisition, LLC), the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, collateral agent, issuing bank and swingline lender. | |
99.1 | Press Release of Endo International plc, dated February 28, 2014. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 28, 2014
ENDO INTERNATIONAL PLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Caroline B. Manogue |
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Name: | Caroline B. Manogue | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
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Index of Exhibits
Exhibit Number |
Description |
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2.1 | Arrangement Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2013, among Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo International plc (formerly known as Endo International Limited, which was formerly known as Sportwell Limited), Endo Limited (formerly known as Sportwell II Limited), Endo U.S. Inc. (formerly known as ULU Acquisition Corp.), RDS Merger Sub, LLC, 8312214 Canada Inc., and Paladin Labs Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Endo Health Solutions Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 5, 2013). | |
3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation on re-registration as a public limited company of Endo International plc. | |
3.2 | Memorandum and Articles of Association of Endo International plc. | |
4.1 | Supplemental Indenture, dated February 28, 2014, among Endo Finance LLC, Endo Finco Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. | |
4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2014, by and among Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo International plc, as co-obligor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. | |
4.3 | Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2014, among Endo Limited, Endo Management Limited, Endo Luxembourg Holding Company S.a.r.l., Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.a.r.l., Endo LLC (formerly known as NIMA Acquisition, LLC), the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, collateral agent, issuing bank and swingline lender. | |
99.1 | Press Release of Endo International plc, dated February 28, 2014. |
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Exhibit 3.1
9065082/1 | DUPLICATE FOR THE FILE | |||||
Number 534814 |
1548446 |
Certificate of Incorporation
on re-registration as a public limited company
I hereby certify that
ENDO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
has this day been re-registered under the
Companies Acts 1963 to 2014 and
that the company is a public limited company.
Given under my hand at Dublin, this
Tuesday, the 18th day of February, 2014
for Registrar of Companies
Certificate handed to/: | A & L Goodbody | |
International Financial Services Centre, | ||
North Wall Quay, | ||
Dublin 1. |
Signed: | Date: | 19 th February 2014 |
* | Delete as appropriate |
Exhibit 3.2
COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 TO 2013
A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM
AND
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
ENDO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
A&L Goodbody
Solicitors
COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 to 2013
A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
ENDO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
1. | The name of the Company is: Endo International Public Limited Company. |
2. | The Company is to be a public limited company. |
3. | The objects for which the Company is established are: |
3.1. | To carry on all or any of the businesses of manufacturers, buyers, sellers, and distributing agents of and dealers in all kinds of patent, pharmaceutical, medicinal, and medicated preparations, patent medicines, drugs, herbs, and of and in pharmaceutical, medicinal, proprietary and industrial preparations, compounds, and articles of all kinds; and to manufacture, make up, prepare, buy, sell, and deal in all articles, substances, and things commonly or conveniently used in or for making up, preparing, or packing any of the products in which the Company is authorised to deal, or which may be required by customers of or persons having dealings with the Company. |
3.2. | To invest in pharmaceutical and related assets, including, amongst other items, investments in pharmaceutical companies, products, businesses, divisions, technologies, devices, sales force and other marketing capabilities, development projects and related activities, licences, intellectual and similar property rights, premises and equipment, royalty rights and all other assets needed to operate a pharmaceuticals business. |
3.3. | To establish, maintain and operate laboratories for the purpose of carrying on chemical, physical and other research in medicine, chemistry, industry or other unrelated or related fields. |
3.4. | To invest (including long-term investments in, and acquisitions of, the shares of pharmaceutical companies) any monies of the Company in such investments and in such manner as may from time to time be determined, and to hold, sell or deal with such investments and generally to purchase, take on lease or in exchange or otherwise acquire any real and personal property and rights or privileges. |
3.5. | To develop and turn to account any land acquired by the Company or in which it is interested and in particular by laying out and preparing the same for building purposes, constructing, altering, pulling down, decorating, maintaining, fitting up and improving buildings and conveniences, and by planting, paving, draining, farming, cultivating, letting on building lease or building agreement and by advancing money to and entering into contracts and arrangements of all kinds with builders, tenants and others. |
3.6. | To acquire and hold shares and stocks of any class or description, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, bills, mortgages, obligations, investments and securities of all descriptions and of any kind issued or guaranteed by any company, corporation or undertaking of whatever nature and wheresoever constituted or carrying on business or issued or guaranteed by any government, state, dominion, colony, sovereign ruler, commissioners, trust, public; municipal, local or other authority or body of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situated and investments, securities and property of all descriptions and of any kind, including real and chattel real estates, mortgages, reversions, assurance policies, contingencies and choses in action. |
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3.7. | To remunerate by cash payments or allotment of shares or securities of the Company credited as fully paid up or otherwise any person or company for services rendered or to be rendered to the Company or any parent or subsidiary body corporate whether in the conduct or management of its business, or in placing or assisting to place or guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares of the Companys capital, or any debentures or other securities of the Company or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company. |
3.8. | To purchase for investment only property of any tenure and any interest therein, and to make advances upon the security of land or other similar property or any interest therein. |
3.9. | To acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, fee farm grant or otherwise, either for an estate in fee simple or for any less estate or other estate or interest, whether immediate or reversionary and whether vested or contingent, any lands, tenements or hereditaments of any tenure, whether subject or not to any charges or encumbrances, and to hold, farm, work and manage and to let, sublet, mortgage or charge land and buildings of any kind, reversions, interests, annuities, life policies, and any other property real or personal, movable or immovable, either absolutely or conditionally, and either subject or not to any mortgage, charge, ground rent or other rents or encumbrances. |
3.10. | To erect or secure the erection of buildings of any kind with a view of occupying or letting them and to enter into any contracts or leases and to grant any licences necessary to effect the same. |
3.11. | To maintain and improve any lands, tenements or hereditaments acquired by the Company or in which the Company is interested, in particular by decorating, maintaining, furnishing, fitting up and improving houses, shops, flats, maisonettes and other buildings and to enter into contracts and arrangements of all kinds with tenants and others. |
3.12. | To sell, exchange, mortgage (with or without power of sale), assign, turn to account or otherwise dispose of and generally deal with the whole or any part of the property, shares, stocks, securities, estates, rights or undertakings of the Company, real, chattels real or personal, movable or immovable, either in whole or in part, upon whatever terms and whatever consideration the Company shall think fit. |
3.13. | To take part in the management, supervision, or control of the business or operations of any company or undertaking, and for that purpose to appoint and remunerate any directors, accountants, or other experts or agents to act as consultants, supervisors and agents of other companies or undertakings and to provide managerial, advisory, technical, design, purchasing and selling services. |
3.14. | To make, draw, accept, endorse, negotiate, issue, execute, discount and otherwise deal with bills of exchange, promissory notes, letters of credit, circular notes, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. |
3.15. | To redeem, purchase, or otherwise acquire in any manner permitted by law and on such terms and in such manner as the Company may think fit any shares in the Companys capital. |
3.16. |
To guarantee, support or secure whether by personal covenant or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by both such methods the performance of the obligations of, and the repayment or payment of the principal amounts of and the premiums, interest and dividends on any security of any person, firm or company including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any company which is for the time being the Companys holding company or subsidiary as defined by section 155 of the Companies Act 1963 or another subsidiary as |
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defined by the said section of the Companys holding company or otherwise associated with the Company in business notwithstanding the fact that the Company may not receive any consideration, advantage or benefit, direct or indirect from entering into such guarantee or other arrangement or transaction contemplated herein. |
3.17. | To lend the funds of the Company with or without security and at interest or free of interest and on such terms and conditions as the directors shall from time to time determine. |
3.18. | To raise or borrow or secure the payment of money in such manner and on such terms as the directors may deem expedient whether or not by the issue of bonds, debentures or debenture stock, perpetual or redeemable, or by mortgage, charge, lien or pledge upon the whole or any part of the undertaking, property, assets and rights of the Company, present or future, including its uncalled capital and generally in any other manner as the directors shall from time to time determine and to enter into or issue interest and currency hedging and swap agreements, forward rate agreements, interest and currency futures or options and other forms of financial instruments, and to purchase, redeem or pay off any of the foregoing and to guarantee the liabilities of the Company or any other person, and any debentures, debenture stock or other securities may be issued at a discount, premium or otherwise, and with any special privileges as to redemption, surrender, transfer, drawings, allotments of shares; attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, appointment of directors and otherwise. |
3.19. | To accumulate capital for any of the purposes of the Company, and to appropriate any of the Companys assets to specific purposes, either conditionally or unconditionally, and to admit any class or section of those who have any dealings with the Company to any share in the profits thereof or in the profits of any particular branch of the Companys business or to any other special rights, privileges, advantages or benefits. |
3.20. | To reduce the share capital of the Company in any manner permitted by law. |
3.21. | To make gifts or grant bonuses to officers or other persons who are or have been in the employment of the Company and to allow any such persons to have the use and enjoyment of such property, chattels or other assets belonging to the Company upon such terms as the Company shall think fit. |
3.22. | To establish and maintain or procure the establishment and maintenance of any pension or superannuation fund (whether contributory or otherwise) for the benefit of and to give or procure the giving of donations, gratuities, pensions, annuities, allowances, emoluments or charitable aid to any persons who are or were at any time in the employment or service of the Company or any of its predecessors in business, or of any company which is a subsidiary of the Company or who may be or have been directors or officers of the Company, or of any such other company as aforesaid, or any persons in whose welfare the Company or any such other company as aforesaid may be interested and the wives, husbands, widows, widowers, families, relatives or dependants of any such persons and to make payments towards insurance and assurance and to form and contribute to provident and benefit funds for the benefit of such persons and to remunerate any person, firm or company rendering services to the Company, whether by cash payment, gratuities, pensions, annuities, allowances, emoluments or by the allotment of shares or securities of the Company credited as paid up in full or in part or otherwise. |
3.23. | To employ experts to investigate and examine into the conditions, prospects, value, character and circumstances of any business concerns, undertakings, assets, property or rights. |
3.24. | To insure the life of any person who may, in the opinion of the Company, be of value to the Company, as having or holding for the Company interests, goodwill, or influence or otherwise and to pay the premiums on such insurance. |
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3.25. | To distribute either upon a distribution of assets or division of profits among the Members of the Company in kind any property of the Company, and in particular any shares, debentures or securities of other companies belonging to the Company or of which the Company may have the power of disposing. |
3.26. | To give, whether directly or indirectly, and whether by means of a loan, guarantee, the provision of security or otherwise, any financial assistance for the purpose of or in connection with a purchase or subscription made or to be made by any person of or for any shares in the Company, or, where the Company is a subsidiary company, in its holding company. |
3.27. | To do and carry out all or any of the foregoing objects in any part of the world and either as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise, and either by or through agents, trustees or otherwise and either alone or in partnership or in conjunction with any other company, firm or person, provided that nothing herein contained shall empower the Company to carry on the businesses of insurance. |
3.28. | Apply for, purchase or otherwise acquire any patents, brevets dinvention, licences, trademarks, industrial designs, know-how, concessions and other forms of intellectual property rights and the like conferring any exclusive or non-exclusive or limited or contingent rights to use, or any secret or other information as to any invention or process of the Company, or the acquisition of which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to benefit the Company, and to use, exercise, develop, or grant licences in respect of, or otherwise turn to account the property, rights or information so acquired. |
3.29. | Enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person or company carrying on or engaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transaction which the Company is authorised to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as directly or indirectly to benefit the Company. |
3.30. | Acquire and undertake the whole or any part of the undertaking, business, property and liabilities of any person or company carrying on any business which the Company is authorised to carry on or which is capable of being conducted so as to benefit the Company directly or indirectly or which is possessed of assets suitable for the purposes of the Company. |
3.31. | Adopt such means of making known the Company and its products and services as may seem expedient. |
3.32. | Acquire and carry on any business carried on by a subsidiary or a holding company of the Company or another subsidiary of a holding company of the Company. |
3.33. | Promote any company or companies for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property and liabilities of this Company or for any other purpose which may seem directly or indirectly calculated to benefit this Company. |
3.34. | Amalgamate with, merge with or otherwise become part of or associated with any other company or association in any manner permitted by law. |
3.35. | To do and carry out all such other things, except the issuing of policies of insurance, as may be deemed by the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above objects or any of them or calculated to enhance the value of or render profitable any of the Companys properties or rights. |
And it is hereby declared that the word company in this clause, except where used in reference to this Company, shall be deemed to include any person, partnership or other body of persons whether incorporated or not incorporated and whether domiciled in the State or elsewhere and that the objects of the Company as specified in each of the foregoing paragraphs of this clause shall be separate and distinct objects and shall not be in anyway limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other paragraph or the name of the Company.
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4. | The liability of each Member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Members Shares. |
5. | The authorised share capital of the Company is 40,000 and US$100,000 divided into 4,000,000 euro deferred shares of 0.01 each and 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 each. |
6. | The shares forming the capital, increased or reduced, may be increased or reduced and be divided into such classes and issued with any special rights, privileges and conditions or with such qualifications as regards preference, dividend, capital, voting or other special incidents, and be held upon such terms as may be attached thereto or as may from time to time be provided by the original or any substituted or amended Articles of Association and regulations of the Company for the time being, but so that where shares are issued with any preferential or special rights attached thereto such rights shall not be alterable otherwise than pursuant to the provisions of the Companys Articles of Association for the time being. |
7. | Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum of association bear the same meaning as those given in the Articles of Association of the Company. |
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We, the corporate body whose name and address is subscribed, wish to be formed into a company in pursuance of this memorandum of association, and we agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the Company set opposite our respective names.
Name, Address and Description of the Subscriber |
Number of shares taken by the Subscriber |
For and on behalf of | ||
Goodbody Subscriber One Limited IFSC, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 |
One Ordinary Share of EUR1.00 each |
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Limited Liability Company | ||
For and on behalf of Goodbody Subscriber Two Limited IFSC, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 |
One Ordinary Share of EUR1.00 each |
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Limited Liability Company |
Total Number of Shares Taken: 2
Dated |
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Witness to the above signature: |
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COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 TO 2013
A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
ENDO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
PRELIMINARY
1. | The regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule to the 1963 Act shall not apply to the Company. |
2. |
2.1. | In these Articles: |
1963 Act | means the Companies Act 1963. | |
1983 Act | means the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983. | |
1990 Act | means the Companies Act 1990. | |
Address | includes, without limitation, any number or address used for the purposes of communication by way of electronic mail or other electronic communication. | |
Adoption Date | means the date of adoption of these Articles. | |
Articles or Articles of Association | means these articles of association of the Company, as amended from time to time by Special Resolution. | |
Assistant Secretary | means any person appointed by the Secretary from time to time to assist the Secretary. | |
Auditors | means the persons for the time being performing the duties of auditors of the Company. | |
Board | means the board of Directors for the time being of the Company. | |
Chairman | means the chairman of the Board from time to time and/or chairman of a general meeting of the Company as the context may require. |
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clear days | means, in relation to a period of notice, that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect. | |
Companies Acts | means the Companies Acts 1963-2013. | |
Company | means the above-named company. | |
Court | means the Irish High Court. | |
Directors | means the directors for the time being of the Company. | |
dividend | includes interim dividends and bonus dividends. | |
electronic communication | shall have the meaning given to those words in the Electronic Commerce Act 2000. | |
electronic signature | shall have the meaning given to those words in the Electronic Commerce Act 2000. | |
Exchange | means any securities exchange or other system on which the Shares of the Company may be listed or otherwise authorised for trading from time to time. | |
Exchange Act | means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States of America. | |
Member | means a person who has agreed to become a Member of the Company and whose name is entered in the Register of Members as a registered holder of Shares. | |
Member Associated Person | means (in connection to a Member) (A) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting as a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act) with, such Member, (B) any beneficial owner of shares of the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Member and (C) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Member director by whatever name called. | |
Memorandum | means the memorandum of association of the Company as amended from time to time by Special Resolution. |
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month | means a calendar month. | |
Ordinary Resolution | means an ordinary resolution of the Companys Members within the meaning of section 141 of the 1963 Act. | |
paid-up | means paid-up in accordance with the 1983 Act as to the nominal value and any premium payable in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid-up. | |
Redeemable Shares | means redeemable shares in accordance with section 206 of the 1990 Act. | |
Register of Members or Register | means the register of Members of the Company maintained by or on behalf of the Company, in accordance with the Companies Acts and includes (except where otherwise stated) any duplicate Register of Members. | |
registered office | means the registered office for the time being of the Company. | |
Seal | means the seal of the Company, if any, and includes every duplicate seal. | |
Secretary | means the person appointed by the Board to perform any or all of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes an Assistant Secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform the duties of secretary of the Company. | |
Share and Shares | means a share or shares in the capital of the Company. | |
Special Resolution | means a special resolution of the Companys Members within the meaning of section 141 of the 1963 Act. |
2.2. | In these Articles: |
2.2.1. | words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice-versa; |
2.2.2. | words importing the feminine gender include the masculine gender; |
2.2.3. | words importing persons include any company, partnership or other body of persons, whether corporate or not, any trust and any government, governmental body or agency or public authority, whether of Ireland or elsewhere; |
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2.2.4. | expressions referring to written and in writing shall be construed, unless the contrary intention appears, as including references to printing, lithography, photography and any other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form except as provided in these Articles and/or where it constitutes writing in electronic form sent to the Company, and the Company has agreed to its receipt in written form; |
2.2.5. | expressions referring to execution of any document shall include any mode of execution whether under seal or under hand or any mode of electronic signature as shall be approved by the Directors; |
2.2.6. | expressions referring to receipt of any electronic communications shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be limited to receipt in such manner as the Company has approved; |
2.2.7. | references to a company include any body corporate or other legal entity, whether incorporated or established in Ireland or elsewhere; |
2.2.8. | references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced from time to time; |
2.2.9. | any phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms; |
2.2.10. | reference to officer or officers in these Articles means any executive that has been designated by the Company as an officer and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not have the meaning given to such term in the 1963 Act and any such officers shall not constitute officers of the Company within the meaning of section 2(1) of the 1963 Act; |
2.2.11. | headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing these Articles; and |
2.2.12. | references to US$, USD, $ or dollars shall mean United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America and references to , euro, or EUR shall mean the euro, the lawful currency of Ireland. |
REGISTERED OFFICE
3. | The registered office shall be at such place in Ireland as the Board from time to time shall decide. |
SHARE CAPITAL; ISSUE OF SHARES
4. | The authorised share capital of the Company is 40,000 and US$100,000 divided into 4,000,000 euro deferred shares of 0.01 each and 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 each. |
5. | Subject to the provisions of these Articles relating to new Shares, the Shares shall be at the disposal of the Directors, and they may (subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts) allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions and at such times as they may consider to be in the best interests of the Company and its Members, but so that no Share shall be issued at a discount save in accordance with sections 26(5) and 28 of the 1983 Act, and so that, in the case of Shares offered to the public for subscription, the amount payable on application on each Share shall not be less than one-quarter of the nominal amount of the Share and the whole of any premium thereon. |
6. | Subject to any requirement to obtain the approval of Members under any laws, regulations or the rules of any Exchange, the Board is authorised, from time to time, in its discretion, to grant such persons, for such periods and upon such terms as the Board deems advisable, options to purchase or subscribe for any number of Shares of any class or classes or of any series of any class as the Board may deem advisable, and to cause warrants or other appropriate instruments evidencing such options to be issued. |
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7. |
7.1. | The Directors are, for the purposes of section 20 of the 1983 Act, generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and issue relevant securities (as defined by the said section 20) up to the amount of Companys authorised share capital as at the date of adoption of these Articles and to allot and issue any Shares purchased or redeemed by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Part XI of the 1990 Act and held as treasury shares and this authority shall expire five years from the date of adoption of these Articles. |
7.2. | The Directors are hereby empowered pursuant to sections 23 and 24(1) of the 1983 Act to allot equity securities within the meaning of the said section 23 for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 7.1 as if section 23(1) of the said 1983 Act did not apply to any such allotment. The Company may before the expiry of such authority make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Board may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by Article 7.1 had not expired. |
7.3. | The Company may issue share warrants to bearer pursuant to section 88 of the 1963 Act. |
8. | Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Shares or class of Shares, any Share in the Company may be issued with such preferred or deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise, as the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution determine. |
9. | The Company may pay commission to any person in consideration of any person subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally, for the Shares in the Company or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional, for any Shares in the Company on such terms and, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and to such conditions as the Board may determine, including, without limitation, by paying cash or allotting and issuing fully or partly paid Shares or any combination of the two. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful. |
ORDINARY SHARES
10. | The holder of an ordinary share shall be: |
10.1. | entitled to dividends on a pro rata basis in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Articles; |
10.2. | entitled to participate pro rata in the distribution of the total assets of the Company in the event of the Companys winding up; and |
10.3. | entitled, subject to the right of the Company to set record dates for the purpose of determining the identity of Members entitled to notice of and/or vote at a general meeting, to attend general meetings of the Company and shall be entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share registered in his or her name in the Register of Members, in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Articles. |
11. | An ordinary share shall be deemed to be a Redeemable Share on, and from the time of, the existence or creation of an agreement, transaction or trade between the Company (including any agent or broker acting on behalf of the Company) and any third party pursuant to which the Company acquires or will acquire ordinary shares, or an interest in ordinary shares, from the relevant third party. In these circumstances, the acquisition of such shares by the Company shall constitute the redemption of a Redeemable Share in accordance with Part XI of the 1990 Act. |
12. | All ordinary shares shall rank pari passu with each other in all respects. |
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EURO DEFERRED SHARES
13. | The holders of the euro deferred shares shall not be entitled to receive any dividend or distribution and shall not be entitled to receive notice of, nor to attend, speak or vote at any general meeting of the Company. On a return of assets, whether on liquidation or otherwise, the euro deferred shares shall entitle the holder thereof only to the repayment of the amounts paid up on such shares after repayment of the capital paid up on the ordinary shares plus the payment of $5,000,000 on each of the ordinary shares and the holders of the euro deferred shares (as such) shall not be entitled to any further participation in the assets or profits of the Company. |
14. | The Special Resolution adopting these Articles passed on the Adoption Date shall be deemed to confer irrevocable authority on the Company at any time after the Adoption Date: |
14.1. | to acquire all or any of the fully paid euro deferred shares otherwise than for valuable consideration in accordance with section 41(2) of the 1983 Act and without obtaining the sanction of the holders thereof; |
14.2. | to appoint any person to execute on behalf of the holders of the euro deferred shares remaining in issue (if any) a transfer thereof and/or an agreement to transfer the same otherwise than for valuable consideration to the Company or to such other person as the Company may nominate; |
14.3. | to cancel any acquired euro deferred shares; and |
14.4. | pending such acquisition and/or transfer and/or cancellation to retain the certificate (if any) for such euro deferred shares. |
15. | In accordance with section 43(3) of the 1983 Act the Company shall, not later than three (3) years after any acquisition by it of any euro deferred shares as aforesaid, cancel such shares (except those which, or any interest of the Company in which, it shall have previously disposed of) and reduce the amount of the share capital by the nominal value of the shares so cancelled and the Board may take such steps as are requisite to enable the Company to carry out its obligations under that subsection without complying with sections 72 and 73 of the 1963 Act including passing resolutions in accordance with section 43(5) of the 1983 Act. |
