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): September 25, 2014

THE GEO GROUP, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Florida

 

1-14260

 

65-0043078

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

621 NW 53 rd Street, Suite 700, Boca Raton, Florida

 

33487

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (561) 893-0101

N/A

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 25, 2014, The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO”) completed the previously announced issuance of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) in a registered offering pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of September 22, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among GEO, certain of GEO’s domestic subsidiaries, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative for the underwriters named therein. The Notes were issued by GEO pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between GEO and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among GEO, the Guarantors and the Trustee which governs the terms of the Notes. The sale of the Notes was registered under GEO’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on September 12, 2014 (File No. 333-198729).

The Notes were issued at a coupon rate and yield to maturity of 5.875%. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning April 15, 2015. The Notes mature on October 15, 2024.

Up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be redeemed on or prior to October 15, 2017, with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 105.875% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. In addition, GEO may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole or in part before October 15, 2019 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus a “make-whole” premium, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

On or after October 15, 2019, GEO may, at its option, redeem all or 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, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on October 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage

2019

                       102.938%                     

2020

   101.958%

2021

   100.979%

2022 and thereafter

   100.000%

If there is a “change of control” (as defined in the Indenture), holders of the Notes will have the right to cause GEO to repurchase their Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date.

The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantors. The Notes and the guarantees are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of GEO and the Guarantors. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with any unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness of GEO and the Guarantors, including GEO’s 6.625% senior notes due 2021, the 5 7/8% senior notes due 2022, the 5   1 8 % senior notes due 2023, and the guarantors’ guarantees thereof, senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of GEO and the Guarantors that is expressly subordinated to the Notes and the guarantees, effectively junior to any secured indebtedness of GEO and the Guarantors, including indebtedness under GEO’s senior credit facility, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and structurally junior to all obligations of GEO’s subsidiaries that are not Guarantors.

 

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The Indenture contains covenants which, among other things, limit the ability of GEO and its “restricted subsidiaries” (as defined in the Indenture) to incur additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock, make dividend payments or other restricted payments (other than the payment of dividends or other distributions, or any other actions necessary to maintain GEO’s status as a real estate investment trust), create liens, sell assets, engage in sale and lease back transactions, create or permit restrictions on the ability of the restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions to GEO, enter into transactions with affiliates, and enter into mergers, consolidations or sales of all or substantially all of their assets. These covenants are subject to a number of limitations and exceptions as set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture also contains events of default with respect to, among other things, the following: failure by GEO to pay interest on the Notes when due, which failure continues for 30 days; failure by GEO to pay the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes when due; failure by GEO or any of its restricted subsidiaries to comply with their obligations to offer to repurchase the Notes at the option of the holders of the Notes upon a change of control, to offer to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances in connection with asset sales with “excess proceeds” (as defined in the Indenture) in excess of $25.0 million or to observe certain restrictions on mergers, consolidations and sales of substantially all of their assets; the failure by GEO or any Guarantor to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture, which failure continues for 60 days after notice; and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of GEO or a restricted subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary or any group of restricted subsidiaries that together would constitute a significant subsidiary.

The foregoing description of the Base Indenture, Supplemental Indenture and the Form of 5.875% Senior Note due 2024 is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Form of 5.875% Senior Note due 2024 filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Section 2 – Financial Information

 

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

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference.

 

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Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 25, 2014, GEO announced the closing of the offering of the Notes. A copy of the press release announcing the closing of the offering of the Notes is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014, by and between GEO and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014, by and among GEO, certain subsidiary guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
4.3    Form of 5.875% Senior Note due 2024 (included in Exhibit 4.2).
99.1    Press Release, dated September 25, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    THE GEO GROUP, INC.
October 1, 2014                 By:   /s/ Brian R. Evans
Date       Brian R. Evans
     

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014, by and between GEO and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014, by and among GEO, certain subsidiary guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
4.3    Form of 5.875% Senior Note due 2024 (included in Exhibit 4.2).
99.1    Press Release, dated September 25, 2014.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

THE GEO GROUP, INC., AS ISSUER

AND

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

INDENTURE

 

 

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE

OF

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES


THE GEO GROUP, INC.