16. | Neither the acquisition by the Company otherwise than for valuable consideration of all or any of the euro deferred shares nor the redemption thereof nor the cancellation thereof by the Company in accordance with this Article shall constitute a variation or abrogation of the rights or privileges attached to the euro deferred shares, and accordingly the euro deferred shares or any of them may be so acquired, redeemed and cancelled without any such consent or sanction on the part of the holders thereof. The rights conferred upon the holders of the euro deferred shares shall not be deemed to be varied or abrogated by the creation of further shares ranking in priority thereto or pari passu therewith. |
ISSUE OF WARRANTS
17. | The Board may issue warrants to subscribe for any class of Shares or other securities of the Company on such terms as it may from time to time determine. |
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
18. | Unless otherwise provided for by the Board or the rights attaching to or by the terms of issue of any particular Shares, or to the extent required by any Exchange, depository or any operator of any clearance or settlement system, no person whose name is entered as a Member in the Register of Members shall be entitled to receive a share certificate for all Shares of each class held by him or her (nor on transferring a part of holding, to a certificate for the balance). |
19. |
Any share certificate, if issued, shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which it is issued and the amount paid thereon or the fact that they are fully paid, as the case may be, and may otherwise be in such form as shall be determined by the Board. Such certificates may be under Seal. All certificates |
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for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. The name and address of the person to whom the Shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of Shares and date of issue, shall be entered in the Register of Members of the Company. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. The Board may authorise certificates to be issued with the Seal and authorised signature(s) affixed by some method or system of mechanical process. In respect of a Share or Shares held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue a certificate or certificates to each such person, and the issue and delivery of a certificate or certificates to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such holders. |
20. | If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating such evidence, as the Board may prescribe, and, in the case of defacement or wearing out, upon delivery of the old certificate. |
REGISTER OF MEMBERS
21. | The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained a Register of its Members in accordance with the Companies Acts. |
22. | If the Board considers it necessary or appropriate, the Company may establish and maintain a duplicate Register or Registers of Members at such location or locations within or outside Ireland as the Board thinks fit. The original Register of Members shall be treated as the Register of Members for the purposes of these Articles and the Companies Acts. |
23. | The Company, or any agent(s) appointed by it to maintain the duplicate Register of Members in accordance with these Articles, shall as soon as practicable and on a regular basis record or procure the recording in the original Register of Members all transfers of Shares effected on any duplicate Register of Members and shall at all times maintain the original Register of Members in such manner as to show at all times the Members for the time being and the Shares respectively held by them, in all respects in accordance with the Companies Acts. |
24. | The Company shall not be bound to register more than four (4) persons as joint holders of any Share. If any Share shall stand in the names of two (2) or more persons, the person first named in the Register of Members shall be deemed the sole holder thereof as regards service of notices and, subject to the provisions of these Articles, all or any other matters connected with the Company. |
TRANSFER OF SHARES
25. | Subject to such of the restrictions of these Articles and to such of the conditions of issue or transfer as may be applicable, all transfers of Shares shall be effected by an instrument in writing (an instrument of transfer) in such form as the Board may approve. All such instruments of transfer must be left at the registered office or at such other place as the Board may specify and all such instruments of transfer shall be retained by the Company. An instrument of transfer need not be executed by the transferee. |
26. |
26.1. | The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be executed by the transferor or alternatively for and on behalf of the transferor by the Secretary (or such other person as may be nominated by the Secretary for this purpose) on behalf of the Company, and the Company, the Secretary (or relevant nominee) shall be deemed to have been irrevocably appointed agent for the transferor of such Share or Shares with full power to execute, complete and deliver in the name of and on behalf of the transferor of such Share or Shares all such transfers of Shares held by the Members in the share capital of the Company. Any document which records the name of the transferor, the name of the transferee, the class and number of Shares agreed to be transferred, the date of the agreement to transfer Shares, shall, once executed in accordance with this Article, be deemed to be a proper instrument of transfer for the purposes of section 81 of the 1963 Act. |
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26.2. | The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the Share until the name of the transferee is entered on the Register in respect thereof, and neither the title of the transferee nor the title of the transferor shall be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale should the Board so determine. |
26.3. | The Company, at its absolute discretion and insofar as the Companies Acts or any other applicable law permits, may, or may procure that a subsidiary of the Company shall, pay Irish stamp duty arising on a transfer of Shares on behalf of the transferee of such Shares of the Company. If stamp duty resulting from the transfer of Shares in the Company which would otherwise be payable by the transferee is paid by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company on behalf of the transferee, then in those circumstances, the Company shall, on its behalf or on behalf of its subsidiary (as the case may be), be entitled to (i) seek reimbursement of the stamp duty from the transferee, (ii) set-off the stamp duty against any dividends payable to the transferee of those Shares and (iii) to claim a first and permanent lien on the Shares on which stamp duty has been paid by the Company or its subsidiary for the amount of stamp duty paid. |
26.4. | Notwithstanding the provisions of these Articles and subject to any regulations made under section 239 of the 1990 Act, title to any Shares in the Company may also be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument in accordance with section 239 of the 1990 Act or any regulations made thereunder. The Board shall have power to permit any class of Shares to be held in uncertificated form and to implement any arrangements they think fit for such evidencing and transfer which accord with such regulations and in particular shall, where appropriate, be entitled to disapply or modify all or part of the provisions in these Articles with respect to the requirement for written instruments of transfer and share certificates (if any), in order to give effect to such regulations. |
27. | The Board may in its absolute discretion and without assigning any reason for its decision, decline to register any transfer of any Share which is not a fully paid Share. The Board may also, in its absolute discretion, and without assigning any reason, refuse to register a transfer of any Share unless: |
27.1. | The instrument of transfer is fully and properly completed and is lodged with the Company accompanied by the certificate for the Shares (if any) to which it relates (which shall upon registration of the transfer be cancelled) and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; |
27.2. | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of Shares; |
27.3. | a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America is in effect with respect to such transfer or such transfer is exempt from registration and, if requested by the Board, a written opinion from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Board is, obtained to the effect that such transfer is exempt from registration; |
27.4. | the instrument of transfer is properly stamped (in circumstances where stamping is required); |
27.5. | in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to which the Share is to be transferred does not exceed four; |
27.6. | it is satisfied, acting reasonably, that all applicable consents, authorisations, permissions or approvals of any governmental body or agency in Ireland or any other applicable jurisdiction required to be obtained under relevant law prior to such transfer have been obtained; and |
27.7. | it is satisfied, acting reasonably, that the transfer would not violate the terms of any agreement to which the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and the transferor are party or subject. |
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28. | If the Board shall refuse to register a transfer of any Share, it shall, within two (2) months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal. |
29. | The Company shall not be obligated to make any transfer to an infant or to a person in respect of whom an order has been made by a competent court or official on the grounds that he or she is or may be suffering from mental disorder or is otherwise incapable of managing his or her affairs or under other legal disability. |
30. | Upon every transfer of Shares the certificate (if any) held by the transferor shall be given up to be cancelled, and shall forthwith be cancelled accordingly, and subject to Article 18 a new certificate may be issued without charge to the transferee in respect of the Shares transferred to him or her, and if any of the Shares included in the certificate so given up shall be retained by the transferor, a new certificate in respect thereof may be issued to him or her without charge. |
REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF SHARES
31. | Subject to the provisions of Part XI of the 1990 Act and the other provisions of this Article 31, the Company may: |
31.1. | pursuant to section 207 of the 1990 Act, issue any Shares of the Company which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Member on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by the Company in general meeting (by Special Resolution) on the recommendation of the Board; |
31.2. | redeem Shares of the Company on such terms as may be contained in, or be determined pursuant to the provisions of, these Articles. Subject as aforesaid, the Company may cancel any Shares so redeemed or may hold them as treasury shares and re-issue such treasury shares as Shares of any class or classes or cancel them; |
31.3. | subject to or in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts and without prejudice to any relevant special rights attached to any class of Shares, pursuant to section 211 of the 1990 Act, purchase any of its own Shares (including any Redeemable Shares and without any obligation to purchase on any pro rata basis as between Members or Members of the same class) and may cancel any Shares so purchased or hold them as treasury (as defined by section 209 of the 1990 Act) and may reissue any such Shares as Shares of any class or classes or cancel them; or |
31.4. | pursuant to section 210 of the 1990 Act, convert any of its Shares into Redeemable Shares provided that the total number of Shares which shall be redeemable pursuant to this authority shall not exceed the limit in section 210(4) of the 1990 Act. |
32. | The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Companies Acts. |
33. | The holder of the Shares being purchased shall be bound to deliver up to the Company at its registered office or such other place as the Board shall specify, the certificate(s) (if any) thereof for cancellation and thereupon the Company shall pay to him or her the purchase or redemption monies or consideration in respect thereof. |
VARIATION OF RIGHTS OF SHARES
34. | If at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of Shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may be varied or abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of three-quarters of all the votes of the issued Shares of that class, or with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a general meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. |
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35. | The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall apply mutatis mutandis to every such general meeting of the holders of one class of Shares except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding or representing by proxy at least one-half of the issued Shares of the class. |
36. | The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by (i) the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith; (ii) a purchase or redemption by the Company of its own Shares; or (iii) the creation or issue for value (as determined by the Board) of further Shares ranking as regards participation in the profits or assets of the Company or otherwise in priority to them. |
LIEN ON SHARES
37. | The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every Share (not being a fully paid Share) for all monies (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that Share. The Board, at any time, may declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article 37. The Companys lien on a Share shall extend to all monies payable in respect of it. |
38. | The Company may sell in such manner as the Board determines any Share on which the Company has a lien if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable and is not paid within fourteen (14) clear days after notice demanding payment, and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Share may be sold, has been given to the holder of the Share or to the person entitled to it by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the holder. |
39. | To give effect to a sale, the Board may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share(s) sold to, or in accordance with, the directions of, the transferee. The transferee shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Share(s) comprised in any such transfer and he or she shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies nor shall his or her title to the Share be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in reference to the sale, and after the name of the transferee has been entered in the Register, the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and against the Company exclusively. |
40. | The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable and any residue (upon surrender to the Company for cancellation of the certificate for the Shares sold and subject to a like lien for any monies not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) shall be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale. |
41. | Whenever any law for the time being of any country, state or place imposes or purports to impose any immediate or future or possible liability upon the Company to make any payment or empowers any government or taxing authority or government official to require the Company to make any payment in respect of any Shares registered in the Register as held either jointly or solely by any Members or in respect of any dividends, bonuses or other monies due or payable or accruing due or which may become due or payable to such Member by the Company on, or in respect of, any Shares registered as mentioned above or for or on account or in respect of any Member and whether in consequence of: |
a) | the death of such Member; |
b) | the non-payment of any income tax or other tax by such Member; |
c) | the non-payment of any estate, probate, succession, death, stamp or other duty by the executor or administrator of such Member or by or out of his or her estate; or |
d) | any other act or thing; |
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in every such case (except to the extent that the rights conferred upon holders of any class of Shares renders the Company liable to make additional payments in respect of sums withheld on account of the foregoing): |
41.1. | the Company shall be fully indemnified by such Member or his or her executor or administrator from all liability; |
41.2. | the Company shall have a lien upon all dividends and other monies payable in respect of the Shares registered in the Register as held either jointly or solely by such Member for all monies paid or payable by the Company as referred to above in respect of such Shares or in respect of any dividends or other monies thereon or for or on account or in respect of such Member under or in consequence of any such law, together with interest at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum (or such other rate as the Board may determine) thereon from the date of payment to date of repayment, and the Company may deduct or set off against such dividends or other monies so payable any monies paid or payable by the Company as referred to above together with interest at the same rate; |
41.3. | the Company may recover as a debt due from such Member or his or her executor or administrator (wherever constituted) any monies paid by the Company under or in consequence of any such law and interest thereon at the rate and for the period referred to above in excess of any dividends or other monies then due or payable by the Company; and |
41.4. | the Company may if any such money is paid or payable by it under any such law as referred to above refuse to register a transfer of any Shares by any such Member or his or her executor or administrator until such money and interest is set off or deducted as referred to above or in the case that it exceeds the amount of any such dividends or other monies then due or payable by the Company, until such excess is paid to the Company. |
Subject to the rights conferred upon the holders of any class of Shares, nothing in this Article 41 will prejudice or affect any right or remedy which any law may confer or purport to confer on the Company. As between the Company and every such Member as referred to above (and, his or her executor, administrator and estate, wherever constituted), any right or remedy which such law shall confer or purport to confer on the Company shall be enforceable by the Company. |
CALLS ON SHARES
42. | Subject to the terms of allotment, the Board may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares and each Member (subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) clear days notice specifying when and where payment is to be made) shall pay to the Company as required by the notice the amount called on his or her Shares. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A call may be revoked before receipt by the Company of a sum due thereunder, in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. |
43. | A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed. |
44. | A person on whom a call is made shall (in addition to a transferee) remain liable notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Share in respect of which the call is made. |
45. | The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof. |
46. | If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due until it is paid at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the Share or in the notice of the call or, if no rate is fixed, at the appropriate rate (as defined by the Companies Acts) but the Board may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part. |
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47. | An amount payable in respect of a Share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of nominal value by way of premium, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid, the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call. |
48. | Subject to the terms of allotment, the Board may make arrangements on the issue of Shares for a difference between the holders in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their Shares. |
49. | The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Member willing to advance the same all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him or her, and upon all or any of the monies so advanced may pay (until the same would, but for such advance, become payable) interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such sum in advance. |
FORFEITURE
50. | If a Member fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Directors, at any time thereafter during such times as any part of the call or instalment remains unpaid, may serve a notice on him or her requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued. |
51. | The notice shall state a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen (14) clear days from the date of service of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed, the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. |
52. | If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, then at any time thereafter before the payment required by the notice has been made, any Shares in respect of which the notice has been given may be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect. The forfeiture shall include all dividends or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Shares and not paid before forfeiture. The Board may accept a surrender of any Share liable to be forfeited hereunder. |
53. | On the trial or hearing of any action for the recovery of any money due for any call, it shall be sufficient to prove that the name of the Member sued is entered in the Register as the holder, or one of the holders, of the Shares in respect of which such debt accrued, that the resolution making the call is duly recorded in the minute book and that notice of such call was duly given to the Member sued, in pursuance of these Articles, and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call nor any other matters whatsoever, but the proof of the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the debt. |
54. | A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal, such a Share is to be transferred to any person, the Board may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share to that person. The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for the Share on any sale or disposition thereof and may execute a transfer of the Share in favour of the person to whom the Share is sold or disposed of and thereupon he or she shall be registered as the holder of the Share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his or her title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share. |
55. | A person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of the forfeited Shares, but nevertheless shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which, at the date of forfeiture, were payable by him or her to the Company in respect of the Shares, without any deduction or allowance for the value of the Shares at the time of forfeiture but his or her liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all such monies in respect of the Shares. |
56. | A statutory declaration or affidavit that the declarant is a Director or the Secretary of the Company, and that a Share in the Company has been duly forfeited on the date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. |
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57. | The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the Share or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
58. | The Directors may accept the surrender of any Share which the Directors have resolved to have been forfeited upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed and, subject to any such terms and conditions, a surrendered Share shall be treated as if it has been forfeited. |
NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS
59. | The Company shall not be obligated to recognise any person as holding any Share upon any trust (except as is otherwise provided in these Articles or to the extent required by law) and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future, or partial interest in any Share, or any interest in any fractional part of a Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Companies Acts) any other rights in respect of any Share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder. This shall not preclude the Company from requiring the Members or a transferee of Shares to furnish to the Company with information as to the beneficial ownership of any Share when such information is reasonably required by the Company. |
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
60. | If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased where he or she was a sole holder or the only survivor of joint holders, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his or her interest in the Shares; but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of any deceased holder from any liability in respect of any Share which had been jointly held by him or her solely or jointly with other persons. |
61. | A person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy, liquidation or insolvency of a Member, or otherwise becoming entitled to a Share by operation of any law, directive or regulation (whether of the State, the European Union, or any other jurisdiction) may elect, upon such evidence of title being produced as the Directors may reasonably require at any time and from time to time, and subject as further provided in this Article, either to become the holder of the Share or to have some person nominated by him or her registered as the transferee. If he or she elects to become the holder of the Share, he or she shall give notice to the Company to that effect and, where the Directors are satisfied with the evidence of title produced to them, they may register such persons as the holder of the Share, subject to the other provisions of these Articles and of the Acts. If he or she elects to have another person registered he or she shall execute an instrument of transfer of the Share to that person. All of these Articles relating to the transfer of Shares shall apply to the notice or instrument of transfer as if it were an instrument of transfer executed by the Member and the event giving rise to the entitlement of the relevant person to the Shares had not occurred. |
62. | A person becoming entitled to a Share by transmission shall have the rights to which he or she would be entitled if he or she were the holder of the Share (including, without limitation, the right to receive and give a valid discharge for any dividends, distributions or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share), except that, before being registered as the holder of the Share he or she shall not be entitled in respect of it to receive notices of, or to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of holders of any class of Shares in the Company, so, however, that the Directors, at any time, may give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or herself to transfer the Share and, if the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) days, the Directors thereupon may withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. |
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AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION;
CHANGE OF LOCATION OF REGISTERED OFFICE; AND
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
63. | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
63.1. | divide its share capital into several classes and attach to them respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions; |
63.2. | increase the authorised share capital by such sum to be divided into Shares of such nominal value, as such Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe; |
63.3. | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares; |
63.4. | by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them, divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller nominal value than is fixed by the Memorandum subject to section 68(1)(d) of the 1963 Act, so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in the case of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; |
63.5. | cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the relevant Ordinary Resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person; and |
63.6. | subject to applicable law, change the currency denomination of its share capital. |
64. | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Company may: |
64.1. | by Special Resolution change its name, alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein or alter or add to these Articles; |
64.2. | by Special Resolution reduce its issued share capital and any capital redemption reserve fund or any share premium account. In relation to such reductions, the Company may by Special Resolution determine the terms upon which the reduction is to be effected, including in the case of a reduction of part only of any class of Shares, those Shares to be affected; and |
64.3. | by resolution of the Directors, change the location of its registered office. |
65. | Whenever as a result of an alteration or reorganisation of the share capital of the Company any Members would become entitled to fractions of a Share, the Board may, on behalf of those Members, sell the Shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person and distribute the proceeds of sale in due proportion among those Members, and the Board may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his or her title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the sale. |
CLOSING REGISTER OF MEMBERS OR FIXING RECORD DATE
66. | For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other proper purpose, the Board may provide, subject to the requirements of section 121 of the 1963 Act, that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers at such times and for such periods, not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in each year. If the Register of Members shall be so closed for the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members, such Register of Members shall be so closed for at least five (5) days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register of Members. |
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67. | In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Board may fix in advance a date as the record date (a) for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, and (b) for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other proper purpose, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of payment of such dividend or the taking of any action to which such determination of Members is relevant. |
68. | If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members, the date immediately preceding the date on which notice of the meeting is deemed given under these Articles shall be the record date for such determination of Members. Where a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in these Articles, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof; provided, however, that the Directors may fix a new record date of the adjourned meeting, if they think fit. |
GENERAL MEETINGS
69. | The Board shall convene and the Company shall hold annual general meetings in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Acts. |
70. | The Board may, whenever it thinks fit, and shall, on the requisition in writing of Members holding such number of Shares as is prescribed by, and made in accordance with, section 132 of the 1963 Act, convene a general meeting in the manner required by the Companies Acts. All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings. |
71. | The Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting in addition to any other meeting in that year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notice calling it. Not more than fifteen (15) months shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting of the Company and that of the next. Each general meeting shall be held at such time and place as designated by the Board and as specified in the notice of meeting. Subject to section 140 of the 1963 Act, all general meetings may be held outside of Ireland. |
72. | The Board may, in its absolute discretion, authorise the Secretary to postpone any general meeting called in accordance with the provisions of these Articles (other than a meeting requisitioned under Article 70 or the postponement of which would be contrary to the Companies Acts, law or a Court order pursuant to the Companies Acts) if the Board considers that, for any reason, it is impractical or unreasonable to hold the general meeting, provided that notice of postponement is given to each Member before the time for such meeting. Fresh notice of the date, time and place for the postponed meeting shall be given to each Member in accordance with the provisions of these Articles. |
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
73. | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts allowing a general meeting to be called by shorter notice, an annual general meeting, and an extraordinary general meeting called for the passing of a Special Resolution, shall be called by at least twenty-one (21) clear days notice and all other extraordinary general meetings shall be called by at least fourteen (14) clear days notice. Such notice shall state the date, time, place of the meeting and, in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, the general nature of the business to be considered. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day of the meeting and shall specify such other details as are required by applicable law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Exchange. |
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74. | A general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article 74 has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if applicable law so permits and it is so agreed by the Auditors and by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat or by their proxies. |