RECONCILIATION AND TIE WITH THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

 

TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION    INDENTURE SECTION

Section 310

   6.0 5

(a)(1)

   6.0 9, 6.1 2

(a)(2)

   6.0 9

(a)(3)

   6.1 5

(b)

   6.0 8, 6.1 0

Section 311

   6.0 5

(a)

   6.1 3

(b)

   6.1 3

Section 312(a)

   7.0 1

(b)

   7.0 2

(c)

   7.0 2

Section 313(a)

   7.0 3(a)

(b)

   7.0 3(a)

(c)

   6.0 2, 7.0 3(a)

(d)

   7.0 3(b)

Section 314(a)

   1 0.0 4

(a)(4)

   1 0.0 4(e)

(c)(1)

   1.0 3

(c)(2)

   1.0 3

(e)

   1.0 3

Section 315

   5.1 2, 6.0 1, 6.0 3, 9.0 3

(a)

   6.0 1

(b)

   6.0 2

(c)

   6.0 1(a)

(d)

   6.0 1, 6.0 3

(e)

   5.14

Section 316(a) (last sentence)

   1.0 1 (“Outstanding”)

(a)(1)(A)

   5.0 2, 5.1 2

(a)(1)(B)

   5.1 3, 9.0 2

(b)

   5.0 8

(c)

   1.0 5

Section 317(a)(1)

   5.0 3

(a)(2)

   5.0 4

(b)

   1 0.0 3

Section 318(a)

   1.0 8

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

ARTICLE I

  

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     1   

Section 1.01

  

DEFINITIONS

     1   

Section 1.02

  

OTHER DEFINITIONS

     11   

Section 1.03

  

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS

     12   

Section 1.04

  

FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE

     12   

Section 1.05

  

ACTS OF HOLDERS

     13   

Section 1.06

  

NOTICES, ETC., TO THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY

     15   

Section 1.07

  

NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER

     15   

Section 1.08

  

CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

     16   

Section 1.09

  

EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

     16   

Section 1.10

  

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

     16   

Section 1.11

  

SEPARABILITY CLAUSE

     16   

Section 1.12

  

BENEFITS OF INDENTURE

     16   

Section 1.13

  

GOVERNING LAW

     17   

Section 1.14

  

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

     17   

Section 1.15

  

INDEPENDENCE OF COVENANTS

     17   

Section 1.16

  

SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

     17   

Section 1.17

  

COUNTERPARTS

     17   

Section 1.18

  

CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

     17   

Section 1.19

  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     18   

Section 1.20

  

FORCE MAJEURE

     18   

Section 1.21

  

U.S.A. PATRIOT ACT

     18   

ARTICLE II

  

SECURITY FORMS

     18   

Section 2.01

  

FORMS OF SECURITIES

     18   

Section 2.02

  

FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     19   

ARTICLE III

  

THE SECURITIES

     19   

Section 3.01

  

AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES

     19   

Section 3.02

  

DENOMINATIONS

     23   

Section 3.03

  

EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING

     23   

Section 3.04

  

TEMPORARY SECURITIES

     25   

Section 3.05

  

REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

     25   

 

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Section 3.06

  

BOOK ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES

     27   

Section 3.07

  

MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES

     28   

Section 3.08

  

PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED

     29   

Section 3.09

  

CUSIP NUMBERS

     30   

Section 3.10

  

PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

     30   

Section 3.11

  

CANCELLATION

     31   

Section 3.12

  

COMPUTATION OF INTEREST

     31   

ARTICLE IV

  

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     31   

Section 4.01

  

APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY’S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     31   

Section 4.02

  

DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE

     31   

Section 4.03

  

COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     32   

Section 4.04

  

CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     33   

Section 4.05

  

DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     34   

Section 4.06

  

REINSTATEMENT

     34   

ARTICLE V

  

REMEDIES

     35   

Section 5.01

  

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     35   

Section 5.02

  

ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT

     36   

Section 5.03

  

COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE

     37   

Section 5.04

  

TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM

     37   

Section 5.05

  

TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES

     38   

Section 5.06

  

APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED

     38   

Section 5.07

  

LIMITATION ON SUITS

     39   

Section 5.08

  

UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST

     39   

Section 5.09

  

RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

     40   

Section 5.10

  

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

     40   

Section 5.11

  

DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER

     40   

Section 5.12

  

CONTROL BY HOLDERS

     40   

Section 5.13

  

WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

     41   

Section 5.14

  

UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

     41   

 

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Section 5.15

  

WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS

     41   

Section 5.16

  

REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW

     42   

ARTICLE VI

  

THE TRUSTEE

     42   

Section 6.01

  

DUTIES OF TRUSTEE

     42   

Section 6.02

  

NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

     43   

Section 6.03

  

CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

     43   

Section 6.04

  

TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS, DISPOSITIONS OF SECURITIES OR APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS THEREOF

     45   

Section 6.05

  

TRUSTEE AND AGENTS MAY HOLD SECURITIES; COLLECTIONS; ETC

     45   

Section 6.06

  

MONEY HELD IN TRUST

     46   

Section 6.07

  

COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE AND ITS PRIOR CLAIM

     46   

Section 6.08

  

CONFLICTING INTERESTS

     47   

Section 6.09

  

TRUSTEE ELIGIBILITY

     47   

Section 6.10

  

RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

     47   

Section 6.11

  

ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR

     49   

Section 6.12

  

MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS

     50   

Section 6.13

  

PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY

     50   

Section 6.14

  

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT

     51   

Section 6.15

  

APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE

     52   

ARTICLE VII

  

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

     53   

Section 7.01

  

COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS

     53   

Section 7.02

  

DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS

     53   

Section 7.03

  

REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

     54   

Section 7.04

  

CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT

     54   

ARTICLE VIII

  

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS

     54   

Section 8.01

  

COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

     54   

ARTICLE IX

  

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     55   

Section 9.01

  

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AGREEMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS

     55   

 

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Section 9.02

  

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AGREEMENTS WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS

     56   

Section 9.03

  

EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AGREEMENTS

     57   

Section 9.04

  

EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     57   

Section 9.05

  

CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

     58   

Section 9.06

  

REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     58   

Section 9.07

  

NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     58   

ARTICLE X

  

COVENANTS

     58   

Section 10.01

  

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST

     58   

Section 10.02

  

MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

     58   

Section 10.03

  

MONEY FOR SECURITY PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

     59   

Section 10.04

  

REPORTS OF THE COMPANY AND PROVISION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     60   

ARTICLE XI

  

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     62   

Section 11.01

  

RIGHTS OF REDEMPTION

     62   

Section 11.02

  

APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE

     62   

Section 11.03

  

ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE

     63   

Section 11.04

  

SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED

     63   

Section 11.05

  

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

     63   

Section 11.06

  

DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE

     65   

Section 11.07

  

SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE

     65   

Section 11.08

  

SECURITIES REDEEMED OR PURCHASED IN PART

     65   

ARTICLE XII

  

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     66   

Section 12.01

  

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     66   

Section 12.02

  

APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY

     67   

Section 12.03

  

REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY

     67   

ARTICLE XIII

  

GUARANTEES

     67   

Section 13.01

  

SECURITIES GUARANTEE

     67   

 

FORM OF SECURITY   EXHIBIT A

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of September 25, 2014, between The GEO Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes senior debt securities (the “ Securities ”) evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such times and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided;

WHEREAS, this Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary have been done to make (i) the Securities, when duly issued and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company and (ii) this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS .

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires or unless such definition is changed or amended in a supplement or amendment to this Indenture:

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

(d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;


(e) all references to $, US$, dollars or United States dollars shall refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America; and

(f) all references herein to particular Sections or Articles refer to this Indenture unless otherwise so indicated. Certain terms used principally in various articles herein are defined in those articles.

Ac t”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.05 .

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, shall mean 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; provided that, beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Security and of Euroclear and Clearstream, to the extent applicable to such transfer or transaction and as in effect at the time of such transfer or transaction.

Attributable Debt ” means, when used in connection with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, at any date of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United States Federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Board of Directors ” means (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation; (2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Board Resolution ” means as of any date of determination, a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or, if the context otherwise requires, of the applicable Person and which is in full force and effect as of such date.

Book-Entry Security ” means any Global Security in the form of Exhibit A or such other form established pursuant to Section 2.01 , evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, authenticated and delivered to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

Business Day ” means any day which is not a Legal Holiday.

 

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Capital Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock ” means, (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) 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.

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or its successor.

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

Company ” means The GEO Group, Inc., until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

Company Request ” or “ Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

Consolidation ” means, with respect to any Person, the consolidation of the accounts of such Person and each of its subsidiaries if and to the extent the accounts of such Person and each of its subsidiaries would normally be consolidated with those of such Person, all in accordance with GAAP. The term “Consolidated” shall have a similar meaning.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 150 East 42 nd Street, 40 th Floor, New York, New York 10017, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

Credit Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, project financings, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended (and/or amended and restated), restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, but excluding, in each case any debt securities.

 

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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.

Depositary ” means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Book-Entry Securities, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), its nominees and successors, or another Person designated as Depositary by the Company, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.

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).

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear System, and any successor thereto.

Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01 .

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

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ” or “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles 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 have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession as amended and/or modified from time to time. All ratios and computations contained or referred to herein shall be computed in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

Global Securities ” means global Securities to be issued as Book-Entry Securities issued to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.06 .

Government Operating Agreement ” means any management services contract, operating agreement, use agreement, lease or similar agreement with a Governmental Authority relating to a facility in a Permitted Business.