75. | The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such, and the notice convening a meeting to pass a Special Resolution shall specify the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution. Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner permitted by these Articles to all Members other than such as, under the provisions hereof or the terms of issue of the Shares they hold, those who are not entitled to receive such notice from the Company. |
76. | There shall appear with reasonable prominence in every notice of general meetings of the Company a statement that a Member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him or her and that a proxy need not be a Member of the Company. |
77. | The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting. |
78. | In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with notices, the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding at any such meeting. A Member present, either in person or by proxy, at any general meeting of the Company or of the holders of any class of Shares in the Company, will be deemed to have received notice of that meeting and, where required, of the purpose for which it was called. |
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
79. | All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, with the exception of declaring a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets and the reports of the Directors and Auditors, the election of Directors, the re-appointment of the retiring Auditors and the fixing of the remuneration of the Auditors. |
80. | No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. One or more Members present in person or by proxy holding not less than a majority of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company entitled to vote at the meeting in question shall be a quorum. |
81. | If within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Members, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other time or such other place as the Board may determine and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting the Members present shall be a quorum. |
82. | If the Board wishes to make this facility available to Members for a specific or all general meetings of the Company, a Member may participate in any general meeting of the Company, by means of a telephone, video, electronic or similar communication equipment by way of which all persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting. |
83. | Each Director and the Auditors shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company. |
84. | The Chairman, or in his absence some other Director nominated by the Directors, shall preside at every general meeting of the Company, but if at any meeting neither the Chairman, nor such other Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting, or if none of them are willing to act as Chairman, the Directors present shall choose some Director present to be Chairman, or if no Director is present, or if all the Directors present decline to take the chair, the Members present shall choose some Member present to be Chairman. |
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85. | The Chairman of the meeting may, with the consent of any general meeting duly constituted hereunder, and shall if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished, or which might have been transacted, at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting; save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned general meeting. |
86. | No business may be transacted at a general meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, other than business that is either proposed by or at the direction of the Board; proposed at the direction of a court of competent jurisdiction; proposed on the requisition in writing of such number of Members as is prescribed by, and is made in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the Companies Acts and, in respect of an annual general meeting only, these Articles; or the Chairman determines in his or her absolute discretion that the business may properly be regarded as within the scope of the meeting. For business or nominations to be properly brought by a Member at any general meeting, the Member proposing such business must be a Member at the time of giving the notice provided for in Articles 73 to 78 and must be entitled to vote at such meeting and any proposed business must be a proper matter for Member action. |
87. |
87.1. | Subject to the Companies Acts, a resolution may only be put to a vote at a general meeting of the Company or of any class of Members if: |
a) | it is specified in the notice of meeting; |
b) | it is proposed by or at the direction of the Board; |
c) | it is proposed at the direction of a court of competent jurisdiction; |
d) | it is proposed pursuant to, and in accordance with, the procedures and requirements of Article 146; |
e) | it is proposed on the requisition in writing of such number of Members as is prescribed by, and is made in accordance with, section 132 of the 1963 Act; or |
f) | the Chairman of the meeting in his or her absolute discretion decides that the resolution may properly be regarded as within the scope of the meeting. |
87.2. | No amendment may be made to a resolution, at or before the time when it is put to a vote, unless the Chairman of the meeting in his or her absolute discretion decides that the amendment or the amended resolution may properly be put to a vote at that meeting. |
87.3. | If the Chairman of the meeting rules a resolution or an amendment to a resolution admissible or out of order (as the case may be), the proceedings of the meeting or on the resolution in question shall not be invalidated by any error in his or her ruling. Any ruling by the Chairman of the meeting in relation to a resolution or an amendment to a resolution shall be final and conclusive. |
88. |
88.1. | For business to be properly requested by a Member to be brought before an annual general meeting, the Member must: |
a) | be a Member of the Company at the time of the giving of the notice for such annual general meeting; |
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b) | be entitled to vote at such meeting; and |
c) | have given timely and proper notice in writing to the Secretary in accordance with this Article 88. |
88.2. | To be timely for an annual general meeting, a Members notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the registered office of the Company not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual general meeting of Members (save that in the case of the Companys first annual general meeting, references to the preceding years annual general meeting will be to the annual general meeting of Endo Health Solutions, Inc. held that preceding year); provided, however, that in the event that the annual general meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the Member in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual general meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual general meeting was made, whichever first occurs. |
88.3. | To be in proper written form, a Members notice must set forth as to each matter such Member proposes to bring before the meeting: |
88.3.1. | A brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and if such business includes a proposal to amend the Articles, the text of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting; |
88.3.2. | As to the member giving notice: |
(i) | the name and address, as they appear in the Register of Members, of such Member and any Member Associated Person covered by this Article 88.3.2(i) and Article 88.3.2(ii) below; |
(ii) | (A) the class and number of Shares of the Company which are held of record or are beneficially owned by the Member and by any Member Associated Person with respect to the Companys securities; (B) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding in connection with the proposal of such business between or among such Member and any Member Associated Person, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others (including their names) acting as a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act) with any of the foregoing; (C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned securities) that has been entered into, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit from share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Member or such Member Associated Person, with respect to shares of the Company; (D) a representation that the Member is a holder of Shares of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business; (E) a representation whether the Member or the Member Associated Person, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and / or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Companys outstanding Shares required to adopt the proposal and / or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from Members in support of such proposal. If requested by the Company, the information required under clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the preceding sentence shall be supplemented by such Member and any Member Associated Person not later than ten days after the later of the record date for the meeting or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed to disclose such information as of the record date; and |
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(iii) | any material interest of the Member or any Member Associated Person in such business. |
The Chairman shall have the power and duty to determine whether any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article, and if any proposed business is not in compliance with this Article 88, to declare that such defective proposal shall be disregarded. The Chairman shall, if the facts reasonably warrant, refuse to acknowledge that a proposal that is not made in compliance with the procedure specified in this Article, and any such proposal not properly brought before the meeting, be considered.
89. | Except where a greater majority is required by the Companies Acts or these Articles, any question proposed for a decision of the Members at any general meeting of the Company or a decision of any class of Members at a separate meeting of any class of Shares shall be decided by an Ordinary Resolution. |
90. | At any general meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. The Board or the Chairman may determine the manner in which the poll is to be taken and the manner in which the votes are to be counted. |
91. | A poll demanded on the election of the Chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time, not being more than ten days from the date of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote was taken, as the Chairman of the meeting directs, and any business other than that on which a poll has been demanded may be proceeded with pending the taking of the poll. |
92. | No notice need be given of a poll not taken immediately. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded. On a poll, a Member entitled to more than one vote need not use all his or her votes or cast all the votes he or she uses in the same way. |
93. | If authorised by the Board, any vote taken by written ballot may be satisfied by a ballot submitted by electronic or telephonic transmission, provided that any such electronic or telephonic submission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic submission has been authorised by the Member or proxy. |
94. | The Board may, and at any general meeting, the Chairman of such meeting may make such arrangement and impose any requirement or restriction it or he or she considers appropriate to ensure the security of a general meeting including, without limitation, requirements for evidence of identity to be produced by those attending the meeting, the searching of personal property and the restriction of items that may be taken into the meeting place. The Board and, at any general meeting, the Chairman of such meeting are entitled to refuse entry to a person who refuses to comply with such arrangements, requirements or restrictions. |
95. | Subject to section 141 of the 1963 Act, a resolution in writing signed by all of the Members for the time being entitled to attend and vote on such resolution at a general meeting (or being bodies corporate by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective for all purposes as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more persons, and if described as a special resolution shall be deemed to be a special resolution within the meaning of the 1963 Act. Any such resolution shall be served on the Company. |
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VOTES OF MEMBERS
96. | Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of Shares, every Member of record present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for each Share registered in his or her name in the Register of Members. |
97. | In the case of joint holders of record the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members. |
98. | A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by his or her committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person in the nature of a committee, receiver or curator bonis appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other persons may vote by proxy. |
99. | No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he or she is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting. |
100. | No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at such general meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the Chairman of the general meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive. |
101. | Votes may be given either personally or by proxy. A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting and may appoint a proxy to vote both in favour of and against the same resolution in such proportion as specified in the instrument appointing the proxy. |
PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
102. |
102.1. | Every Member entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting may appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote on his or her behalf and may appoint more than one proxy to attend, speak and vote at the same meeting. The appointment of a proxy or corporate representative shall be in such form and may be accepted by the Company at such place and at such time as the Board or the Secretary shall from time to time determine, subject to applicable requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Exchange on which the Shares are listed. No such instrument appointing a proxy or corporate representative shall be voted or acted upon after two (2) years from its date. |
102.2. | Without limiting the foregoing, the Board may from time to time permit appointments of a proxy to be made by means of an electronic or internet communication or facility and may in a similar manner permit supplements to, or amendments or revocations of, any such electronic or internet communication or facility to be made. The Board may in addition prescribe the method of determining the time at which any such electronic or internet communication or facility is to be treated as received by the Company. The Board may treat any such electronic or internet communication or facility which purports to be or is expressed to be sent on behalf of a Member as sufficient evidence of the authority of the person sending that instruction to send it on behalf of that Member. |
103. | Any body corporate which is a Member of the Company may authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members of the Company and the person or persons so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the body corporate which he or she represents as that body corporate could exercise if it were an individual Member of the Company. The Company may require evidence from the body corporate of the due authorisation of such person or persons to act as the representative of the relevant body corporate. |
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104. | An appointment of proxy relating to more than one meeting (including any adjournment thereof) having once been received by the Company for the purposes of any meeting shall not require to be delivered, deposited or received again by the Company for the purposes of any subsequent meeting to which it relates. |
105. | Receipt by the Company of an appointment of proxy in respect of a meeting shall not preclude a Member from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof which attendance and voting will automatically cancel any proxy previously submitted. |
106. | An appointment proxy shall be valid, unless the contrary is stated therein, for any adjournment of the meeting as well as for the meeting to which it relates. |
107. |
107.1. | A vote given in accordance with the terms of an appointment of proxy or a resolution authorising a representative to act on behalf of a body corporate shall be valid notwithstanding the death or insanity of the principal, or the revocation of the appointment of proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was appointed or of the resolution authorising the representative to act or transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy was appointed or the authorisation of the representative to act was given, provided that no direction in writing (whether in electronic form or otherwise) of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the Company at the Office, at least one hour before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the appointment of proxy is used or at which the representative acts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that where such direction is given in electronic form, it shall have been received by the Company at least 24 hours (or such lesser time as the Directors may specify) before the commencement of the meeting. |
107.2. | The Board may send, at the expense of the Company, by post, electronic mail or otherwise, to the Members, forms for the appointment of a proxy (with or without stamped envelopes for their return) for use at any general meeting or at any class meeting, either in blank or nominating any one or more of the Directors or any other persons in the alternative. |
DIRECTORS
108. | Unless otherwise determined by the Company by Ordinary Resolution, the number of Directors on the Board shall be not less than five (5) nor more than twelve (12). The exact number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board. |
109. | The remuneration to be paid to the Directors shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid their travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in going to, attending and returning from meetings of the Directors, or any committee of the Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Board from time to time, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other. |
110. | The Board may approve additional remuneration to any Director undertaking any special work or services for, or undertaking any special mission on behalf of, the Company other than his or her ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his or her remuneration as a Director. |
111. | Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. |
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INTERESTS
112. |
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Company shall, in accordance with section 194 of the 1963 Act, declare the nature of his or her interest at the first opportunity either (a) at a meeting of the Board at which the question of entering into the contract, transaction or arrangement is first taken into consideration, if the Director or officer of the Company knows this interest then exists, or in any other case, at the first meeting of the Board after learning that he or she is or has become so interested or (b) by providing a general notice to the Directors declaring that he or she is a Director or an officer of, or has an interest in, a person and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction or arrangement made with that person, and after giving such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction. |
113. | A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of its Auditors) in conjunction with his or her office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Board may determine. |
114. | A Director may act by himself or herself or by his or her firm in a professional capacity for the Company (other than as its Auditors) and he or she or his or her firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he or she were not a Director. |
115. | A Director may be or become a Director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or Member of any other company or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as Member or otherwise, and no such Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as a Director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or Member of such other company; provided that he or she has declared the nature of his or her position with, or interest in, such company to the Board in accordance with Article 112. |
116. | No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or from being an officer of the Company or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or officer of the Company shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or officer of the Company so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director or officer of the Company holding office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established; provided that: |
116.1. | he has declared the nature of his or her interest in such contract or transaction to the Board in accordance with Article 112; and |
116.2. | the contract or transaction is approved by a majority of the disinterested Directors, notwithstanding the fact that the disinterested Directors may represent less than a quorum. |
117. | A Director may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board which authorises or approves the contract, transaction or arrangement in which he or she is interested and he or she shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract, transaction or arrangement in which he or she is interested, provided that the nature of the interest of any Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him or her in accordance with Article 112, at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon. |
118. | For the purposes of Article 112: |
118.1. | a general notice given to the Directors that a Director is to be regarded as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the Director has an interest in any such transaction of the nature and extent so specified; |
118.2. | an interest of which a Director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him or her to have knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of his or hers; and |
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118.3. | a copy of every declaration made and notice given under Article 112 shall be entered within three (3) days after the making or giving thereof in a book kept for this purpose. Such book shall be open for inspection without charge by any Director, Secretary, the Auditors or Member of the Company at the registered office and shall be produced at every general meeting of the Company and at any meeting of the Directors if any Director so requests in sufficient time to enable the book to be available at the meeting. |
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
119. | The business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in promoting and registering the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Companies Acts or by these Articles, required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting, subject, nevertheless, to any of these Articles and to the provisions of the Companies Acts. No resolution made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been made. |
120. | The Board shall have the power to appoint and remove officers on such terms as the Board sees fit and to give such titles and delegate such responsibilities to those executives as it sees fit. |
121. | The Company may exercise the powers conferred by section 41 of the 1963 Act with regard to having an official seal for use abroad and such powers shall be vested in the Directors. |
122. | Subject as otherwise provided with these Articles, the Directors may exercise the voting powers conferred by shares of any other company held or owned by the Company in such manner in all respects as they think fit and in particular they may exercise their voting powers in favour of any resolution appointing the Directors or any of them as Director or officers of such other company or providing for the payment of remuneration or pensions to the Directors or officers of such other company. |
123. | All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for money paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, by such person or persons and in such manner as the Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine. |
124. | The Directors may from time to time authorise such person or persons as they see fit to perform all acts, including without prejudice to the foregoing, to effect a transfer of any Shares, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations, subscription rights, warrants, and other securities in another body corporate in which the Company holds an interest and to issue the necessary powers of attorney for the same; and each such person is authorised on behalf of the Company to vote such securities, to appoint proxies with respect thereto, and to execute consents, waivers and releases with respect thereto, or to cause any such action to be taken. |
125. | The Board may exercise all powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds or such other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party. |
126. |
The Directors may procure the establishment and maintenance of or participate in, or contribute to, any non-contributory or contributory pension or superannuation fund, scheme or arrangement or life assurance scheme or arrangement for the benefit of, and pay, provide for or procure the grant of donations, gratuities, pensions, allowances, benefits or emoluments to any persons (including Directors or other officers) who are or shall have been at any time in the employment or service of the Company or of any company which is or was a subsidiary of the Company or of the predecessor in business of the Company or any such subsidiary or holding Company and the wives, husbands, widows, widowers, families, relatives or dependants of any such persons. The Directors may also procure the establishment and subsidy of or subscription to and support of any institutions, associations, clubs, funds or trusts calculated to be for the benefit of any such persons as aforesaid or otherwise to |
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advance the interests and well-being of the Company or of any such other company as aforesaid or its Members, and payments for or towards the issuance of any such persons as aforesaid and subscriptions or guarantees of money for charitable or benevolent objects or for any exhibition or for any public, general or useful object. Provided that any Director shall be entitled to retain any benefit received by him or her under this Article 126, subject only, where the Companies Acts require, to disclosure to the Members and the approval of the Company in general meeting. |
127. | The Board may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as it shall think fit and the specific delegation provisions contained in the Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by these Articles. |
MINUTES
128. | The Board shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of all appointments of officers made by the Board, all resolutions and proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares, of the Directors and of committees of Directors, including the names of the Directors present at each meeting. |
DELEGATION OF THE BOARDS POWERS
129. | The Board may delegate any of its powers (with power to sub-delegate) to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. The Board may also delegate to any Director, officer or member of the management of the Company or any of its subsidiaries such of its powers as it considers desirable to be exercised by him or her. The Board may also designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Board may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of its own powers and may be revoked or altered. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of the Board shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board when required. |
130. | The Board may, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Board may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of its own powers and may be revoked by the Board at any time. |
131. | The Board may, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Board may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him or her. |
CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
132. | The Board may elect any Director as Chairman of the Board and determine the period for which he or she is to hold office. |
133. | In addition to the Chairman, the Directors and the Secretary, the Company may have such officers as the Board may from time to time determine and, without limitation to the foregoing, may appoint any person (whether or not a Director) to fill the position of chief executive officer. |
134. | The use of the word officer (or similar words) in the title of any executive or other position shall not be deemed to imply that the person holding such executive or other position is an officer of the Company within the meaning of the Companies Acts. |
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PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
135. | Except as otherwise provided by these Articles, the Directors shall meet together for the despatch of business, convening, adjourning and otherwise regulating their meetings and procedures as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the Directors present at a meeting at which there is a quorum. Each Director shall have one vote. |
136. | Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times and places as may be provided for in resolutions adopted by the Board. No additional notice of a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board shall be required. |
137. | A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors by at least 24 hours notice in writing to every Director, which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors either at, before or after the meeting is held and provided further if notice is given in person, by telephone, cable, telex, telecopy or email, the same shall be deemed to have been given on the day it is delivered to the Directors or transmitting organisation as the case may be. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting of the Directors to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by any person entitled to receive notice, shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting. |
138. | The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Board from time to time and unless so fixed shall be a majority of the Directors in office. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. |
139. | The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to that number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose. |
140. | Any casual vacancy shall only be filled by decision of a majority of the Board then in office, provided that a quorum is present. Any Director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of Directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor. Any vacancy on the Board, including a vacancy that results from an increase in the number of Directors or from the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal of a Director, shall be deemed a casual vacancy. |
141. | If no Chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the Chairman is not present within five (5) minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be the Chairman of the meeting. |
142. | All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and qualified to be a Director. |
143. | Members of the Board or of any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or of such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the telephone call or similar communication was initiated. |
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144. | A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts), signed by all the Directors for the time being or all the members of a committee of Directors shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors or committee as the case may be duly convened and held. |
RESIGNATION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
145. | The office of a Director shall be vacated ipso facto: |
145.1. | if he or she resigns his or her office, on the date on which notice of his or her resignation is delivered to the registered office or tendered at a meeting of the Board or on such later date as may be specified in such notice; or |
145.2. | on him or her being prohibited by law from being a Director; or |
145.3. | on him or her ceasing to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Companies Acts. |
APPOINTMENT, ROTATION, REMOVAL AND NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS
146. |
146.1. | No person shall be appointed a Director, unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 146. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at a general meeting may be made: |
(a) | by the affirmative vote of the Board; |
(b) | with respect to election at an annual general meeting, by any Member who holds ordinary Shares or other Shares carrying the general right to vote at general meetings of the Company, who is a Member at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in Article 146.2 and at the time of the relevant annual general meeting, and who timely complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article 146; and |
(c) | with respect to election at an extraordinary general meeting requisitioned in accordance with section 132 of the 1963 Act, by a Member or Members who hold ordinary Shares or other Shares carrying the general right to vote at general meetings of the Company and who make such nomination in the written requisition of the extraordinary general meeting in accordance with these Articles and the Companies Acts relating to nominations of Directors and the proper bringing of special business before an extraordinary general meeting, |
(sub-clauses (b) and (c) being the exclusive means for a Member to make nominations of persons for election to the Board).
146.2. | For nominations of persons for election as Directors at an annual general meeting to be timely, a Members notice must comply with the requirements of Article 88.2. |
146.3. | To be in proper written form, a Members notice for nomination(s) of person(s) for election must in addition to any other applicable requirements set forth: |
(a) | as to each person whom the Member proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a Director: |
(i) | the name, age, business address and residence address of such person; |
(ii) | the principal occupation or employment of such person; |
(iii) | the class and number of Shares of which are beneficially owned by such person in the Company and any other direct or indirect pecuniary or economic interest in any Shares of the Company of such person, including, without limitation, any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit sharing arrangement; and |
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(iv) | any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including, without limitation, such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected), |
(b) | as to the Member giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made: |
(i) | the name and address, as they appear on the Companys Register of Members, of such Member, and of such beneficial owner; |
(ii) | the class and number of Shares in the Company which are beneficially owned by such Member and such beneficial owner and any other direct or indirect pecuniary or economic interest in any capital Shares of the Company of such Member and such beneficial owner, including, without limitation, any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit sharing arrangement; |
(iii) | a description of any arrangements or understandings between such Member and each proposed nominee and any other person (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such Member and such beneficial owner; |
(iv) | a representation that such Member intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice; and |
(v) | any other information relating to such Member and such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors, or may otherwise be required, in each case pursuant to section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. |
146.4. | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 146, unless otherwise required by law, if the Member (or a qualified representative of the Member) does not appear at the meeting of Members of the Company to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company. |
146.5. | The Chairman of the meeting shall determine whether a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Articles, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded. |
146.6. | The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require, including the completion of any questionnaires to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director of the Company and the impact that such service would have on the ability of the Company to satisfy the requirements of laws, rules, regulations and listing standards applicable to the Company or its Directors. |
147. | At every annual general meeting of the Company, all of the Directors shall retire from office unless re-elected by Ordinary Resolution at the annual general meeting. A Director retiring at a meeting shall retain office until the close of that meeting (including any adjournment thereof). |
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148. | Every Director shall be eligible to stand for re-election at an annual general meeting. |
149. | If a Director offers himself for re-election, he shall be deemed to have been re-elected, unless at such meeting the Ordinary Resolution for the re-election of such Director has been defeated. |
150. | The Company may, by Ordinary Resolution, of which extended notice has been given in accordance with section 142 of the 1963 Act, remove any Director before the expiration of his or her period of office notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director. Such removal shall be without prejudice to any claim such Director may have for damages for breach of any contract of service between him or her and the Company. |
151. | The Company may, by Ordinary Resolution, appoint another person in place of a Director removed from office under Article 147 and without prejudice to the powers of the Directors under Article 108, the Company in general meeting by Ordinary Resolution may appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional Director, subject to the maximum number of Directors set out in Article 108. |
152. | Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Directors may appoint a person who is willing to act to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director, provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed the number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles as the maximum number of Directors. A Director so appointed shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting. If not reappointed at such annual general meeting, such Director shall vacate office at the conclusion thereof. |
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
153. |
153.1. | Any Director may appoint by writing under his or her hand one or more persons (including another Director) to be his or her alternate provided always that no such appointment of any person(s) other than a Director as an alternate shall be operative unless and until such appointment(s) shall have been approved by resolution of the Directors. |
153.2. | An alternate Director shall be entitled, subject to him or her giving to the Company an address, to receive notices of all meetings of the Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his or her appointor is a member, to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him or her is not personally present and in the absence of his or her appointor to exercise all the powers, rights, duties and authorities of his or her appointor as a Director (other than the right to appoint an alternate hereunder). |
153.3. | Save as otherwise provided in these Articles, an alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for his or her own acts and defaults and he or she shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him or her. The remuneration of any such alternate Director shall be payable out of the remuneration paid to the Director appointing him or her and shall consist of such portion of the last mentioned remuneration as shall be agreed between the alternate and the Director appointing him or her. |
153.4. | A Director may revoke at any time the appointment of any alternate appointed by him or her. If a Director shall die or cease to hold the office of Director, the appointment of his or her alternate shall thereupon cease and determine but if a Director retires by rotation or otherwise but is reappointed or deemed to have been reappointed at the meeting at which he or she retires, any appointment of an alternate Director made by him or her which was in force immediately prior to his or her retirement shall continue after his or her re-appointment. |
153.5. | Any appointment or revocation pursuant to this Article 153 may be sent by delivery, post, cable, commercial courier, telegram, telex, telefax, electronic mail or any other means of communication approved by the Directors and may bear a printed or facsimile signature of the Director making such appointment or revocation or in any other manner approved by the Directors. |
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SECRETARY
154. | The Secretary shall be appointed by the Board at such remuneration (if any) and on such terms as the Board sees fit and any Secretary so appointed may be removed by the Board at any time. |
155. | The duties of the Secretary shall be those prescribed by the Companies Acts, together with such other duties as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board, and in any case, shall include the making and keeping of records of the votes, doings and proceedings of all meetings of the Members and the Board of the Company, and committees, and the authentication of records of the Company. |
156. | A provision of the Companies Acts or these Articles requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as Director and as, or in the place of, the Secretary. |
SEAL
157. | The Company may, if the Board so determines, have a Seal (including any official seals kept pursuant to the Companies Acts) which shall only be used by the authority of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by the Board in that regard and every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by any person who shall be either a Director or the Secretary or some other person authorised by the Board, either generally or specifically, for the purpose. |
158. | The Company may have for use in any place or places outside Ireland, a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a duplicate of the Seal of the Company except, in the case of a seal for use in sealing documents creating or evidencing securities issued by the Company, for the addition on its face of the word Securities and if the Board so determines, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used. |
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND RESERVES
159. | The Company in general meeting may declare dividends, but no dividends shall exceed the amount recommended by the Board. Any general meeting declaring a dividend and any resolution of the Directors declaring an interim dividend may direct payment of such dividend or interim dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of paid up shares, debentures or debenture stocks of any other company or in any one or more of such ways, and the Board shall give effect to such resolution, and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Board may settle the same as they think expedient, and in particular may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the footing of the value so fixed, in order to adjust the rights of all the parties, and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board. |
160. | Subject to the Companies Acts, the Board may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and distributions on Shares outstanding and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefore and in any currency chosen at its discretion. |
161. | The Board may, before declaring any dividends or distributions, set aside such sums as it thinks proper as a reserve or reserves which shall at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the like discretion, be employed in the business of the Company. The Directors may also, without placing the same to reserve, carry forward any profits which they may think it prudent not to divide. |
162. | No dividend, interim dividend or distribution shall be paid otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the 1983 Act. |
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163. | Subject to the rights of persons, if any, entitled to Shares with special rights as to dividends or distributions, if dividends or distributions are to be declared on a class of Shares, they shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid or credited as paid on the Shares of such class outstanding on the record date for such dividend or distribution as determined in accordance with these Articles. |
164. | The Directors may deduct from any dividend payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) immediately payable by him or her to the Company in relation to his or her Shares. |
165. | The Board or any general meeting declaring a dividend (upon the recommendation of the Board), may direct that any dividend or distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of paid up shares, debentures, or debenture stock or similar instrument of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Board may settle the same as it thinks expedient and in particular may issue fractional certificates and fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board. |
166. | Any dividend, distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post, or sent by any electronic or other means of payment, directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant, electronic or other payment shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent and payment of the cheque or warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders. Any such dividend or other distribution may also be paid by any other method (including payment in a currency other than US$, electronic funds transfer, direct debit, bank transfer or by means of a relevant system) which the Directors consider appropriate and any Member who elects for such method of payment shall be deemed to have accepted all of the risks inherent therein. The debiting of the Companys account in respect of the relevant amount shall be evidence of good discharge of the Companys obligations in respect of any payment made by any such methods. |
167. | No dividend or distribution shall bear interest against the Company. |
168. | If the Directors so resolve, any dividend which has remained unclaimed for six (6) years from the date of its declaration shall be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company. The payment by the Directors of any unclaimed dividend or other monies payable in respect of a Share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof. |
CAPITALISATION
169. | Without prejudice to any powers conferred on the Directors as aforesaid, and subject to the Boards authority to issue and allot Shares under Articles 6 and 7, the Board may: |
169.1. | resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a share premium account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution; |
169.2. | appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Members in proportion to the nominal amount of Shares held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum, and allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Members (or as the Board may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other, but the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve and profits that are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article 169, only be applied in paying up unissued Shares to be allotted to Members credited as fully paid; |
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169.3. | make any arrangements it thinks fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions, the Board may deal with the fractions as it thinks fit; |
169.4. | authorise a person to enter (on behalf of all the Members concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to the Members respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalisation and any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those Members; and |
169.5. | generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the resolution. |
ACCOUNTS
170. | The Board shall cause to be kept proper books of account, whether in the form of documents, electronic form or otherwise, that: |
170.1. | correctly record and explain the transactions of the Company; |
170.2. | will at any time enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy; |
170.3. | will enable the Board to ensure that any balance sheet, profit and loss account or income and expenditure account of the Company complies with the requirements of the Companies Acts; |
170.4. | will record all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company; and |
170.5. | will enable the accounts of the Company to be readily and properly audited. |
171. | Books of account shall be kept on a continuous and consistent basis and entries therein shall be made in a timely manner and be consistent from year to year. The Company may send by post, electronic mail or any other means of electronic communication a summary financial statement to its Members or persons nominated by any Member. The Company may meet, but shall be under no obligation to meet, any request from any of its Members to be sent additional copies of its full report and accounts or summary financial statement or other communications with its Members. |
172. | The books of account shall be kept at the registered office of the Company or, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, at such other place as the Directors think fit and shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Directors. |
173. | Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept as required by Articles 170 to 172, if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Companys affairs and to explain its transactions. |
174. | In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Board may from time to time cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law. |
175. | A copy of every balance sheet (including every document required by law to be annexed thereto) which is to be laid before the annual general meeting of the Company together with a copy of the Directors report and Auditors report shall be sent by post, electronic mail or any other means of communication (electronic or otherwise), not less than twenty-one (21) clear days before the date of the annual general meeting, to every person entitled under the provisions of the Companies Acts to receive them; provided that in the case of those documents sent by electronic mail or any other means of electronic communication, such documents shall be sent with the consent of the recipient, to the Address of the recipient notified to the Company by the recipient for such purposes. |
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AUDIT
176. | Auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with sections 160 to 163 of the 1963 Act or any statutory amendment thereof, any other applicable law and such requirements not inconsistent with the Companies Acts as the Board may from time to time determine. |
NOTICES
177. | Any notice to be given, served, sent or delivered pursuant to these Articles shall be in writing (whether in electronic form or otherwise). |
177.1. | A notice or document to be given, served, sent or delivered in pursuance of these Articles, and the annual report of the Company, may be given to, served on or delivered to any Director, Member or committee member by the Company: |
(a) | by handing same to their authorised agent; |
(b) | by delivering same to their registered address; |
(c) | by sending same by the post in a pre-paid cover addressed to their registered address; or |
(d) | by sending, with the consent of the Director, Member or committee member to the extent required by law, same by means of electronic mail or other means of electronic communication approved by the Directors, to the Address of the Director, Member or committee member notified to the Company by the Director, Member or committee member for such purpose (or if not so notified, then to the Address of the Director, Member or committee member last known to the Company). |
177.2. | For the purposes of these Articles and the Companies Act, a document shall be deemed to have been sent to a Director, Member or committee member if a notice is given, served, sent or delivered to the Director, Member or committee member and the notice specifies the website or hotlink or other electronic link at or through which the Director, Member or committee member may obtain a copy of the relevant document. |
177.3. | Where a notice or document is given, served or delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph 177.1(a) or 177.1(b) of this Article, the giving, service or delivery thereof shall be deemed to have been effected at the time the same was handed to the Director, Member or committee member or his or her authorised agent, or left at his or her registered Address (as the case may be). |
177.4. | Where a notice or document is given, served or delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph 177.1(c) of this Article, the giving, service or delivery thereof shall be deemed to have been effected at the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours after the cover containing it was posted. In proving service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that such cover was properly addressed, stamped and posted. |
177.5. | Where a notice or document is given, served or delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph 177.1(d) of this Article, the giving, service or delivery thereof shall be deemed to have been effected at the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours after despatch. |
177.6. | Every legal personal representative, committee, receiver, curator bonis or other legal curator, assignee in bankruptcy, examiner or liquidator of a Member shall be bound by a notice given as aforesaid if sent to the last registered Address of such Member, or, in the event of notice given or delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph 177.1(d), if sent to the Address notified by the Company by the Member for such purpose notwithstanding that the Company may have notice of the death, lunacy, bankruptcy, liquidation or disability of such Member. |
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177.7. | Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article, the Company shall not be obliged to take account of or make any investigations as to the existence of any suspension or curtailment of postal services within or in relation to all or any part of any jurisdiction. |
177.8. | Any requirement in these Articles for the consent of a Member in regard to the receipt by such Member of electronic mail or other means of electronic communications approved by the Directors, including the receipt of the Companys annual report, audited accounts and the Directors and auditors reports thereon, shall be deemed to have been satisfied where the Company has written to the Member informing him or her of its intention to use electronic communications for such purposes and the Member has not, within four (4) weeks of the issue of such notice, served an objection in writing on the Company to such proposal. Where a Member has given, or is deemed to have given, his/her consent to the receipt by such Member of electronic mail or other means of electronic communications approved by the Directors, she/he may revoke such consent at any time by requesting the Company to communicate with him or her in documented form; provided, however, that such revocation shall not take effect until five (5) days after written notice of the revocation is received by the Company. |
177.9. | Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-paragraphs 177.1(a) and 177.1(b) of this Article, if at any time by reason of the suspension or curtailment of postal services in any territory, the Company is unable effectively to convene a general meeting by notices sent through the post, a general meeting may be convened by a public announcement (as defined below) and such notice shall be deemed to have been duly served on all Members entitled thereto at noon (New York time) on the day on which the said public announcement is made. In any such case the Company shall put a full copy of the notice of the general meeting on its website. A public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a financial news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. |
178. | Notice may be given by the Company to the joint holders of a Share by giving the notice to the joint holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the Share and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders. |
179. |
179.1. | Every person who becomes entitled to a Share shall before his or her name is entered in the Register in respect of the Share, be bound by any notice in respect of that Share which has been duly given to a person from whom he or she derives his or her title. |
179.2. | A notice may be given by the Company to the persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member by sending or delivering it, in any manner authorised by these Articles for the giving of notice to a Member, addressed to them at the address, if any, supplied by them for that purpose. Until such an address has been supplied, a notice may be given in any manner in which it might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred. |
180. | The signature (whether electronic signature, an advanced electronic signature or otherwise) to any notice to be given by the Company may be written (in electronic form or otherwise) or printed. |
181. | A Member present, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares in the Company shall be deemed to have received notice of the meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which it was called. |
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UNTRACED HOLDERS
182. |
182.1. | The Company shall be entitled to sell at the best price reasonably obtainable, any Share or stock of a Member or any Share or stock to which a person is entitled by transmission if and provided that: |
(a) | for a period of six (6) years (not less than three (3) dividends having been declared and paid) no cheque or warrant sent by the Company through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to the Member or to the person entitled by transmission to the Share or stock at his or her address on the Register or other than the last known address given by the Member or the person entitled by transmission to which cheques and warrants are to be sent has been cashed and no communication has been received by the Company from the Member or the person entitled by transmission; and |
(b) | at the expiration of the said period of six (6) years the Company has given notice by advertisement in a leading newspaper circulating in the area in which the address referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article is located of its intention to sell such Share or stock; and |
(c) | the Company has not during the further period of three (3) months after the date of the advertisement and prior to the exercise of the power of sale received any communication from the Member or person entitled by transmission. |
182.2. | To give effect to any such sale, the Company may appoint any person to execute as transferor an instrument of transfer of such Share or stock and such instrument of transfer shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the Member or person entitled by transmission to such Share or stock. The Company shall account to the Member or other person entitled to such Share or stock for the net proceeds of such sale by carrying all monies in respect thereof to a separate account which shall be a permanent debt of the Company and the Company shall be deemed to be a debtor and not a trustee in respect thereof for such Member or other person. Monies carried to such separate account may either be employed in the business of the Company or invested in such investments (other than shares of the Company or its holding company if any) as the Directors may from time to time think fit. |
DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
183. | Former shareholders of Paladin Labs Inc. (Paladin) who do not deliver their Paladin share certificates and all other required documentation to Paladins exchange agent on or before the second anniversary of the completion of the Companys indirect acquisition of Paladin (the Paladin Acquisition) may in the absolute discretion of the Board, have their relevant Shares repurchased by the Company for nil consideration in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 31.3 and thereafter shall cease to have a claim or interest of any kind or nature as a Member and shall lose their right to receive any dividend or other distribution declared by the Company with respect to his or her relevant Shares after the completion of the Paladin Acquisition. |
184. | The Company may destroy: |
184.1. | any dividend mandate or any variation or cancellation thereof or any notification of change of name or address, at any time after the expiry of two (2) years from the date such mandate variation, cancellation or notification was recorded by the Company; |
184.2. | any instrument of transfer of Shares which has been registered, at any time after the expiry of six (6) years from the date of registration; and |
184.3. | any other document on the basis of which any entry in the Register was made, at any time after the expiry of six (6) years from the date an entry in the Register was first made in respect of it; |
184.4. | and it shall be presumed conclusively in favour of the Company that every share certificate (if any) so destroyed was a valid certificate duly and properly sealed and that every instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered and that every other document destroyed hereunder was a valid and effective document in accordance with the recorded particulars thereof in the books or records of the Company provided always that: |
(a) | the foregoing provisions of this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim; |
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(b) | nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document earlier than as aforesaid or in any case where the conditions of proviso (a) above are not fulfilled; and |
(c) | references in this Article to the destruction of any document include references to its disposal in any manner. |
WINDING UP
185. | If the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution among the Members as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid up or credited as paid up share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the capital paid up or credited as paid up at the commencement of the winding up on the Shares held by them respectively. And if in a winding up the assets available for distribution among the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital paid up or credited as paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed among the Members in proportion to the capital at the commencement of the winding up paid up or credited as paid up on the said Shares held by them respectively. Provided that this Article shall not affect the rights of the Members holding Shares issued upon special terms and conditions. |
185.1. | In case of a sale by the liquidator under section 260 of the 1963 Act, the liquidator may by the contract of sale agree so as to bind all the Members, for the allotment to the Members directly, of the proceeds of sale in proportion to their respective interests in the Company and may further, by the contract, limit a time at the expiration of which obligations or Shares not accepted or required to be sold shall be deemed to have been irrevocably refused and be at the disposal of the Company, but so that nothing herein contained shall be taken to diminish, prejudice or affect the rights of dissenting Members conferred by the said section. |
185.2. | The power of sale of the liquidator shall include a power to sell wholly or partially for debentures, debenture stock, or other obligations of another company, either then already constituted or about to be constituted for the purpose of carrying out the sale. |
186. | If the Company is wound up, the liquidator, with the sanction of a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Companies Acts, may divide amongst the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not), and, for such purpose, may value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator, with the like sanction, may vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the contributories as, with the like sanction, he or she determines, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any assets upon which there is a liability. |
INDEMNITY
187. |
187.1. | Subject to the provisions of, and so far as may be permitted by, the Companies Acts, every Director and Secretary shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him or her in the execution and discharge of his or her duties or in relation thereto including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, which relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him as an officer or employee of the Company and in which judgement is given in his or her favour (or the proceedings are otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his or her part) or in which he or she is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted to him by the Court. |
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187.2. | As far as permissible under the Companies Acts, the Company shall indemnify any current or former executive or officer of the Company (excluding any Directors or Secretary) or any person who is serving or has served at the request of the Company as a Director, executive, officer or trustee of another company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Company, to which he or she was, is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was such a Director, executive, officer or trustee, provided always that the indemnity contained in this Article 187.2 shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Acts. |
187.3. | In the case of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Company, the Company shall indemnify each person indicated in Article 187.2 against expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defence or the settlement thereof, except no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for fraud or dishonesty in the performance of his or her duty to the Company unless and only to the extent that the Court or the Court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Court shall deem proper. |
187.4. | As far as permissible under the Companies Acts, expenses, including attorneys fees, incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Articles 187.2 and 187.3 may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorised by the Board in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director, executive, officer or trustee, or other indemnitee to repay such amount, unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorised by these Articles. |