Government Securities ” means securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities.

Governmental Authority ” means any nation, province, state, municipality or political subdivision thereof, and any government or any agency or instrumentality thereof exercising executive, legislative, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

Guarantee ” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner

 

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including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness, provided that the pledge of any Government Operating Agreement with respect to any facility to secure Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness related to such facility shall not be deemed a Guarantee.

Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates; and

(3) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements, currency option agreements and other agreements or arrangements with respect to foreign currency exchange rates.

Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or

(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person; provided that the pledge of any Government Operating Agreement to secure Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness related to the facility that is the subject of such Government Operating Agreement shall not be deemed Indebtedness) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

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The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

(7) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and

(8) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security, as set forth in such Security.

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 and including the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, 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 all Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any amendment or supplemental indenture hereto. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company 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 Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any amendment or supplemental indenture hereto.

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, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

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Maturity ” means, when used with respect to any Security, the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein provided or as provided in this Indenture or any supplement or amendment hereto, whether at Stated Maturity by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of a Subsidiary (the “ Project Financing Subsidiary ”) incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction or development of any facility (and any Attributable Debt in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction entered into in connection with (i) the acquisition, construction or development of any facility by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture or (ii) any vacant land upon which a facility related to any Permitted Business is to be built):

(1) where either the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or such Project Financing Subsidiary operates or is responsible for the operation of the facility pursuant to a Government Operating Agreement;

(2) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than such Project Financing Subsidiary, (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness or Attributable Debt), it being understood that neither (i) equity Investments funded at the time of or prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt, nor (ii) the pledge by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Government Operating Agreement relating to such facility shall be deemed credit support or an Investment or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise;

(3) where, upon the termination of the management services contract with respect to such facility, neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than the Project Financing Subsidiary, will be liable, directly or indirectly, to make any payments with respect to such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt (or, in each case, any portion thereof);

(4) the interest expense related to such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt is fully serviced by a payment pursuant to a Government Operating Agreement with respect to such facility (the “ Non-Recourse Interest Payment ”); and

(5) such Project Financing Subsidiary has no assets other than the assets, including any ownership or leasehold interests in such facility and any working capital, reasonably related to the design, construction, management and financing of the facility.

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

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by at least two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 1.0 3 hereof.

 

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Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 1.03 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Outstanding ” when used with respect to any series of Securities means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) any reduction in principal amount of a Global Security, which has been reduced by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06 or any other applicable provision of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto;

(c) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or any Affiliate thereof) in trust for the Holders of such Securities; provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(d) Securities, to the extent provided in Sections 4.02 and 4.03 , with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance as provided in Article IV ; and

(e) Securities paid pursuant to Section 3.07 or Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee and the Company proof reasonably satisfactory to each of them that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

Paying Agent ” means any Person (including the Company) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Securities on behalf of the Company, and at the offices of which any Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment.

 

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

Predecessor Security ” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in exchange for a mutilated Security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed pursuant to any provision in this Indenture or any supplement or amendment hereto means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or any supplement or amendment hereto.

Redemption Price ” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed pursuant to any provision in this Indenture or any supplement or amendment hereto means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture or any supplement or amendment hereto.

Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on any Security means the date specified for that purpose in such Security or as contemplated by Section 3.01 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

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

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to property with a book value in excess of $ 10.0 million now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to another Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person other than a lease properly characterized pursuant to GAAP as a Capital Lease Obligation, other than transfers and leases among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries.

Security ” or “ Securities ” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

 

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

Significant Subsidiary ” means any 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 date hereof.

Special Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08 .

Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall 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) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof 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); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Trustee ” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor trustee.

Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any successor statute.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (a) CSC of Tacoma, LLC, GEO International Holdings, LLC, WCC Financial, Inc., WCC Development, Inc., GEO/FL/01, Inc., GEO/FL/02, Inc., GEO/FL/03, Inc., GEO Design Services, Inc., The GEO Group UK Ltd., The GEO Group Ltd., South African Custodial Holdings Pty, Ltd, The GEO Group Australasia Pty, Ltd., GEO Australasia Pty, Ltd., The GEO Group Australia Pty, Ltd., Australasian Correctional Investment Ltd., Pacific Rim Employment Pty, Ltd., Canadian Correctional Management, Inc., Miramichi Youth Center Management, Inc., The GEO Group New Zealand Limited, South African Custodial Services Pty, Ltd, South African Custodial Management Pty, Ltd, GEO Australian Management Services Pty Ltd, Australasian Correctional Services Pty Ltd., Sentencing Concepts, Inc., GEO Custodial Ltd. (Mauritius), BI Puerto Rico, Inc., Wackenhut Corrections Corporation N.V., GEO Amey PECS Ltd., Blue Stream Properties, LLC, GEO Ravenhall Finance Holding Trust, GEO Ravenhall Finance Holdings Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Finance Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Finance Trust, GEO Ravenhall Holdings Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Pty Ltd,

 

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GEO Ravenhall Trust and Ravenhall Finance Co Pty Ltd; and (b) any other Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution; and (c) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Subsidiary described in clauses (a) or (b).