187.5. | It being the policy of the Company that indemnification of the persons specified in this Article shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive (a) of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Memorandum, Articles, any agreement, any insurance purchased by the Company, any vote of Members or disinterested Directors, or pursuant to the direction (however embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, or (b) of the power of the Company to indemnify any person who is or was an employee or agent of the Company or of another company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise which he or she is serving or has served at the request of the Company, to the same extent and in the same situations and subject to the same determinations as are hereinabove set forth with respect to a Director, executive, officer or trustee. As used in this Article 187.5, references to the Company include all constituent companies in a consolidation or merger in which the Company or a predecessor to the Company by consolidation or merger was involved. The indemnification provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, executive, officer or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. |
187.6. | The Directors shall have power to purchase and maintain for any Director, the Secretary or other officers or employees of the Company insurance against any such liability as referred to in section 200 of the 1963 Act. |
187.7. | The Company may additionally indemnify any employee or agent of the Company or any Director, executive, officer, employee or agent of any of its subsidiaries to the fullest extent permitted by law. |
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FINANCIAL YEAR
188. | The financial year of the Company shall be as prescribed by the Board from time to time. |
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
189. | The Board is hereby expressly authorised to adopt any shareholder rights plan, upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems expedient and in the best interests of the Company, subject to applicable law. |
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Name, Address and Description of the Subscriber |
Number of shares taken by the Subscriber |
For and on behalf of | ||
Goodbody Subscriber One Limited IFSC, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 |
One Ordinary Share of EUR1.00 each |
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Limited Liability Company | ||
For and on behalf of Goodbody Subscriber Two Limited IFSC, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 |
One Ordinary Share of EUR1.00 each |
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Limited Liability Company |
Total Number of Shares Taken: 2
Dated |
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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture ), dated as of February 28, 2014, among Endo Finance LLC (or its permitted successor), a Delaware limited liability company (the Issuer ), the undersigned Guarantors (each, a Guarantor ), Endo Finco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Co-Obligor ) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee ).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Endo Finance Co. (the Escrow Issuer ) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the Indenture ), dated as of December 19, 2013 providing for the issuance of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the Notes );
WHEREAS, the Escrow Issuer has heretofore merged with and into the Issuer;
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which (i) the Issuer shall assume the rights and obligations of the Escrow Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes, (ii) the Co-Obligor shall serve as a co-obligor of the Notes with the Issuer and (iii) the Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the Note Guarantee );
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. A MENDED AND R ESTATED I NDENTURE . The Indenture is amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
2. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE CO-OBLIGOR AND THE GUARANTORS CONSENTS AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR U.S. FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK IN RELATION TO ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING (I) ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE, AS SUPPLEMENTED, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS AND/OR (II) ARISING UNDER ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE, AS SUPPLEMENTED. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE CO-OBLIGOR AND THE GUARANTORS WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO PROCEEDINGS IN ANY SUCH COURTS, WHETHER ON THE GROUND OF VENUE OR ON THE GROUND THAT THE PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE CO-OBLIGOR AND THE GUARANTORS, TO THE EXTENT ORGANIZED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES, SHALL APPOINT CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, 111 EIGHTH AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10011, AS ITS AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SAID AUTHORIZED AGENT SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE CO-OBLIGOR AND THE GUARANTORS AGREES TO DELIVER, UPON THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, A WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE BY SUCH AGENT OF ITS APPOINTMENT AS SUCH AGENT. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE CO-OBLIGOR AND THE GUARANTORS, TO THE EXTENT ORGANIZED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, FURTHER AGREES TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION, INCLUDING THE FILING OF ANY AND ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS, AS MAY BE REASONABLY NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SUCH DESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF CT CORPORATION SYSTEM IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FOR SO LONG AS THE INDENTURE, AS SUPPLEMENTED, REMAINS IN FORCE. THE ISSUER, THE CO-OBLIGOR, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS 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 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
3. C OUNTERPARTS . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy (which may be provided via facsimile or other electronic transmission) shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
4. E FFECT OF H EADINGS . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
5. T HE T RUSTEE . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and the Guarantors.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: February 28, 2014
E NDO F INANCE LLC | ||
as Issuer | ||
By: |
/s/ Andrew R. Saik |
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Name: | Andrew R. Saik | |
Title: | Treasurer | |
E NDO F INCO I NC . as Co-Obligor |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew R. Saik |
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Name: | Andrew R. Saik | |
Title: | Treasurer |
E NDO LLC |
E NDO U.S. I NC . |
E NDO H EALTH S OLUTIONS I NC . |
E NDO P HARMACEUTICALS I NC . |
E NDO P HARMACEUTICALS S OLUTIONS I NC . |
E NDO P HARMACEUTICALS V ALERA I NC . |
G ENERICS I NTERNATIONAL (US P ARENT ), I NC . |
G ENERICS I NTERNATIONAL (US M IDCO ), I NC . |
G ENERICS I NTERNATIONAL (US H OLDCO ), I NC . |
G ENERICS I NTERNATIONAL (US), I NC . |
A MERICAN M EDICAL S YSTEMS H OLDINGS , I NC . |
A MERICAN M EDICAL S YSTEMS , I NC . |
AMS R ESEARCH C ORPORATION |
AMS S ALES C ORPORATION |
L ASERSCOPE each, as a Guarantor |
By: |
/s/ Andrew R. Saik |
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Name: | Andrew R. Saik | |
Title: | Treasurer |
G ENERICS B IDCO I, LLC |
V INTAGE P HARMACEUTICALS , LLC |
G ENERICS B IDCO II, LLC |
M OORES M ILL P ROPERTIES LLC |
W OOD P ARK P ROPERTIES LLC |
Q UARTZ S PECIALTY P HARMACEUTICALS , LLC each, as a Guarantor by G ENERICS I NTERNATIONAL ( US ), I NC ., its manager |
By: |
/s/ Andrew R. Saik |
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Name: | Andrew R. Saik | |
Title: | Treasurer |
L EDGEMONT R OYALTY S UB LLC | ||
as a Guarantor by E NDO P HARMACEUTICALS S OLUTIONS I NC ., its manager |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew R. Saik |
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Name: | Andrew R. Saik | |
Title: | Treasurer |
E NDO L IMITED | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: |
/s/ Robert Cobuzzi |
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Name: | Robert Cobuzzi | |
Title: | Director | |
E NDO V ENTURES L IMITED as a Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Robert Cobuzzi |
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Name: | Robert Cobuzzi | |
Title: | Attorney-in-Fact | |
E NDO M ANAGEMENT L IMITED as a Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Robert Cobuzzi |
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Name: | Robert Cobuzzi | |
Title: | Director | |
E NDO F INANCE L IMITED as a Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Robert Cobuzzi |
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Name: | Robert Cobuzzi | |
Title: | Director |
E NDO L UXEMBOURG H OLDING C OMPANY S.À R.L. | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: |
/s/ Andrew Saik |
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Name: | Andrew Saik | |
Title: | Manager | |
E NDO L UXEMBOURG F INANCE C OMPANY I S.À R.L. as a Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew Saik |
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Name: | Andrew Saik | |
Title: | Manager | |
E NDO L UXEMBOURG F INANCE C OMPANY II S.À R.L. as a Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew Saik |
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Name: | Andrew Saik | |
Title: | Manager |
P ALADIN L ABS C ANADIAN H OLDING I NC . | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: |
/s/ Deanna Voss |
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Name: | Deanna Voss | |
Title: | Secretary | |
P ALADIN L ABS I NC . as a Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Deanna Voss |
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Name: | Deanna Voss | |
Title: | Secretary |
W ELLS F ARGO B ANK , N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION , | ||||
as Trustee | ||||
By: |
/s/ Martin Reed |
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Name: | Martin Reed | |||
Title: | Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
ENDO FINANCE LLC,
as Issuer
AND ENDO FINCO INC.,
as Co-Obligor
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022
AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE
Dated as of February 28, 2014
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION | ||||||
BY REFERENCE | ||||||
Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions | 35 | ||||
Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
THE NOTES | ||||||
Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating. | 36 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication. | 37 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Registrar and Paying Agent. | 37 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. | 38 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists | 38 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Transfer and Exchange | 38 | ||||
Section 2.07 |
Replacement Notes. | 49 | ||||
Section 2.08 |
Outstanding Notes | 50 | ||||
Section 2.09 |
Treasury Notes. | 50 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Temporary Notes | 50 | ||||
Section 2.11 |
Cancellation. | 50 | ||||
Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest. | 51 | ||||
Section 2.13 |
CUSIP or ISIN Numbers | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 | ||||||
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT | ||||||
Section 3.01 |
Notices to Trustee. | 51 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased. | 51 | ||||
Section 3.03 |
Notice of Redemption. | 52 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption. | 53 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price. | 53 | ||||
Section 3.06 |
Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. | 53 | ||||
Section 3.07 |
Optional Redemption. | 53 | ||||
Section 3.08 |
Mandatory Redemption | 54 | ||||
Section 3.09 |
Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds. | 54 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Redemption for Changes in Taxes | 56 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 | ||||||
COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes. | 57 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 57 | ||||
Section 4.03 |
Reports. | 58 | ||||
Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate. | 58 | ||||
Section 4.05 |
Taxes. | 59 | ||||
Section 4.06 |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. | 59 | ||||
Section 4.07 |
Restricted Payments. | 59 | ||||
Section 4.08 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. | 64 | ||||
Section 4.09 |
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock | 66 |
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Section 4.10 | Asset Sales. | 70 | ||||
Section 4.11 | Transactions with Affiliates. | 72 | ||||
Section 4.12 | Liens | 75 | ||||
Section 4.13 | Corporate Existence. | 75 | ||||
Section 4.14 | Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control | 75 | ||||
Section 4.15 | [Intentionally Left Blank]. | 77 | ||||
Section 4.16 | Limitation on Sale Leaseback Transactions | 77 | ||||
Section 4.17 | Payments for Consent. | 77 | ||||
Section 4.18 | Additional Note Guarantees | 77 | ||||
Section 4.19 | Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. | 77 | ||||
Section 4.20 | Fall Away Event | 78 | ||||
Section 4.21 | Additional Amounts | 80 | ||||
Section 4.22 | Activities of the Co-Obligor | 82 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 | ||||||
SUCCESSORS | ||||||
Section 5.01 | Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets | 83 | ||||
Section 5.02 | Successor Corporation Substituted. | 83 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 | ||||||
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||||
Section 6.01 | Events of Default. | 84 | ||||
Section 6.02 | Acceleration. | 85 | ||||
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies | 86 | ||||
Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 86 | ||||
Section 6.05 | Control by Majority. | 86 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits | 87 | ||||
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment | 87 | ||||
Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustee | 87 | ||||
Section 6.09 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 87 | ||||
Section 6.10 | Priorities. | 88 | ||||
Section 6.11 | Undertaking for Costs. | 88 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 | ||||||
TRUSTEE | ||||||
Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustee. | 88 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustee | 89 | ||||
Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustee. | 90 | ||||
Section 7.04 | Trustees Disclaimer. | 90 | ||||
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults. | 91 | ||||
Section 7.06 | Compensation and Indemnity. | 91 | ||||
Section 7.07 | Replacement of Trustee. | 91 | ||||
Section 7.08 | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. | 92 | ||||
Section 7.09 | Eligibility; Disqualification | 92 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 | ||||||
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | ||||||
Section 8.01 | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. | 93 | ||||
Section 8.02 | Legal Defeasance and Discharge. | 93 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Covenant Defeasance. | 93 | ||||
Section 8.04 | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. | 94 |
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Section 8.05 | Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. | 95 | ||||
Section 8.06 | Repayment to Issuer | 96 | ||||
Section 8.07 | Reinstatement | 96 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 | ||||||
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER | ||||||
Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders of Notes. | 96 | ||||
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders of Notes. | 97 | ||||
Section 9.03 | Revocation and Effect of Consents. | 98 | ||||
Section 9.04 | Notation on or Exchange of Notes. | 99 | ||||
Section 9.05 | Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. | 99 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 | ||||||
NOTE GUARANTEES | ||||||
Section 10.01 | Guarantee. | 99 | ||||
Section 10.02 | Limitation on Guarantor Liability. | 100 | ||||
Section 10.03 | Issuance and Delivery of Note Guarantee | 100 | ||||
Section 10.04 | Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. | 101 | ||||
Section 10.05 | Releases | 102 | ||||
ARTICLE 11 | ||||||
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | ||||||
Section 11.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge | 102 | ||||
Section 11.02 | Application of Trust Money | 103 | ||||
ARTICLE 12 | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 12.01 | Notices. | 104 | ||||
Section 12.02 | Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. | 105 | ||||
Section 12.03 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. | 105 | ||||
Section 12.04 | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. | 105 | ||||
Section 12.05 | Rules by Trustee and Agents. | 106 | ||||
Section 12.06 | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders | 106 | ||||
Section 12.07 | Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial | 106 | ||||
Section 12.08 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. | 107 | ||||
Section 12.09 | Successors. | 107 | ||||
Section 12.10 | Severability. | 107 | ||||
Section 12.11 | Counterpart Originals | 107 | ||||
Section 12.12 | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 107 | ||||
Section 12.13 | U.S.A. Patriot Act | 107 | ||||
Section 12.14 | Force Majeure | 107 |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | FORM OF NOTE | |
Exhibit B | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER | |
Exhibit C | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE | |
Exhibit D | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR | |
Exhibit E | FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE dated as of February 28, 2014 among ENDO FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Issuer ), ENDO FINCO INC., a Delaware corporation (the Co-Obligor ), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee ).
The Issuer, the Co-Obligor, 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 5.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the Notes ):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agent means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of: (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at January 15, 2017, (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing below in Section 3.07) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note from such redemption date through January 15, 2017, (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of the Note.
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Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Arrangement Agreement means the Arrangement Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2013, among Endo, Parent, Irish Intermediate Holdco, ULU Acquisition Corp. (subsequently renamed Endo U.S. Inc.), a corporation organized in Delaware, RDS Merger Sub, LLC, a limited liability company organized in Delaware, 8312214 Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, and Paladin Labs Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada.
Asset Sale means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a disposition), of:
(1) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);
(2) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(3) any other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
other than, in the case of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above:
(a) | a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; |
(b) | for purposes of Section 4.10 only, a disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment (or would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) that is not prohibited by Section 4.07 or that constitutes a Permitted Investment; |
(c) | a disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture; |
(d) | a disposition of assets with a Fair Market Value of less than or equal to $20.0 million in any single transaction or series of related transactions; |
(e) | sales or dispositions of damaged, expired, short-dated, worn-out or obsolete equipment or assets in the ordinary course of business that, in the Companys reasonable judgment, are no longer either used or useful in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries; |
(f) | leases or subleases to third Persons in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(g) | to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Permitted Business; |
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(h) | the lease, assignment, sub-lease, license or sub-license of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business; |
(i) | any issuance or sale of Capital Stock in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
(j) | foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action on assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(k) | the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable; |
(l) | the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business, other than the licensing of intellectual property on a long-term basis unless such long-term licensing is in the ordinary course of business as determined by the Company in good faith; |
(m) | any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business; |
(n) | the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations; |
(o) | sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures made in the ordinary course of business or to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements or any sale, transfer or disposition of all or any part of a HealthTronics Joint Venture; |
(p) | the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company are not material to the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; |
(q) | the settlement or early termination of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction; |
(r) | a disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents; |
(s) | a disposition or other divestiture of all or part of Endos radiation therapy services business or, so long as HealthTronics, Inc. is either an Unrestricted Subsidiary or not a Subsidiary, all or part of Endos HealthTronics business segment; |
(t) | a disposition in connection with a co-development agreement; |
(u) | the Paladin Merger and the Paladin Acquisition; |
(v) | the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien); |
(w) | the sale, lease or other disposition of all or a portion of Endos interest in its headquarters located in Malvern, Pennsylvania; and |
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(x) | a sale, assignment or other transfer of accounts receivable or other financial assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction in a Qualified Receivables Transaction. |
Asset Sale Offer has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.10.
Attributable Debt in respect of a Sale Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended); provided, however , that if such Sale Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligation.
Bankruptcy Custodian means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event means the rating on the Notes is lowered in respect of a Change of Control and the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended until the ratings are announced if, during such 60-day period, the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by both of the Rating Agencies).
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned have a corresponding meaning
Board of Directors means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
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Capital Lease Obligation means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP; and, for the purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Persons capital stock, other equity interests whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date, partnership interests (whether general or limited), limited liability company interests, any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, including any Preferred Stock, and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into, or exchangeable for or valued by reference to, Capital Stock until and unless any such debt security is converted into Capital Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such Capital Stock; provided, that no warrants, options, rights or obligations to purchase Capital Stock purchased or sold in a Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction or sold as units with Indebtedness constituting Permitted Convertible Indebtedness shall constitute Capital Stock.
Cash Equivalents means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) pounds sterling, euro, any national currency of any participating member state in the European Union and Canadian dollars, and such local currencies as are held from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States or any member state in the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million;
(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3) and (4) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of creation thereof;
(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(8) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) to (7) above denominated in euro or pounds sterling or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality
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and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary organized or operating in such jurisdiction;
(9) investment or money market funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above;
(10) investments in auction rate securities; and
(11) any other cash equivalent investments permitted by the Companys investment policy as such policy is in effect from time to time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above; provided, that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten business days following the receipt of such amounts.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Company;
(2) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with or merges into or with the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where:
(a) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is changed into or exchanged for Voting Stock of the surviving corporation; and
(b) the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company or the surviving corporation immediately after such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction, or
(3) the Company is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with Section 5.01.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to constitute a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Companys Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Paladin Merger or the Paladin Acquisition constitute a Change of Control hereunder.
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Change of Control Offer has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.14.
Change of Control Repurchase Event means (a) prior to the occurrence of a Fall Away Event, a Change of Control and (b) after the occurrence of a Fall Away Event, a Change of Control together with a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Co-Obligor means Endo Finco Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Company refers to Irish Intermediate Holdco.
Commodity Price Protection Agreement means any forward contract, commodity swap, commodity option or other similar financial agreement or arrangement relating to, or the value of which is dependent upon, fluctuations in commodity prices.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means , with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:
(1) expense and provision for taxes, paid or accrued,
(2) Consolidated Interest Expense and charges and deferred financing fees, losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of gains on such hedging obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities,
(3) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense,
(4) non-cash charges recorded in respect of purchase accounting and non-cash exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or currency fluctuations,
(5) any other non-cash items except to the extent representing an accrual for future cash outlays, including pursuant to any management equity plan or stock plan or pursuant to SFAS 158 (codified under ASC 715),
(6) (a) milestone payments in connection with any investment or series of related investments or (b) upfront or similar payments made in connection with the closing of any acquisition (including any license or any acquisition of any license) solely or primarily of all or any portion of the rights in respect of one or more drugs or pharmaceutical products, whether in development or on market, including related intellectual property, but not of Equity Interests in any Person or any operating business unit,
(7) any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary loss or charge (including, without limitation, the amount of any restructuring, integration, transition, executive severance, facility closing and similar charges accrued during such period, including any charges to establish
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accruals and reserves or to make payments associated with the reassessment or realignment of the business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the sale or closing of facilities, severance, stay bonuses and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, asset impairments or asset disposals (including leased facilities), charges for purchase and lease commitments, start-up costs for new facilities, reserves for excess, obsolete or unbalanced inventories, relocation costs which are not otherwise capitalized and any related promotional costs of exiting products or product lines),
(8) cash charges in connection with the litigation, investigations and legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Offering Memorandum or the documents incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum as of the Issue Date,
(9) expenses with respect to casualty events,
(10) the amount of net cost savings in connection with any acquisition or otherwise projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken prior to the last day of such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized since the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided , that (A) in connection with any acquisition, such actions have been taken prior to such date of determination and within 24 months after the Issue Date or within 12 months after the closing date of such acquisition, and (B) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this clause (10) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (7) above with respect to such period ( Pro Forma Cost Savings ),
(11) to the extent actually reimbursed, expenses incurred to the extent covered by indemnification provisions in any agreement in connection with any acquisition permitted under this Indenture,
(12) any contingent or deferred payments (including earn-out payments, non-compete payments and consulting payments but excluding ongoing royalty payments) made in connection with any acquisition permitted under this Indenture, and
(13) all reserves taken during such period on account of contingent cash payments that may be required in future periods,
minus , to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (x) any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary income or gains and (y) any other non-cash income (except to the extent representing an accrual for future cash income), all calculated for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable) on a consolidated basis;
provided , that, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (A) currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (including the net loss or gain resulting from swap agreements for currency exchange risk) and (B) any adjustments resulting from the application of SFAS 133 (codified under ASC 815) shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including any amortization of deferred financing fees, amortization in relation to terminated Hedging Obligations and amortization of intangibles, including, but not limited to, goodwill, of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the interest expense, whether or not paid in cash, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations, but excluding any (i) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to SFAS No. 133 (codified under ASC 815), (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the amortization of gains or losses resulting from the termination of Hedging Obligations prior to or reasonably contemporaneously with the Issue Date, (iii) amortization of deferred financing fees, (iv) expensing of bridge or other financing fees and (v) interest expense of Ledgemont for any period prior to November 23, 2010; plus
(a) | imputed interest attributable to Capital Lease Obligations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, plus |
(b) | commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges owed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period, plus |
(c) | amortization, accretion or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs, premiums, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, plus |
(d) | cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any person in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such period, plus |
(e) | all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, plus |
(f) | the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, plus |
(g) | all interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of the type described in clause (6) of the definition of Indebtedness for such period, less |
(2) (A) interest income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and (B) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments (codified under ASC 470) that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement).