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction, or Investment therein) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if:

(1) such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries does not 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 which is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or otherwise an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(2) such designation and the Investment of the Company in such Subsidiary complies with the applicable provisions, if any, under any supplemental indenture hereto governing Investments.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted hereunder, including pursuant to any applicable provisions, if any, under any supplemental indenture hereto governing Investments. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under the applicable provisions, if any, under any supplemental indenture hereto, the Company will be in default of such provisions, if any. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under any applicable provisions of any supplemental indenture hereto, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Voting Stock ” of any 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.

Section 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS .

 

TERM    DEFINED IN SECTION

“Act”

   1.05

“Agent Members”

   3.06

“Authenticating Agent”

   3.03

“CUSIP”

   3.09

“Defaulted Interest”

   3.08

“Defeased Securities”

   4.01

“Guarantor”

   13.01

“Indemnitees”

   6.07

“Security Register”

   3.05

“Security Registrar”

   3.05

“Special Payment Date”

   3.08

“Successor Company”

   8.01

“U.S. Government Obligations”

   4.04

 

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Section 1.03 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS .

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, each stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such certificates or opinions is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

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

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

(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual or such firm, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 1.04 FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE .

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

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Any certificate of an Officer of the Company or other obligor on the Securities may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company or other obligor on the Securities stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or other obligor on the Securities, unless such Officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered to the Trustee may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such Opinions of Counsel may rely on certificates of the Company or government or other officials customary for opinions of the type required, including certificates certifying as to matters of fact, including that various financial covenants have been complied with.

Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company or other obligor on the Securities may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent with respect to the Company.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 1.05 ACTS OF HOLDERS .

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “ Act ” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05 .

 

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(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Company or any other obligor of the Securities in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

(d) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of such Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c), any such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later than the date such first solicitation is completed.

If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Securities then Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for this purpose the Securities then Outstanding shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than ninety (90) days after such record date.

(f) For purposes of this Indenture, any action by the Holders which may be taken in writing may be taken by electronic means or as otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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Section 1.06 NOTICES, ETC., TO THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY .

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as provided in Section 5.01 ( c ) or ( d ), in which case, the notice shall be delivered by certified mail) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Holders or the Company, or any other obligor on the Securities by the Trustee and shall be deemed given upon actual receipt by the Trustee; or

(b) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as provided in Section 5.01 ( c ), in which case, the notice shall be delivered by certified mail) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to the Company addressed to The GEO Group, Inc., One Park Place, 621 N.W. 53rd Street, Suite 700, Boca Raton, Florida, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

Section 1.07 NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER .

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect

 

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to other Holders. Any notice when mailed to a Holder in the aforesaid manner shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then any method of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and reasonably calculated to reach its destination shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, as long as the Securities are in the form of a Global Security, notice to the Holders may be made electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depositary.

Section 1.08 CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT .

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act or another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision or requirement of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 1.09 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS .

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 1.10 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and the Trustee shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.11 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE .

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 1.12 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person (other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar and the Holders) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

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Section 1.13 GOVERNING LAW .

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 1.14 LEGAL HOLIDAYS .

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security) payment of interest or principal or premium, if any, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity or Stated Maturity and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 1.15 INDEPENDENCE OF COVENANTS .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

Section 1.16 SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS .

All schedules and exhibits attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof with the same effect as if herein set forth in full.

Section 1.17 COUNTERPARTS .

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original; but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

Section 1.18 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in The City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in The City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to

 

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such party’s (other than the Trustee) address specified pursuant to Sections 1.06 or 1.07 , as applicable, shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 1.19 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .

EACH OF THE COMPANY, ANY GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 1.20 FORCE MAJEURE .

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 1.21 U.S.A. PATRIOT ACT .

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01 FORMS OF SECURITIES .

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such form as shall otherwise be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 3.01 , shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.

 

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The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders, or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officer or officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

The terms and provisions set forth in any Security shall constitute, and are hereby made a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any provision of any Security conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

Section 2.02 FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION .

Subject to Section 6.12 , the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture (as such Indenture may be supplemented or amended).

Dated:                     

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

ARTICLE III

THE SECURITIES

Section 3.01 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES .

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities shall rank equally and pari passu in right of payment and may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto which may amend the terms of this Indenture unless prohibited by the Trust Indenture Act, prior to the issuances of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which, if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series when issued from time to time):

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities);

 

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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.04 , 3.05 , 3.06 , 3.07 , 9.06 or 11.08 ) and whether any series may be reopened for additional Securities of that series; in the event that such series of Securities may be reopened from time to time for issuances of additional Securities of such series, the terms thereof shall indicate whether any such additional Securities shall have the same terms as the prior Securities of such series or whether the Company may establish additional or different terms with respect to such additional Securities;

(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, whether such Securities shall be issued with original issue discount or at a percentage of their principal amount, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined, and the basis upon which such interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for the conversion or exchange, as applicable, and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

(6) any additions or changes (including to the provisions of Article XI) with respect to the redemption of such series of Securities, including with respect to the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have the option;

(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities or the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

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(8) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;

(9) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

(11) the Guarantors, if any, of the Securities of the series, and the extent of the Guarantees of the Securities (including provisions relating to seniority, subordination, and the release of the Guarantors), if any, and any additions or changes to permit or facilitate Guarantees of such Securities;

(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to any index, formula or other method, and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(13) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

(14) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants or other provisions (including any deletions from, modifications of or additions to any of the provisions of Section 5.01 ) of the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants or other provisions are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants or other provisions set forth herein;

(15) the applicability, if any, of Sections 4.02 and 4.03 to the Securities of the series (and, in the case of Section 4.03 , if applicable, any additional covenants subject to covenant defeasance) and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article IV ;

(16) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

(17) the terms of any temporary securities, the provisions for deposit and withdrawal from a common depository and terms related thereto;

(18) if the Securities of the series are to be secured or convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities of the series will be so secured or convertible or exchangeable (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period, the conversion agent, if any, adjustments of the applicable conversion price or rate and any requirements with respect to the reservation of shares or Securities for purposes of conversion);

 

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(19) whether the Securities of the series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities, and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in such Global Security or Global Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for the individual securities represented thereby in definitive form registered in the name or names of Persons other than such Depositary or a nominee or nominees thereof (“Individual Securities”);

(20) the date as of which any Global Security of the series shall be dated if other than the original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

(21) the form or forms of the Securities of the series including such legends as may be required by applicable law;

(22) any addition or change in the provisions related to compensation and reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such series

(23) any addition or change in the provisions related to supplemental indentures set forth in Sections 9.01 , 9.02 and 9.04 which applies to Securities of such series

(24) provisions, if any, granting special rights to Holders upon the occurrence of specified events;

(25) any addition or change in the provisions of Article VIII;

(26) whether the Securities will contain any transfer restrictions; and

(27) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act, but may modify, amend, supplement or delete any of the terms of this Indenture with respect to such series).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities (which additional terms shall only be applicable to unissued or additional Securities of such series).

If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.

 

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Section 3.02 DENOMINATIONS .

The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless provided otherwise in a supplemental indenture with respect to any series of Securities.

Section 3.03 EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING .

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents. The signatures of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was at any time the proper officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive, and, subject to Section 6.01 , shall be fully protected in relying upon:

(a) A copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors in or pursuant to which the terms and form of the Securities were established, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect as of the date of such certificate, and if the terms and form of such Securities were established by an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors, such Officers’ Certificate;

(b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;

(c) an Officers’ Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 1.03 ; and

(d) an Opinion of Counsel which shall state:

(1) that the form of such Securities has been established by a supplemental indenture or by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2.01 and in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2) that the terms of such Securities have been established in accordance with Section 3.01 and in conformity with the other provisions of this Indenture; and

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Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.

Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Security, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 , in case the Company, pursuant to Article VIII , shall, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, be consolidated, amalgamated, combined or merged with or into any other Person or shall sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, amalgamation, or combination or surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the successor Person which shall have participated in the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article VIII , any of the Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, amalgamation, combination, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such request for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 3.03 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (“ Authenticating Agent ”) acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities on behalf of the Trustee. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any Security Registrar or Paying Agent to deal with the Company and its Affiliates.

 

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Section 3.04 TEMPORARY SECURITIES .

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officer or officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

(b) If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay, except to comply with applicable law. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02 , without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.

Section 3.05 REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE .