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Consolidated Net Income means, of any Person for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided , that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded:
(1) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions;
(3) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(iii)(A), the undistributed earnings of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any agreement, instrument, contract, charter, organizational or governing document or other undertaking applicable to such Person, to which such Person is a party or by which any of its property is bound or any law, treaty, rule, regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority, in each case, applicable or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject;
(4) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the consummation of any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction;
(5) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments (codified under ASC 470) that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement); and
(6) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such income.
There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period (i) any gains or losses resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up or write-down of assets or liabilities (including any gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of (a) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, (b) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction and (c) contingent consideration assumed in business acquisitions), (ii) any non-cash charges recorded in respect of intangible assets, including goodwill, (iii) any income (or loss) of Ledgemont for any period prior to November 23, 2010, and (iv) the purchase accounting effects of in process research and development expenses for asset acquisitions and adjustments to property, inventory and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue and deferred expenses in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Subsidiaries), as a result of any acquisition consummated prior to the Issue Date, any acquisition permitted under this Indenture, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
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Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Property of the Company or any Guarantor as of such date minus the aggregate amount (not to exceed $400.0 million) of unrestricted and unencumbered (other than pursuant to the liens permitted by clauses (1), (3), (7), (11), (12), (13), (14), (17), (18), (19), (20) or (26) of the definition of Permitted Liens) cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company during the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statement are available ending on or prior to the date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Consolidated Total Indebtedness means, as at any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Obligations in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (other than Indebtedness described in clause (4) of the definition of Indebtedness in respect of drawings thereunder to the extent such drawings are reimbursed within 10 business days after the date of such drawing), (2) the principal amount of any obligations of any Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the type described in the foregoing clause (1) that are Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company) and (3) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Company and all Preferred Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and maximum fixed repurchase prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes hereof, the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company.
continuing means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes means Endos $379.5 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due April 15, 2015.
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture means the indenture governing the Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
Credit Agreement means a Credit Agreement dated on or about the date of consummation of the Paladin Merger, to be entered into by and among Irish Intermediate Holdco, Endo Management Limited, Lux Holdco, Lux Finco, Endo LLC, the lenders named therein and from time to time party thereto, and, among others, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, collateral
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agent, issuing bank and swingline lender, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, as such agreement, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, may be amended, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, in each case, by means of one or more credit agreements, note purchase agreements or sales of debt securities to institutional investors whether with the original agents and lenders or otherwise and including, without limitation, any successive renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings, restructurings, replacements, supplementations or other modifications of the foregoing) and including, without limitation, to increase the amount of available borrowing thereunder or to add Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors or otherwise, and (iii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of Credit Agreement, one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables or inventory financing (including through the sale of receivables or inventory to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables or inventory) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers, guarantors or issuers or lenders or group of lenders, and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
Currency Agreement means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered into by one or more financial institutions: foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against the fluctuations in currency values
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Default means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Designated Noncash Consideration means noncash consideration received by the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated by the Company as Designated Noncash Consideration, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration, which cash and cash equivalents shall be considered Net Proceeds received as of such date and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.10.
Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:
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(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
(2) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock; or
(3) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased (in each case, other than redeemable or purchasable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part;
in each case on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided , however , that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an asset sale or change of control occurring prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the asset sale or change of control provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to such series of Notes and described below in Sections 4.10 and 4.14.
The amount of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however , that if such Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person.
Endo means Endo Health Solutions Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Equity Offering means a public or private sale either (1) of Equity Interests of the Company by the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) or (2) of Equity Interests of a direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) to the extent that the net proceeds therefrom are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company.
Escrow End Date means the earlier of (x) July 1, 2014 or (y) date that Endo has determined to abandon or terminate the Paladin Acquisition.
Escrow Issuer means Endo Finance Co., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Endo.
Escrow Period refers to the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending upon the consummation of the Paladin Merger;
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system .
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that would be obtained in an arms-length free market transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy. Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.
Fall Away Event means with respect to the Notes such time as the Notes shall have an Investment Grade Rating (pursuant to ratings from each of S&P and Moodys (or any substituted Rating Agency)) and the Company shall have delivered to the trustee an Officers Certificate certifying that the foregoing condition has been satisfied.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means the ratio of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company during the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available (the Four Quarter Period ) ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the Transaction Date ) to Fixed Charges of the Company for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Fixed Charges shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:
(1) the Incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness and the issuance, maturity, redemption, conversion, exchange or repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and
(2) any Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Four Quarter Period or subsequent to such Four Quarter Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Transaction Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Adjusted EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. If since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period.
Furthermore, in calculating Fixed Charges for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and that will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date;
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(2) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Interest Rate Agreements, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements; and
(3) the amount of Fixed Charges attributable to any Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company that is mandatorily convertible or redeemable solely into common equity of the Company within 365 days of the Transaction Date will be recalculated by multiplying (x) the actual amount of Fixed Charges attributable thereto for the Four Quarter Period by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from (and including) the Transaction Date to (but excluding) the applicable conversion or redemption date and the denominator of which is 365.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company, giving effect to (a) Pro Forma Cost Savings and (b) any cost savings that could then be reflected in pro forma financial statements in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy of the SEC related thereto.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) | Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; plus |
(2) | the product of: |
(a) | the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than dividends paid or accrued in Qualified Capital Stock or dividends paid or accrued to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period (without duplication), and |
(b) | a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal. |
Foreign Jurisdiction Deposit means a deposit or Guarantee incurred in the ordinary course of business and required by any Governmental Authority in a foreign jurisdiction as a condition of doing business in such jurisdiction.
Foreign Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or is a Restricted Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time (except with respect to accounting for capital leases, as to which such principle in effect on November 23, 2010 shall apply), including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
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Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(1) or 2.06(d)(2) hereof.
Government Securities means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuers option.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
Guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or
(2) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided, however , that the term Guarantee shall not include:
(A) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; or
(B) a contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as such Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a Permitted Investment under clause (3) of the definition of Permitted Investment.
The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Guarantors means collectively, Irish Intermediate Holdco, Lux Holdco, Lux Finco and each Restricted Subsidiary of Irish Intermediate Holdco (other than the Issuer and the Co-Obligor) that guarantees the obligations of the Issuer and the Co-Obligor under this Indenture.
HealthTronics Joint Venture means any joint venture (which may be in the form of a limited liability company, partnership, corporation or other entity) through which HealthTronics, Inc. or its subsidiaries offer medical services.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement, Commodity Price Protection Agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement. For the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction will not constitute a Hedging Obligation.
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Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
IAI Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors .
Incur means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. The term Incurrence when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning.
Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.09, the following shall not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness:
(1) amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;
(2) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms;
(3) changes in the conversion value of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation thereof; and
(4) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Indebtedness .
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):
(1) the principal in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, including, in each case, any premium on such indebtedness to the extent such premium has become due and payable;
(2) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person;
(3) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business);
(4) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to
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letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (1) through (3) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later the 30th day following payment on the letter of credit);
(5) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock of such Person or, with respect to any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, the principal amount of such Preferred Stock to be determined in accordance with this Indenture (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);
(6) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person;
(7) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee; and
(8) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (7) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or assets and the amount of the obligation so secured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term Indebtedness will exclude indemnification, purchase price adjustment, earn-outs, holdback and contingency payment obligations to which the seller may become entitled; provided , however , that to the extent such payment becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 180 days thereafter.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all obligations as described above; provided , however , that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the first $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on December 19, 2013.
Initial Purchasers means RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an institution that is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
Interest Rate Agreement means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered into by one or more financial institutions: interest rate protection agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements from time to time.
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Investments means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Companys Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(c). The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(c). Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
Investment Grade Rating means (i) with respect to Moodys, a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent), and (ii) with respect to S&P, a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Companys control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
Irish Intermediate Holdco means Endo Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the Parent.
Issue Date means the date on which the Notes are initially issued.
Issuer refers to Endo Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Ledgemont means Ledgemont Royalty Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a Place of Payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
Lux Finco means Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.à r.l., a societe a responsabilitie limitee (private limited liability company) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Lux Holdco.
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Lux Holdco means Endo Luxembourg Holding Company S.à r.l., a societe a responsabilitie limitee (private limited liability company) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Irish Intermediate Holdco.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Net Cash Proceeds means with respect to a transaction, the proceeds of such transaction in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), net of attorneys fees, accountants fees and brokerage, consultation, underwriting, taxes and other fees and expenses actually incurred or reserved in good faith for post-closing adjustments in connection with such transaction and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or received in any other non-cash form), in each case net of:
(1) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale;
(2) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale;
(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale;
(4) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed in such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale; and
(5) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Sale placed in escrow, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Asset Sale or otherwise in connection with that Asset Sale; provided, however , that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Proceeds will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.
Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise; and
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(2) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary).
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the obligations of the Issuer and the Co-Obligor under this Indenture and the Notes.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes; provided , that any Additional Notes are fungible with the existing Notes for U.S. federal tax purposes.
Obligations means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
Offering Memorandum means the final offering memorandum of the Company, dated as of December 11, 2013, relating to the Notes.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any assistant Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the Company, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee.
Old Endo Merger means the merger of the Escrow Issuer with and into Endo, with Endo remaining as the surviving corporation of the merger upon the Escrow End Date.
Old Endo Period refers to the period beginning immediately upon consummation of the Old Endo Merger.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion meeting the requirements of this Indenture from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
Paladin Acquisition means the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.
Paladin Merger means the merger of the Escrow Issuer with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer remaining as the surviving corporation of the merger.
Parent means Endo International plc, a company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland.
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Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction means (a) any call option or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the common stock of the Company or Parent purchased by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Parent in connection with an Incurrence of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, (b) the existing call options or capped call options (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) purchased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of the Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes and (c) any call option or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) replacing or refinancing the foregoing; provided, that (x) the sum of (i) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction occurring after the Issue Date plus (ii) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is refinancing or replacing, if any, minus (iii) the cash proceeds received upon the termination or the retirement of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is replacing or refinancing, if any, less (y) the sum of (i) the cash proceeds from the sale of the related Permitted Warrant Transaction plus (ii) the cash proceeds from the sale of any Permitted Warrant Transaction refinancing or replacing such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, minus (iii) the amount paid upon termination or retirement of such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, does not exceed the net cash proceeds from the Incurrence of the related Permitted Convertible Indebtedness.
Permitted Business means the business and any services, activities or businesses incidental, or reasonably related or complementary or similar to, any line of business engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of the Paladin Merger or any business activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (which may be Guaranteed by the Guarantors) permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 that is (1) convertible into common stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) or (2) sold as units with call options, warrants, rights or obligations to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) and (b) the Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes.
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.
Permitted Investments means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
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(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from (i) an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 or (ii) a disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investments to the extent made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations and Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions;
(8) loans or advances, and guarantees of such loans and advances, to officers, directors consultants, employees, customers and suppliers of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies in the ordinary course of business in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $20.0 million;
(9) Investments in the Notes;
(10) any guarantee of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 4.09 and performance guarantees consistent with past practice;
(11) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Issue Date; provided, that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(12) Investments acquired after the Issue Date as a result of the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of another Person, including by way of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction that is not prohibited by Sections 5.01 or 10.04 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(13) Investments in the ordinary course of business in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties;
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(14) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided, however , that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
(15) advances, loans or extensions of trade or other credit (including to officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries or its direct and indirect parent companies) in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(16) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;
(17) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;
(18) Investments in a Permitted Business in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (18) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $440.0 million or 5.0% of Total Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); and
(19) Investments in (a) any joint ventures in an amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $275.0 million or 3.5% of Total Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment (other than any Investment consisting of a guarantee) being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (b) any Permitted Joint Venture; provided , however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (19) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (19) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(20) Investments among the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for purposes of funding the working capital and maintenance capital expenditure requirements and research and development activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(21) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;
(22) Investments consisting of co-development agreements or consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property, new drug applications or similar assets pursuant to development, marketing or manufacturing agreements, alliances or arrangements or similar agreements or arrangements with other Persons;
(23) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
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(24) any customary upfront, milestone, marketing or other funding payment in the ordinary course of business to another Person in connection with obtaining a right to receive royalty or other payments in the future;
(25) Investments made in Therapeutics pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement;
(26) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (26) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $375.0 million or 5.0% of Total Assets; and
(27) Investments in any Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided , however , that such Investment is in the form of a purchase money note, contribution of additional receivables or any equity interest.
Permitted Joint Venture means any joint venture (which may be in the form of a limited liability company, partnership, corporation or other entity) in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a joint venturer; provided , however , that, immediately after giving effect to any Investment in such Permitted Joint Venture pursuant to clause (19)(b) of the definition of Permitted Investments: (a) the joint venture is engaged solely in a Permitted Business, (b) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is required by the governing documents of the joint venture or an agreement with the other parties to the joint venture to participate in the management of such joint venture as a member of such joint ventures Board of Directors or otherwise, (c) the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company hold or own, collectively, not more than 66-2/3 percent of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Permitted Joint Venture, and (d) if such Permitted Joint Venture is not a HealthTronics Joint Venture, at the time of the initial Investment and at the time of each subsequent Investment in such Permitted Joint Venture, the Company would be able to Incur additional Secured Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a).
Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens to secure (i) Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) that was incurred pursuant to clause (1) or clause (15) of the definition of Permitted Debt and Hedging Obligations related thereto, or (ii) Obligations with regard to Treasury Management Arrangements;
(2) (i) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries or Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) of such Foreign Subsidiary or Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that was Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(12), (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) that was Incurred pursuant to clause (11), clause (13) (provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets that are not property being purchased, leased, constructed or improved with the proceeds of such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to such clause (13)), or clause (25) of the definition of Permitted Debt, and (iii) Liens to secure Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) that was Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09, provided that, in the case of this clause (iii), at the time of its Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 3.5 to 1.0;
(3) (a) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors; (b) Liens on the property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of any other Restricted Subsidiary and (c) Liens on the property of any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(4) Liens on property or shares of Capital Stock of another Person existing at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that such Liens do not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);
(5) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;
(6) Liens on the Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(7) Liens to secure the performance of, or arising in connection with, public or statutory obligations (including workers compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation), insurance, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature, good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases, deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Liens to secure letters of credit issued to assure payment or performance of such obligations);
(8) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements permitted hereunder;
(9) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (11) of the definition of Permitted Debt covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(10) Liens existing, or that would have been existing, on the Issue Date, assuming that the Paladin Merger had occurred (other than Liens referred to in the foregoing clause (1)(i));
(11) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are (i) not yet delinquent, (ii) not yet subject to penalties for non-payment, or (iii) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(12) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, landlords and mechanics Liens, in each case, either (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business or (ii) for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(13) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of their properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(14) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Note Guarantees);
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(15) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture or to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings), as a whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clauses (2)(iii), (4), (5), (10), (27) and (35) hereof; provided, however , that:
(a) | the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and |
(b) | the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the greater of the outstanding principal amount, committed amount or principal amount at the time the Lien became a Permitted Lien, of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance, extension or discharge; |
(16) Liens on insurance policies, premiums and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium financings;
(17) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code ( UCC ) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(18) Liens arising solely from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;
(19) Liens securing or arising out of judgments, decrees, orders, awards or notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review, or in respect of which the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(20) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution or as to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;
(22) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (16) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(23) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(24) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;
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(25) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(26) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(27) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary of such Person owing to such Person or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person;
(28) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;
(29) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(30) liens, pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(31) Liens on equipment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys supplier at which such equipment is located;
(32) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling or sweep arrangements to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(33) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(34) Liens (i) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted under this Indenture or (ii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property permitted to be sold pursuant to Section 4.10;
(35) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and which do not secure any Indebtedness;
(36) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits;
(37) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are located and other Liens affecting the interest of any landlord (and any underlying landlord) of any real property leased by the Company or any Subsidiary;
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(38) Liens to secure Non-Recourse Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (23) of the definition of Permitted Debt, which Liens may not secure Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(39) Liens to secure contractual payments (contingent or otherwise) payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries to a seller after the consummation of an acquisition of a product, business, license or other assets;
(40) other Liens securing Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness, when taken together with all other Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred pursuant to this clause (40) and outstanding on the date such other Lien is Incurred, does not exceed the greater of $125.0 million or 1.5% of Total Assets;
(41) Liens on deposits or other amounts held in escrow to secure payments (contingent or otherwise) payable by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to settlements related to any litigation disclosed in public filings;
(42) [Reserved]; and
(43) Liens on assets transferred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or on assets of the entity entering into a Qualified Receivables Transaction, in each case, incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (A) Permitted Liens need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described above but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens described above, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such item of Permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and the Company may divide and classify a Lien in more than one of the types of Permitted Liens in one of the above clauses.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness), including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness being refinanced (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than the earlier of (i) the final maturity date of the Notes or (ii) the final maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(3) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; and
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(4) such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, any Guarantor or by any Restricted Subsidiary that was an obligor (as issuer or guarantor) on the Indebtedness being refinanced and is guaranteed only by the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, any Guarantor or Persons who were obligors (as issuer or guarantor) on the Indebtedness being refinanced.
Permitted Warrant Transaction means (a) any call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) on common stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies purchased or sold by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies substantially concurrently with a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and (b) the existing call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries substantially concurrently with the issuance of the Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
Place of Payment , when used with respect to the Notes, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes are payable as contemplated by Section 4.02 hereof.
Private Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to initially be placed on the Rule 144A Global Note and other Notes that are Restricted Notes.
Preferred Stock , as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class of classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.
Product means any product developed, acquired, produced, marketed or promoted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the conduct of a Permitted Business.
Property means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.
Purchase Money Indebtedness means Indebtedness Incurred to finance the acquisition, development, construction or lease by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Property, including additions and improvements thereto, where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the Property being financed; provided, however , that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 270 days after the completion of the acquisition, development, construction or lease of such Property by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Qualifying Equity Interests means Equity Interests of the Company other than (1) Disqualified Stock; (2) Equity Interests that were used to support an incurrence of Contribution Indebtedness and (3) Equity Interests sold in an Equity Offering prior to the third anniversary of the Issue Date that are eligible to be used to support an optional redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Indenture.
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Qualified Receivables Transaction means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, the proceeds of which are used to finance a discrete pool (which may be fixed or revolving) of receivables, leases or other financial assets (including, without limitation, financing contracts), or a discrete portfolio of real property or equipment (in each case whether now existing or arising in the future), and which may include a grant of a security interest in any such receivables, leases, other financial assets, real property or equipment (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, all collateral securing such receivables, leases, other financial assets, real property or equipment, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect thereof, proceeds thereof and other assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables, leases, other financial assets, real property or equipment.
Rating Agencies means:
(1) S&P;
(2) Moodys; or
(3) if S&P or Moodys or both shall not make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), selected by the Company, which shall be substituted for S&P or Moodys or both, as the case may be.
Rating Category means:
(1) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories (any of which may include a + or a -): AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories);
(2) with respect to Moodys, any of the following categories (any of which may include a 1, 2 or a 3): Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and
(3) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moodys used by another Rating Agency.
In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradation, gradations within Rating Categories (+ and for S&P; 1, 2 and 3 for Moodys; or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).
Ratings Decline shall be deemed to occur with respect to the Notes if, at the time of or in connection with the occurrence of an event specified in clauses (1) through (3) of the definition of Change of Control, the rating of the Notes by either Rating Agency shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories), and such decrease is directly attributable, in whole or in part, to such event.
Refinance means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, purchase, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness. Refinanced and Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
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Regulation S Global Note means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes; provided, that any such Regulation S Global Note shall be deemed to be a temporary global security for purposes of Rule 904 under Regulation S until the expiration of the distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S).
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Note has the same meaning as Restricted Security set forth in Rule 144(a)(3) promulgated under the Securities Act; provided, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note is a Restricted Note.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company (as defined at such time) that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Sale Leaseback Transaction means the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any asset, whether owned at the Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date (except for temporary leases for a term, including any renewal term, of up to three years and except for leases between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to any party with the intention of taking back a lease of such property.
Secured Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Indebtedness means with respect to any Person:
(1) Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred; and
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(2) all other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such Person, whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of Indebtedness described in clause (1) above;
unless, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such Indebtedness or other obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Person, as the case may be; provided , however , that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(A) | any obligation of such Person to the Company or any Subsidiary; |
(B) | any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person; |
(C) | any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(D) | any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or |
(E) | that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of Incurrence is Incurred in violation of this Indenture. |
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Group.