The Company shall cause the Trustee to keep, so long as it is the Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other office as the Trustee may designate, a register for each series of Securities (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 10.02 being herein sometimes referred to as the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Security Registrar may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee shall initially be the “ Security Registrar ” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. The Company may change the Security Registrar or appoint one or more co-Security Registrars without prior notice; provided that the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Company changes the Security Registrar or appoints a co-Security Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.02 , the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.

Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in a Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

 

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At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of the same series which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange, repurchase or redemption, shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer, exchange or redemption of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to this Section 3.05 or Section 3.07 not involving any transfer, except for any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 3.04 or 9.06 or pursuant to any offer for the Securities which the Company may make to the Holders pursuant to the provisions of any indenture supplemental hereto).

The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities pursuant to Article XI or any applicable provision of an indenture supplemental hereto and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of Securities being redeemed in part or (c) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Security between a Regular Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or a Special Record Date and the next succeeding Special Payment Date.

Any Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security, whether pursuant to this Section 3.05 , Sections 3.04 , 3.06 , 3.07 , 9.06 or 11.08 or otherwise, shall also be a Global Security and bear the legend specified in Exhibit A hereto or as specified pursuant to Section 3.01 .

All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Security Registrar pursuant to this Section 3.05 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile with the original to follow by first class mail.

 

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Section 3.06 BOOK ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES .

The following provisions shall govern Global Securities except as set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto:

(a) Each Global Security initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary or with the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

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

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act, and in either case the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary, (ii) the Company, at its option, executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that it elects to cause the issuance of the Securities in certificated form and that all Global Securities shall be exchanged in whole for Securities that are not Global Securities (in which case, such exchange shall be effected by the Trustee) or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Global Security.

(c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or its nominee to the Trustee, as Security Registrar, for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article III . If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, then either (i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article III or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee, as Security Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Security, the Trustee shall, subject to this Section 3.06 ( c ) and as otherwise provided in this Article III , authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in

 

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exchange for such Global Security (or any portion thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in such names as may be directed by, the Depositary or its authorized representative. Upon the request of the Trustee in connection with the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding Subsection ( b ), the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Securities that are not in the form of Global Securities. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order, direction or request of the Depositary or its authorized representative which is given or made pursuant to this Article III if such order, direction or request is given or made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

(d) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article III or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(e) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under this Indenture and the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security will be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Agent Members.

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 Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of Depositary records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any Depositary records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for transfers of beneficial interests in the Securities or any transactions between the Depositary and beneficial owners.

Section 3.07 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES .

If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee, such security or indemnity, in each case, as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon a Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a replacement Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any replacement Securities under this Section 3.07 , the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel) connected therewith.

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to this Section 3.07 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 3.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 3.08 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED .

Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 , interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on the Stated Maturity of such interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment.

Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 , any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on the Stated Maturity of such interest, and interest on such defaulted interest at the then applicable interest rate borne by the Securities, to the extent lawful (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “ Defaulted Interest ”), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Subsection (a ) or ( b ) below:

(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or any relevant Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “ Special Payment Date ”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements

 

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satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the Special Payment Date, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Subsection (a ) provided. Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the Special Payment Date and shall fix the Special Record Date not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of such Special Record Date. In the name and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Payment Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Subsection ( b ).

(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by this Indenture not inconsistent with the requirements of such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Subsection (b ), such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.08 , each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 3.09 CUSIP NUMBERS .

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Company, or the Trustee on behalf of the Company, shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities; and provided further, however, that failure to use CUSIP numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange shall not affect the validity or sufficiency of such notice. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 3.10 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS .

Prior to and at the time of due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.08 ) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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Section 3.11 CANCELLATION .

All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 3.11 , except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee’s standard procedures, unless by a Company Order received by the Trustee prior to such disposition, the Company shall direct that the canceled Securities be returned to it. The Trustee shall provide the Company a list of all Securities that have been canceled from time to time as requested in writing by the Company.

Section 3.12 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST .

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

ARTICLE IV

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 4.01 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY’S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE .

If pursuant to Section 3.01 provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 4.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 4.03 , then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article IV (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such Securities, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities, elect to have Section 4.02 (if applicable) or Section 4.03 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any corresponding Guarantees of such Securities (the “ Defeased Securities ”) upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article IV .

Section 4.02 DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE .

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option applicable to this Section 4.02 with respect to any Securities of a series, the Company and any other obligor upon the applicable series of Securities, if any, shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Defeased Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ defeasance ”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company and any other obligor under the applicable series of Securities shall be deemed to have paid and

 

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discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 4.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such series of Securities and this Indenture insofar as such series of Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company and upon Company Request, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Defeased Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 4.05 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such series of Securities, when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased Securities under Sections 3.03 , 3.04 , 3.05 , 3.07 , 10.02 and 10.03 , (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder with respect to the Defeased Securities, including, without limitation, the Trustee’s rights under Section 6.07 and the Company’s and, if any, the Guarantors’, obligations in connection therewith, and (d) this Article IV . Subject to compliance with this Article IV , the Company may exercise its option under this Section 4.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 4.03 with respect to a series of Securities.