Significant Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
Standard Securitization Undertakings means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable transaction.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of its date of issue, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); or
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(2) any partnership or limited liability company of which (a) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity or economic interests, as applicable, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (b) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
For the avoidance of doubt, each HealthTronics Joint Venture will be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless designated as a Subsidiary by the Company.
Tax means any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and any other liabilities related thereto, and, for the avoidance of doubt, including any withholding or deduction for or on account of any of the foregoing). Taxes shall be construed to have a corresponding meaning.
Therapeutics means Knight Therapeutics, a corporation organized under the laws of Canada.
Total Assets means the total assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which any calculation of Total Assets is being made, with such pro forma adjustments for transactions consummated on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of the calculation as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Treasury Management Arrangement means any agreement or other arrangement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting, trade finance services and other cash management services.
Treasury Rate means, as of any redemption date, as determined by the Company, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to January 15, 2017; provided , however , that if the period from the redemption date to January 15, 2017 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Triggering Indebtedness means (i) the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes or (iii) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary represented by bonds, debentures, notes or other securities, in each case, that has an aggregate principal amount or committed amount of at least $100.0 million; provided that, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) above, in no event shall Triggering Indebtedness include Indebtedness Incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary that does not directly or indirectly Guarantee, become an obligor under, or otherwise provide direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
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Unrestricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (1) any Subsidiary that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with Section 4.19, (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (3) HealthTronics, Inc.
U.S. Person means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the Capital Stock, other than directors qualifying shares, of such Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions .
Defined in | ||||
Term |
Section | |||
Additional Notes |
2.02 | |||
Additional Amounts |
4.21 | |||
Affiliate Transaction |
4.11 | |||
Authentication Order |
2.02 | |||
Change of Control Payment |
4.14 | |||
Change of Control Payment Date |
4.14 | |||
Code |
4.21 | |||
Covenant Defeasance |
8.03 | |||
Designation |
4.19 | |||
DTC |
2.03 | |||
Event of Default |
6.01 | |||
Excess Proceeds |
4.10 | |||
Initial Lien |
4.12 | |||
Legal Defeasance |
8.02 | |||
Material Subsidiary |
4.20 | (c) | ||
Offer Amount |
3.09 |
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Defined in | ||||
Term |
Section | |||
Offer Period |
3.09 | |||
Paying Agent |
2.03 | |||
Permitted Debt |
4.09 | |||
Purchase Date |
3.09 | |||
Registrar |
2.03 | |||
Restricted Payments |
4.07 | |||
Revocation |
4.19 | |||
Successor Guarantor |
10.04 | |||
Tax Jurisdiction |
4.21 | |||
Tax Redemption Date |
3.10 |
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) or is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) will shall be interpreted to express a command;
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(g) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General . The Initial Notes issued on December 19, 2013 are in an aggregate principal amount of $700,000,000. In addition, the Issuer and the Co-Obligor may issue, from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, Additional Notes. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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(b) Global Notes . Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System and Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking and Customer Handbook of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication .
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer of the Issuer (an Authentication Order ), authenticate Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $700,000,000 for original issue on the Issue Date. The Trustee shall authenticate additional Notes ( Additional Notes ) thereafter in unlimited aggregate principal amount for original issue upon receipt of an Authentication Order. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent .
The Issuer will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ( Registrar ) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ( Paying Agent ) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer, if any, in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and
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of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ( DTC ) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar, Paying Agent and Agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes and this Indenture, and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
The Issuer will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists .
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange .
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
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(2) the Issuer in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however , that prior to the expiration of the distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S), transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) | both: |
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
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(B) | both: |
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (4) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (4) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes .
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
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(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such
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Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
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(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
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(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) | Private Placement Legend. |
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE AND THE RELATED GUARANTEES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
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SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE RELATED GUARANTEES NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND THE RELATED GUARANTEES BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO [ IN THE CASE OF A RESTRICTED NOTE, OTHER THAN A NOTE ISSUED PURUSANT TO REGULATION S : THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ISSUE DATE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES OF THE SAME SERIES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE AND THE RELATED GUARANTEES (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE AND THE RELATED GUARANTEES)] [ IN THE CASE OF A NOTE ISSUED PURUSANT TO REGULATION S : 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S] (THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES OF $250,000, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (F) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER ONLY AT THE DIRECTION AND IN THE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF
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THE ISSUER AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD OR RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE, AS APPLICABLE. [ IN THE CASE OF A NOTE ISSUED PURUSANT TO REGULATION S : BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA), OR OF A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (SIMILAR LAWS), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA OR ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS) OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT, OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the 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 similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Co-Obligor, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing any notice of redemption under Section 3.03 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among any participants of the Depositary or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Notes) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustees requirements are met. Upon written request for replacement of a Note by a Holder, the Trustee and the Issuer shall receive an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge the Holder for its expenses in replacing a Note, with any expense of the Trustee to be reimbursed in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
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Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer and the Co-Obligor and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those paid under this Indenture, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in conclusively relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will prepare and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of such canceled Notes (subject
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to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and in accordance with the Trustees customary procedures. Upon written request and at the expense of the Issuer, certification of the cancellation of such Notes will be delivered to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Issuer will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided , that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 10 days before the special record date, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 CUSIP or ISIN Numbers
The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, at least 45 days prior to a redemption date (unless shorter notice shall be agreed to in writing by the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur and the redemption price (identifying the Notes by CUSIP or ISIN, as applicable). Notice given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.01 may, at the Issuers discretion, state that any such redemption may be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of Notes issued in global form pursuant to Article 2 hereof, based on a method that most nearly approximates a pro rata selection as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate) unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements.
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Upon selection, the Trustee will promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.09 and 3.10 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, 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 the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 hereof. Any notice may, at the Issuers discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.
The notice will identify the Notes (by CUSIP or ISIN, if applicable) to be redeemed and will state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name of the Holder of Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(g) if such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more conditions precedent, the nature of such conditions precedent;
(h) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(i) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Issuers written request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Issuers name and at its expense; provided, however , that the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
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Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in such notice of redemption.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes in accordance with Section 3.07 hereof, one Business Day prior to the anticipated redemption or purchase date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. Upon payment of any amount in connection with redemption, the Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to January 15, 2017, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to 105.750% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date), with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering; provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
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(b) At any time prior to January 15, 2017, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
(c) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs and Section 3.10 of this Indenture, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Issuers option prior to January 15, 2017.
(d) On or after January 15, 2017, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on the Notes redeemed, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on January of the years indicated below (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date):
Year |
Percentage | |||
2017 |
104.313 | % | ||
2018 |
102.875 | % | ||
2019 |
101.438 | % | ||
2020 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.
(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Issuer and the Co-Obligor are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, it will follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase, prepay or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the Offer Period ). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the Purchase Date ), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the Offer Amount ) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
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If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrete or accrue interest;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrete or accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(f) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(g) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee, after consultation with the Company, will select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Issuer so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in
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accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.10 Redemption for Changes in Taxes
The Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at its discretion at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption (a Tax Redemption Date ) (subject to the right of holders of the Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date), if on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Notes, the Issuer is or would be required to pay Additional Amounts, and the Issuer cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the appointment of a new Paying Agent), and the requirement arises as a result of:
(a) any change in, or amendment to, the laws or treaties (or any regulations, or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction affecting taxation which change or amendment has not been publicly announced as formally proposed before and becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or if the relevant Tax Jurisdiction has changed since the Issue Date, on or after the date on which the then current Tax Jurisdiction became the applicable Tax Jurisdiction under the Indenture); or
(b) any change in, or amendment to, the existing official published position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change or amendment has not been publicly announced as formally proposed before and becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or if the relevant Tax Jurisdiction has changed since the Issue Date, on or after the date on which the then current Tax Jurisdiction became the applicable Tax Jurisdiction under the Indenture).
The Issuer will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due and at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect. Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption of the Notes pursuant to the foregoing, the Issuer will deliver to the trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the trustee) to the effect that there has been such change or amendment which would entitle the Issuer to redeem the Notes hereunder. In addition, before the Issuer mails notice of redemption of the Notes as described herein, it will deliver to the trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that it cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts by the Issuer taking reasonable measures available to it.
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The Trustee will accept and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as sufficient evidence of the existence and satisfaction of the conditions as described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on all of the Holders.
For the avoidance of doubt, the implementation of European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26 and 27 November 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with or introduced in order to conform to, such directive will not be a change or amendment for such purposes.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Issuer and the Co-Obligor will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City Time) on the due date money deposited by the Issuer and the Co-Obligor in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.
The Issuer and the Co-Obligor will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at a rate that is 1% higher than the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for Notes an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the 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 fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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, however , that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Notes 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 designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
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Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will provide the Trustee with such annual and quarterly reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections. The Company shall be permitted to satisfy its obligations in this Section 4.03 by furnishing annual and quarterly reports prepared by the Parent, so long as, to the extent there are in the Companys reasonable judgment material differences between the information relating to the Parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand, such differences and financial discrepancies are reasonably detailed in such report. The Company will not be required to provide the Trustee with any such information, documents or reports that are filed with the SEC and the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine if such reports and information have been filed with the SEC.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the Company fails to comply with its obligation to file or provide such information, documents and reports as required hereunder, the Company will be deemed to have cured such Default for purposes of Section 6.01(4) hereof upon the provision of all such information, documents and reports required hereunder prior to the expiration of 60 days after written notice to the Company of such failure from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes.
(c) For so long as any Restricted Notes are outstanding the Company agrees that, in order to render such Restricted Notes eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, it will make available, upon request, to any Holder of Restricted Notes or prospective purchasers of Restricted Notes the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4), unless the Company furnishes such information to the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d) Delivery of such reports, information and documents under this Section 4.03, as well as any such reports, information and documents pursuant to this Indenture, to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates). The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the filing, timeliness or content of any report required under this Section 4.03 or any other reports, information and documents required under this Indenture (aside from any report that is expressly the responsibility of the Trustee subject to the terms hereof).
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge
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no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Issuer, the Co-Obligor and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Companys or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Companys or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value, directly or indirectly, (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company;
(3) make any principal payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries), except a payment of principal at, or within 365 days of, the Stated Maturity thereof; or
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(4) | make any Restricted Investment |
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments ), unless:
(i) | at the time of such Restricted Payment no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment; |
(ii) | immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, on a pro forma basis as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and |
(iii) | such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries since the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)(1), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of: |
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the first fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Companys most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company since the Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of the Company or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company, in each case that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company (other than Qualifying Equity Interests and convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of property (other than cash) and marketable securities received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date by means of (i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances which constitute Restricted Investments of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment), in each case to the extent that such amounts were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period; plus
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(D) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, the initial amount of such Restricted Investment (or, if less, the amount of cash received upon repayment or sale); plus
(E) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the Issue Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Restricted Investments in such Subsidiary to the extent such Restricted Investments reduced the amount available under this clause (iii) and were not previously repaid or otherwise reduced; plus
(F) $668.8 million.
(b) Section 4.07(a) will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the Net Cash Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Company; provided , that the amount of any such Net Cash Proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be Net Cash Proceeds of Qualifying Equity Interests for purposes of Section 4.07(a)(iii)(B) and will not be considered to be net cash proceeds from an Equity Offering for purposes of Section 3.07;
(3) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(4) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee with the Net Cash Proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or the Companys direct or indirect parent companies held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders agreement or similar agreement; provided , that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $25.0 million in any calendar year (with any unused amount in any calendar year being carried forward and available in the next succeeding year); provided, further , that such amount in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(a) the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company as common equity capital, the Net Cash
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Proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members of management, directors or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the making of Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(iii) or Section 4.07(b)(2) or to an optional redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.07; plus
(b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; and
in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or the Companys direct or indirect parent companies from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other provisions of this Indenture);
(6) the repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or the Companys direct or indirect parent companies (i) deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options and (ii) upon the exercise of stock options in an equal or lesser amount to the amount exercised in order to reduce the dilutive effects of such exercise (or a Restricted Payment to any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies in an amount sufficient to enable such company to repurchase any such Equity Interests);
(7) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be issued on or after the date of this Indenture in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test described in Section 4.09(a) hereof;
(8) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (i) the exercise of options or warrants or other securities convertible into or exercisable for Capital Stock of any such Person or (ii) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person (or a Restricted Payment to the Companys direct or indirect parent company in an amount sufficient to enable such company to make any such payments);
(9) payments of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness, the Incurrence of which was permitted under Section 4.09(b)(6);
(10) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Indebtedness (other than any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction) of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee pursuant to provisions similar to Sections 4.10 and 4.14; provided , that, prior to consummating, or concurrently with, any such repurchase, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the Company, as the case may be, has made any Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer required by this Indenture and has repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment in connection with such offers;
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(11) the declaration or payment of cash dividends on the Companys common stock in an amount not to exceed $0.20 per share in any fiscal quarter (as adjusted so that the aggregate amount payable pursuant to this clause (11) is not increased or decreased solely as a result of any stock-split, stock dividend or similar reclassification) plus the payment of pro rata dividends on shares subject to issuance pursuant to outstanding options (or a dividend or distribution to the Companys direct or indirect parent company in an amount sufficient to enable such company to declare or pay such cash dividends);
(12) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of Equity Interests of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Investments in Capital Stock of or Indebtedness in Permitted Joint Ventures pursuant to clause (19)(b) of the definition of Permitted Investments);
(13) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries issued after the Issue Date; provided , that, immediately after giving pro forma effect to the issuance of such Preferred Stock (assuming the payment of dividends thereon even if permitted to accrue under the terms thereof), the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a);
(14) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other retirement for value of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, including any payments required in connection with a conversion of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness;
(15) payments or distributions made in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(16) payments made in connection with (including, without limitation, purchases of) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction;
(17) payments made (A) to exercise or settle any Permitted Warrant Transaction (a) by delivery of common stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, (b) by set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or (c) with cash payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of any payments received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise or settlement of any related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, or (B) to terminate any Permitted Warrant Transaction;
(18) Restricted Payments to the Parent after the Issue Date (i) to pay its operating expenses attributable to its holding company status and ownership of the Company and its Subsidiaries, plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors, officers or employees of Parent, (ii) to pay its franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or otherwise payable by it, (iii) to pay, or to allow Parent to pay customary fees and expenses related to any equity offering by Parent, or offering or debt issuance, in each case whether or not successful, (iv) the proceeds of which are applied to the purchase or other acquisition by Parent of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of any Person, or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or of all of the Equity Interests in a Person or to finance any Permitted Investment as if such Investment were made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided , that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such purchase, other acquisition or other Investment and (B) Parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all
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property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) and any liabilities assumed to be contributed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person formed or acquired in order to consummate such purchase, other acquisition or other Investment, (v) to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to directors, managers, officers and employees of Parent to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (vi) to allow Parent to pay other actual expenses incidental to being a public company; provided that any Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (18) shall be treated as if the same were operating expenses incurred directly by the Company for purposes of all determinations of Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA hereunder (notwithstanding any contrary treatment under GAAP);
(19) Restricted Payments made in connection with the Paladin Acquisition and the Paladin Merger;
(20) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $550.0 million or 7.5% of Total Assets since the Issue Date;
(21) Restricted Payments made during the Escrow Period in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement;
(22) Restricted Payments in connection with the compensation and indemnification of officers and directors of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies of taxes owed by such officers and directors as a result of the restructurings contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement; and
(23) any transfer, assignment or conveyance of a Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction, provided that the transferee guarantees the obligations of the transferor under the related Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes.
(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (or transfer or issuance that would constitute Restricted Payments but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) and Permitted Investments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the transfer or issuance of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment (or transfer or issuance that would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) or Permitted Investment.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; or
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(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) agreements in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(3) agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09, provided , that, except with respect to any such Incurrence of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, in the judgment of the Company, such incurrence will not materially impair the Companys ability to make payments under the Notes when due (as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Company);
(4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
(5) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided , that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(6) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(7) Capital Lease Obligations, any agreement governing Purchase Money Indebtedness, security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such encumbrance or restriction restricts the transfer of the property subject to such Capital Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Indebtedness, security agreements or mortgages;
(8) any agreement in connection with the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that imposes such encumbrance or restriction pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(10) Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(11) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements (including agreements entered into in connection with a Restricted Investment), which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;
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(12) prohibitions, restrictions or conditions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(13) any agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company) and outstanding on such date;
(14) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property, and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(15) customary non-assignment provisions in leases governing leasehold interests to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the lease or the property leased thereunder;
(16) any amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing of an agreement or arrangement referred to in clauses (1) through (15) above and clauses (17) through (19) below of this Section 4.08(b); provided , however , that such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing is not materially more restrictive, as reasonably determined by the Company, with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;
(17) agreements in connection with the Paladin Merger and the Paladin Acquisition;
(18) any encumbrance or restriction existing under or by reason of contractual requirements in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and
(19) any encumbrance or restriction arising in connection with the compensation and indemnification of officers and directors of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies of taxes owed by such officers and directors as a result of the restructurings contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness, and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided , however , that the Company will be entitled to Incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary will be entitled to Incur Indebtedness or issue Preferred Stock if, on the date of such Incurrence or issuance and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be at least 2.0 to 1.0.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.09(a), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be entitled to Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt ):
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(1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement; provided , however , that, immediately after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (1) and then outstanding does not exceed $3.4 billion; provided , that the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries can Incur additional Secured Indebtedness under this clause (1) if, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 3.5 to 1.0;
(2) Indebtedness owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor thereon that was not permitted by this clause (2);
(3) the Notes (including any Note Guarantee but excluding any Additional Notes);
(4) Indebtedness that is, or would have been, outstanding on the Issue Date, assuming that the Paladin Merger had occurred (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section 4.09(b));
(5) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by the Company (other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company); provided , however , that on the date of such acquisition and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, either (i) the Company would be entitled to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant or (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (A) would be at least 1.75 to 1.0 and (B) would be greater than such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition;
(6) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or Sections 4.09(b)(3), (4), (5), (22) or this clause (6);
(7) Hedging Obligations directly related to Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture or entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(8) obligations in respect of workers compensation and self insurance and performance, bid, stay, customs, appeal, replevin and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(9) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft, credit card, purchase card or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided , that (i) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within ten business days of notification to the Company of its incurrence and (ii) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase cards is extinguished within 60 days from its Incurrence;
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(10) Indebtedness consisting of any Guarantee by (i) the Company or a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other Obligations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) a Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other Obligations of another Foreign Subsidiary or (iii) a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other Obligations of another Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, in each case so long as the Incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness or other obligations by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided , that, if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu , as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
(11) (i) Capital Lease Obligations and (ii) Attributable Debt, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (11), does not exceed the greater of $175.0 million or 2.5% of Total Assets;
(12) Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (12), does not exceed the greater of $350.0 million or 5.0% of Total Assets;
(13) Indebtedness Incurred after the Issue Date in respect of Purchase Money Indebtedness and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (13), does not exceed the greater of $250.0 million or 3.0% of Total Assets;
(14) Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums with the providers of such insurance or their affiliates or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(16) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed the foreign currency equivalent of the greater of $150.0 million or 2.5% of Total Assets in respect of letters of credit denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars;
(17) Foreign Jurisdiction Deposits;
(18) Indebtedness consisting of guarantees of indebtedness or other obligations of joint ventures permitted under clause (19)(a) of the definition of Permitted Investments;
(19) Indebtedness Incurred in connection with judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(6);
(20) Indebtedness in the form of (i) guarantees of loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding, and (ii) reimbursements owed to officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Companys direct or indirect parent companies;
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(21) Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former officers, directors and employees of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Companys direct or indirect parent companies, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies to the extent permitted under Section 4.07(b)(5);
(22) Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the acquisition by the Company or such Guarantor of property used or useful in a Permitted Business (including a Product) (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger or consolidation with, any Person owning such assets); provided , however , on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (A) would be at least 1.75 to 1.0 and (B) would be greater than such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such Incurrence;
(23) Non-Recourse Debt; provided , however , that the aggregate principal amount of any such Indebtedness, when taken together with all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (23) and then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of $175.0 million or 2.5% of Total Assets;
(24) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction;
(25) Indebtedness of the Company or of any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (25), does not exceed the greater of $400.0 million or 5.0% of Total Assets; and
(26) Indebtedness Incurred in a Qualified Receivables Transaction that is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings or a Restricted Subsidiary whose principal assets are the receivables, leases or other assets that are the subject of a Qualified Receivables Transaction).
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
(1) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date and/or the date of the Paladin Merger will be treated as Incurred under clause (1) of the immediately preceding paragraph;
(2) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09, the Company, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) at the time of Incurrence and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the clauses of Section 4.09(b) ( provided , that any Indebtedness originally classified as Incurred pursuant to any of clauses (2) through (26) of
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Section 4.09(b) may later be reclassified as having been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or any other of clauses (2) through (26) of Section 4.09(b) to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or one of clauses (2) through (26) of Section 4.09(b), as the case may be, if it were Incurred at the time of such reclassification);
(3) the Company will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09; and
(4) with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09(b)(4) in respect of Sale Leaseback Transactions that are not Capital Lease Obligations on the Issue Date, any reclassification of such Sale Leaseback Transactions as Capital Lease Obligations shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided , that, if such Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such U.S. dollar denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Refinanced.
(e) The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being Refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such Refinancing.
(f) The Company will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Note Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be; provided , that (i) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and (ii) Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior in right of payment to other Indebtedness merely because such Indebtedness has a junior priority with respect to any collateral.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
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(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) (i) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, have been released or indemnified against further liability or (ii) in respect of which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary following such Asset Sale has any obligation;
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary within 365 days into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion;
(C) any Designated Noncash Consideration having an aggregate Fair Market Value that, when taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration previously received and then outstanding, does not exceed at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) the greater of $200.0 million or 2.0% of Total Assets; and
(D) any Investment, stock, asset, property or capital expenditure of the kind referred to in Section 4.10(b)(3).
(b) Within one year from the later of the date of an Asset Sale or the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds:
(1) to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase (i) Indebtedness and other Obligations that are secured by a Lien or (ii) Indebtedness (other than any Disqualified Capital Stock) and other Obligations of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, and, in each case, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor; provided , that, the Company shall (y) apply a pro rata portion (determined and as modified based on the provisions set forth below) of such Net Proceeds to redeem or repurchase the Notes (i) as described in Section 3.07 or (ii) through open market purchases at a purchase price not less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon, or (z) make an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below) to all holders to purchase their Notes at a purchase price not less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon (in each case other than Indebtedness or other Obligations owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company); or
(3) to make an Investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary), to acquire assets or property or to make capital expenditures, in each case (i) used or useful in a Permitted Business or (ii) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;
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provided , that in the case of Section 4.10(b)(3), entering into and not abandoning or rejecting a binding commitment to make an investment to satisfy Section 4.10(b)(3) above shall be treated as a permitted application of Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided, that (x) such investment is consummated within 545 days after the later of the receipt of such Net Proceeds or the date of such Asset Sale and (y) if such investment is not consummated within the period set forth in subclause (x), or otherwise applied as set forth in Section 4.10(b) (1) or (2), the Net Proceeds not so applied will be deemed to constitute Excess Proceeds under Section 4.10(d).
(c) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
(d) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.10(b) will constitute Excess Proceeds . When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds the greater of $150.0 million or 1.5% of Total Assets, within 30 days thereof, the Company will make an offer (an Asset Sale Offer ) to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Senior Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase, prepay or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase, prepay or redeem the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Senior Indebtedness (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith) that may be purchased, prepaid or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount (or accreted value, if less, or such lesser amount as may be provided by the terms of such other Senior Indebtedness), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, prepayment or redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date), and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Senior Indebtedness tendered in (or required to be prepaid or redeemed in connection with) such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and such other Senior Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis, based on the amounts tendered or required to be prepaid or redeemed (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Issuer so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased). Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant one year period or with respect to Excess Proceeds of $150.0 million or less.
(e) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 3.09 or this Section 4.10, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 or this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.
(f) The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Companys obligation to make an Asset Sale Offer may be waived or modified with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement,
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understanding, loan, or advance with or guarantee for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an Affiliate Transaction ) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50.0 million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company and complies with Section 4.11(a)(1).
(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to Section 4.11(a):
(1) any employment or consulting agreement, incentive agreement, employee benefit plan, severance agreement, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and payments pursuant thereto;
(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) transactions with any Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person; provided , that any Person that is jointly controlled by the Company and the Parent or its officers, directors or employees shall for purposes of this clause (3) be deemed to be solely controlled by the Company;
(4) payment of reasonable fees or other reasonable compensation to, provision of customary benefits or indemnification agreements to, and the reimbursements of expenses (pursuant to indemnity arrangements or otherwise) of officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies;
(5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6) Restricted Payments (or transfers or issuances that would constitute Restricted Payments but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) that do not violate Section 4.07 hereof and Permitted Investments;
(7) loans or advances to employees of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies in the ordinary course of business of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries not to exceed $50.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
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(8) any agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and described in the Offering Memorandum (or described in a document incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum as of the original Issue Date) or any renewals or extensions of any such agreement (so long as such renewals or extensions are not less favorable in any material respect to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries) and the transactions evidenced thereby;
(9) transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the trustee a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing stating that such transaction meets the requirements of Section 4.11(a)(1);
(10) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms hereof which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof in good faith);
(11) transactions in the ordinary course with (i) Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (ii) joint ventures in which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company holds or acquires an ownership interest (whether by way of Capital Stock or otherwise) so long as the terms of any such transactions are no less favorable to the Company or any Subsidiary participating in such joint ventures than they are to other joint venture partners;
(12) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company agreement, limited partnership or other organizational documents or stockholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however , that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after such date shall only be permitted by this clause (12) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement, taken as a whole, is no less favorable to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the agreement in effect on the Issue Date (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof in good faith);
(13) the provision of services to directors or officers of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of the Companys direct or indirect parent companies of the nature provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to customers in the ordinary course of business;
(14) transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Companys direct or indirect parent companies;
(15) any Incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.09; and
(16) transactions contemplated by the Paladin Merger and the Paladin Acquisition.
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Section 4.12 Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien (the Initial Lien ) of any nature whatsoever on any of its properties (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens, without effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.
Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien.
Section 4.13 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a corporation.
Section 4.14 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes pursuant to a Change of Control offer (a Change of Control Offer ) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer will offer a Change of Control payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date) (the Change of Control Payment ).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the Change of Control Payment Date );
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
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(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(c) The Issuer shall 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 in Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.14, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.14 by virtue of such compliance.
(d) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Issuer.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such 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 the Notes surrendered, if any. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.14, the Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control Repurchase Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control Repurchase Event at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.
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(f) The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Issuers obligation to make a Change of Control Offer may be waived or modified with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
Section 4.15 [Intentionally Left Blank].
Section 4.16 Limitation on Sale Leaseback Transactions.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale Leaseback Transaction with respect to any asset; provided, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale Leaseback Transaction if:
(a) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to (i) Incur Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such Sale Leaseback Transaction under Section 4.09(a) and (ii) create a Lien on such property securing such Attributable Debt without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 4.12;
(b) the gross cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such property; and
(c) the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
Section 4.17 Payments for Consent.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is paid to all Holders of the Notes that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.18 Additional Note Guarantees.
If any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, Lux Holdco or Lux Finco that is not a Guarantor becomes a guarantor or obligor in respect of any Triggering Indebtedness, within 10 business days of such event the Company will cause such Subsidiary to enter into a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall agree to Guarantee the Issuers and the Co-Obligors Obligations under the Notes, fully and unconditionally and on a senior basis. The form of such supplemental indenture is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
The Company also may, at any time, cause a Subsidiary to become a Guarantor by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture providing for the Guarantee of payment of the Notes by such Subsidiary on the basis provided above.
Section 4.19 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Company may designate after the Issue Date any Subsidiary (other than the Co-Obligor) (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture (a Designation ) only if:
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(a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such Designation;
(b) the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of Designation own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any Property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary so designated;
(c) the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of Designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(d) either (x) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or (y) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such Designation would be permitted under Section 4.07.
The Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a Revocation ) only if, immediately after giving effect such Revocation:
(e) (x) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than immediately prior to such Revocation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such Revocation;
(f) all Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such Revocation would, if Incurred at such time, have been permitted to be Incurred for all purposes of this Indenture; and
(g) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such Revocation.
Each Designation and Revocation must be evidenced by promptly delivering to the Trustee a board resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such Designation or Revocation, as the case may be, and an Officers Certificate certifying compliance with the preceding provisions. A Revocation will be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Section 4.20 Fall Away Event
In the event of the occurrence of a Fall Away Event (and notwithstanding the failure of the Company subsequently to maintain an Investment Grade Rating):
(a) Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 410, 4.11, 4.16(a)(i), 4.16(c), 4.19 and 5.01(d) shall each no longer be in effect for the remaining term of the applicable Notes; and
(b) Section 4.12 hereof shall be replaced in its entirety with the following covenant:
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Material Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien (the Initial Lien) of any nature whatsoever on any Restricted Property securing any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens, without effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured. Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien.
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(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions described above, the Company and the Material Subsidiaries may, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien that would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph without effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured if, at the time of such Incurrence or permission, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Secured Indebtedness which is concurrently being retired, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Secured Indebtedness which would otherwise be subject to such restrictions (not including Permitted Liens) plus all Attributable Debt of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries in respect of Sale Leaseback Transactions with respect to any Restricted Property, does not exceed 15% of Total Assets.
(c) the following definition shall be added to Section 1.01 in alphabetical order:
Restricted Property means (a) any manufacturing facility (or portion thereof) owned or leased by the Company or any Material Subsidiary that, in the good faith opinion of the Companys Board of Directors, is of material importance to the Companys business taken as a whole, but no such manufacturing facility (or portion thereof) shall be deemed of material importance if its gross book value of property, plant and equipment (before deducting accumulated depreciation) is less than 2% of the Companys Total Assets measured as of the end of the most recent quarter for which financial statements are available; or (b) any Capital Stock of any Material Subsidiary of the Company owning a manufacturing facility (or a portion thereof) covered by clause (a). As used in this definition, manufacturing facility means property, plant and equipment used for actual manufacturing and for activities directly related to manufacturing such as quality assurance, engineering, maintenance, staging areas for work in process administration, employees, eating and comfort facilities and manufacturing administration, and it excludes sales offices, research facilities and facilities used only for warehousing, distribution or general administration. and Material Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that constitutes more than 5% of the Companys Total Assets; and
(d) the definition of Permitted Liens shall be replaced in its entirety with the following definition:
Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens existing on the Fall Away Date;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or a Subsidiary;
(3) Liens on any property existing at the time of the acquisition thereof;
(4) Liens on any property of a Person or its subsidiaries existing at the time such Person is consolidated with or merged into the Company or a Subsidiary, or Liens on any property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Material Subsidiary;
(5) Liens to secure all or part of the cost of acquisition (including Liens created as a result of an acquisition by way of Capital Lease Obligation), construction, development or improvement of the underlying property, or to secure Indebtedness incurred to provide funds for any such purposes, provided , that the commitment of the creditor to extend the credit secured by
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any such Lien shall have been obtained not later than 18 months after the later of (A) the completion of the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of such property and (B) the placing in operation of such property or of such property as so constructed, developed or improved;
(6) Liens securing industrial revenue, pollution control or similar bonds; and
(7) any extension, renewal or replacement (including successive extensions, renewals and replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in any of clauses (1), (3), (4) or (5) that would not otherwise be permitted pursuant to any of clauses (1) through (6), to the extent that (A) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby and not otherwise permitted to be secured pursuant to any of clauses (1) through (6) does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness, plus any premium or fee payable in connection with any such extension, renewal or replacement, so secured at the time of any such extension, renewal or replacement and (B) the property that is subject to the Lien serving as an extension, renewal or replacement is limited to some or all of the property that was subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced.
Section 4.21 Additional Amounts
All payments made by or on behalf of the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any of the Guarantors under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of (1) any jurisdiction in which the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor (including any successor entity), is then incorporated, engaged in business, organized or resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision thereof or therein or (2) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by or on behalf of the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor (including, without limitation, the jurisdiction of any Paying Agent) or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each of (1) and (2), a Tax Jurisdiction ), will at any time be required to be made from any payments under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, including, without limitation, payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts (the Additional Amounts ) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received and retained in respect of such payments by each holder or beneficial owner of Notes after such withholding, deduction or imposition will equal the respective amounts of cash that would have been received and retained in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided , however , that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:
(a) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, partner of, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, the relevant holder, if the relevant holder is an estate, trust, nominee, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) being a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated in the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed or having any other present or former connection with the relevant Tax Jurisdiction other than the acquisition or holding of such Notes, the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Note or the Indenture or under a Note Guarantee of a Guarantor or the receipt of payments in respect of such Note or a Note Guarantee of a Guarantor;
(b) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);
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(c) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar Taxes;
(d) any Taxes withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that are required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26 and 27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income, or any law implementing or complying with or introduced in order to conform to, such directive;
(e) any Note presented for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another Paying Agent in a member state of the European Union;
(f) any Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes or with respect to any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor;
(g) any Taxes to the extent such Taxes are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of Notes, following the Issuers reasonable written request addressed to the Holder or beneficial owner at least 60 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable to the holder or beneficial owner, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Tax Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Tax Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Tax Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;
(h) any Taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with the requirements of Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ), as of December 19, 2013 (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), the U.S. Treasury Regulations issued thereunder or any official interpretation thereof or any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code;
(i) any withholding Tax imposed by the United States or a political subdivision thereof; or
(j) any combination of clauses (a) through (i) above.
In addition to the foregoing, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and any Guarantors will also pay and indemnify the holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, value added, transfer, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and any other liabilities related thereto) which are levied by any jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the indenture, any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor or any other document referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect thereto, or enforcement of, any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor.
If the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date that is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the
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obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) an Officers Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The Officers Certificates must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agents to pay Additional Amounts to holders on the relevant payment date. The Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor will provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely absolutely on an Officers Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary, and may conclusively presume that no payments are necessary unless and until it receives any such Officers Certificate.
The Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions (within the time period and in the minimum amount) required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Tax authority in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor will use its reasonable efforts to obtain Tax receipts from each Tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the relevant Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee (or to a holder upon request), within 60 days after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of Tax receipts evidencing payment by the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or a Guarantor, as the case may be, or if, notwithstanding such entitys efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payments (reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) by such entity.
Whenever in the Indenture or the Notes there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture, any transfer by a holder or beneficial owner of its Notes, and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor is incorporated, engaged in business for tax purposes or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such Person makes any payment on the Notes (or any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor) and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.
Section 4.22 Activities of the Co-Obligor
The Co-Obligor will not hold any material assets, become liable for any material obligations, or engage in any business activities other than as necessary to (a) maintain its corporate existence and (b) perform its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (including Incurring Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.09 and Liens permitted by Section 4.12).
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not: (1) consolidate with or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) directly or indirectly, sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(a) either:
(1) the Company is the surviving corporation; or
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, Luxembourg, Ireland or Canada; and, if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation organized or existing under any such laws;
(b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(c) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
(d) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (i) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); or (ii) have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such four-quarter period; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
This Section 5.01 will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries. Section 5.01(c) and (d) will not apply to any merger or consolidation of the Company (1) with or into one of the Restricted Subsidiaries for any purpose or (2) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction.
The Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made will be the successor to the Company and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and the Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the
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successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however , that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Companys assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an Event of Default :
(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(3) failure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with (i) Sections 4.14(d)(1) and 4.14(d)(2) and (ii) Article 5 and Section 10.04 and failure by the Escrow Issuer to comply with Section 4.22;
(4) failure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture (other than a failure that is the subject of clause (1), (2) or (3)) for 60 days after receipt by the Issuer of written notice of such failure from the Trustee (or receipt by the Issuer and the Trustee of written notice of such failure from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class);
(5) one or more defaults shall have occurred under any of the agreements, indentures or instruments under which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has outstanding Indebtedness in excess of $100.0 million, individually or in the aggregate, and either (a) such default results from the failure to pay such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and such default has not been cured or the Indebtedness repaid in full within 20 days of the default or (b) such default or defaults have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Indebtedness and such acceleration has not been rescinded or such Indebtedness repaid in full within 20 days of the acceleration;
(6) one or more judgments or orders that exceed $100.0 million in the aggregate (net of amounts covered by insurance or bonded) for the payment of money have been entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such judgment or judgments have not been satisfied, stayed, annulled or rescinded within 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and nonappealable;
(7) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary:
(A) commences a voluntary insolvency proceeding,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary insolvency proceeding,
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(C) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
provided, however , that the liquidation of any Restricted Subsidiary into another Restricted Subsidiary, other than as part of a credit reorganization, shall not constitute an Event of Default under this Section 6.01(7);
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary insolvency proceeding;
(B) appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary for all or substantially all of the property of the Company a Significant Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; and
(9) any Note Guarantee by a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be held in any judicial proceeding not to be, or asserted in writing by any such Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent contemplated by this Indenture and any such Note Guarantee, and any such Default continues for ten days.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) and 6.01(8) hereof with respect to the Company) shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes may declare to be immediately due and payable the principal amount of all such Notes then outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the date of acceleration. Upon the effectiveness of such a declaration, such principal, premium, accrued and unpaid interest, and other monetary obligations shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) and 6.01(8) hereof with respect to the Company shall occur, such amounts with respect to all the Notes shall become automatically due and payable immediately without any further action or notice. After any such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the applicable person, the registered Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may cancel such acceleration if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and (ii) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, that has become due solely because of the acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
If an Event of Default occurs on or after January 15, 2017 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Issuer would have had to pay if the Issuer then had elected to redeem the Notes
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pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs prior to January 15, 2017 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to such date, then upon acceleration of the Notes, the Applicable Premium will also become and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Subject to the duties of the Trustee to act with the required standard of care, if there is a continuing Event of Default, the Trustee need not exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the written request or direction of any of the Holders of Notes, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee. Subject to such provisions for security or indemnification of the Trustee and certain other conditions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power the Trustee holds with respect to the Notes.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes; provided, however , that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Note will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture or for any remedy unless:
(a) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding for 60 days after the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have made a written request to the trustee, and offered indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee, to institute such proceeding as trustee; and
(c) the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with such request.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Holder of any Note will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, and any premium on, if any, or interest on such Note, on or after the date or dates they are to be paid as expressed in such Note and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation (as agreed in writing by the Issuer and the Trustee), expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the compensation(as agreed in writing by the Issuer and the Trustee), expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First : to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under this Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second : to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third : to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers expressly vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
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(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith, by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it under this Indenture.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.
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(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders of Notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any losses, liabilities or expenses.
(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(i) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(k) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. If the Trustee becomes a creditor of the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor, this Indenture limits the right of the Trustee to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuers direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, acting in such capacity, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
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Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Issuer will pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation, as agreed in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee, for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustees compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the compensation, as agreed in writing by the Issuer and the Trustee, and reasonable disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
(b) The Issuer and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses, fees, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses) of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Issuer or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(d) To secure the Issuers and the Guarantors payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for any action or inaction on the part of any Paying Agent, Registrar, authenticating agent, Custodian (aside from the Trustee acting in such capacities and subject to the terms hereof).
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.
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(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing. The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided, all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Companys obligations under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any action or inaction of any successor Trustee.
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Issuer may at any time 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 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor 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 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, the Co-Obligor 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 (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on written 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:
(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
(b) the Issuers obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuers and the Guarantors obligations in connection therewith; and
(d) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, 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 Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 and 4.20 hereof and clause (d) of Section 5.01 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, the Co-
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Obligor 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 Issuers 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, Sections 6.01(3), (4), (5), (6), (7) (only as such clause 7 applies to Significant Subsidiaries), (8) (only as such clause 8 applies to Significant Subsidiaries) and (9) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
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:
(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in 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 on, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions:
(1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(2) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the 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;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, 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;
(d) 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 (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness), and the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings);
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(e) 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 and the agreements governing any other Indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any of the Guarantors is a party or by which the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any of the Guarantors is bound;
(f) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officers 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 Company or others; and
(g) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04, the conditions set forth in the foregoing subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 8.04 need not be satisfied so long as, at the time the Issuer makes the deposit described in subsection (a), (i) no Default under Section 6.01(1), (2) and (8) has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit and after giving effect thereto and (ii) either (x) a notice of redemption has been mailed providing for redemption of all the Notes not more than 60 days after such mailing and the requirements for such redemption shall have been complied with or (y) the Stated Maturity of the Notes will occur within 60 days. If the conditions in the preceding sentence are satisfied, the Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised its Covenant Defeasance option.
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, 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 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the written 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(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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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 on, 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 written 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.
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 Issuers, the Co-Obligors and the Guarantors obligations 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 on, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company 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 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes(provided that the uncertificated notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Issuers, the Co-Obligors or a Guarantors obligations to the Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees by a successor to the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 10 hereof;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder;
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;
(f) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the Description of the Notes section of the Offering Memorandum, to the extent that such provision in that Description of the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees, which intent may be evidenced by an Officers Certificate to that effect;
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(g) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the Issue Date;
(h) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes; or
(i) to revise the provisions of this Indenture to remove provisions with respect to the Escrow Period or the Old Endo Period to the extent such provisions are no longer applicable to the terms of the Notes.
Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.14 hereof) and the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for Notes).
Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
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After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer will promptly mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or any Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.14 hereof);
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes;
(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Sections 3.09, 4.10 or 4.14 hereof);
(h) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(i) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
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Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes .
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc .
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Issuer may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of the Issuer approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.03 hereof, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such supplemental indenture constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions.
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee .
(a) Subject to this Article 10, 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:
(1) the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes, 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
(2) 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 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.
(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
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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 covenant 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 Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Issuer, the Co-Obligor or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to 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, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 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 (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 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.
Section 10.02 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