Section 4.03 COVENANT DEFEASANCE .

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option applicable to this Section 4.03 with respect to any Securities of a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenant or provision contained or referred to in Section 10.04 , and any other covenant or provision if specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , in each case, with respect to the Defeased Securities, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ covenant defeasance ”), and the Defeased Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be 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 shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes), and the Events of Default under Section 5.01 ( c ) and ( d ) and any Event of Default specified to be covered by this Section 4.03 for a series in accordance with Section 3.01 shall cease to be in full force and effect with respect to the applicable series of Securities. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Defeased Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.01 but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Defeased Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

 

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Section 4.04 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE .

The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 4.02 or Section 4.03 to the Defeased Securities of a series:

(1) The Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the applicable series of Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on the Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether such Securities are being defeased to Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date and, if such Securities are being defeased to a particular Redemption Date, the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an irrevocable notice of redemption;

(2) In the case of an election under Section 4.02 , the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel in the United States shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;

(3) In the case of an election under Section 4.03 , the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

(4) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on either (a) on the date of such deposit or (b) insofar as Section 5.01(e ) or Section 5.01(f ) are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of deposit;

(5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) The Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law;

(7) The Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the applicable Securities over the other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and

 

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(8) The Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 4.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 4.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered under this Section 4.04 shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such opinions may rely on certificates of the Company or government or other officials customary for opinions of the type required, which certificates shall be limited as to matters of fact, including that various financial covenants have been complied with.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article IV , such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions and limitations which may be imposed by the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01 .

Section 4.05 DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03 , all United States dollars and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04 in respect of the Defeased Securities of any series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such series of Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (excluding the Company or any of its Affiliates acting as Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such series of Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 3.01 , the Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 4.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is imposed, assessed or for the account of the Holders of the Defeased Securities.

Anything in this Article IV to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 4.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance.

Section 4.06 REINSTATEMENT .

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otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the applicable series of Securities shall be revived and reinstated, with present and prospective effect, as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03 , as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 4.02 or 4.03 , as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment to the Trustee or Paying Agent of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall promptly pay any such amount to the Holders of the Securities of such series and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such series of Securities to receive such payment from the United States dollars and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03 .

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

Section 5.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT .

Event of Default ,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) with respect to a particular series of Securities except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 :

(a) there shall be a default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of such series when it becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days;

(b) there shall be a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of such series when it becomes due and payable, whether at Maturity, upon redemption by declaration or otherwise;

(c) there shall be a default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or a Guarantor, if any, applicable to such series of Securities (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with in Subsections (a ) and ( b )) and such default or breach shall continue for a period of 60 consecutive days after written notice to the Company has been given;

(d) except as permitted by this Indenture or as provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 , any Guarantee of such series of Securities shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Guarantee of such series of Securities;

 

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(e) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case,

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

(iv) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and

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

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case; or

(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary.

(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

Section 5.02 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT .

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e ) or Section 5.01(f )) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, shall occur and be continuing, unless the principal and interest with respect to all of the Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series (with each affected series voting as a separate class) then Outstanding may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on all Securities of that series affected thereby to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders of the Securities) and upon any such declaration, such principal and interest shall become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Subsection (e ) or Subsection (f ) of Section 5.01 occurs, unless the principal and interest with respect to the Securities shall have already become due and payable, then the Securities of all series shall ipso facto become and be due and payable immediately in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Securities, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date the Securities become due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Thereupon, the Trustee may, at its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the Holders of the Securities by appropriate judicial proceedings.

 

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Section 5.03 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE .

If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(a ) or Section 5.01(b ) with respect to any Securities of a series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the whole amount of principal and interest, remaining unpaid on such series of Securities, with interest upon the overdue principal, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate borne by the Securities of such series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and the Trustee may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders under this Indenture by such appropriate private or judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy, subject however to Section 5.12 . No recovery of any such judgment upon any property of the Company shall affect or impair any rights, powers or remedies of the Trustee or the Holders.

Section 5.04 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM .

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of any series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such series of Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(a) to file proofs of claim and such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of the Securities of such series allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

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(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any 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 the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, fees and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 .

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

For purposes of this Section 5.04 , the Trustee is hereby designated as the attorney-in-fact for the Holders.

Section 5.05 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES .

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such series or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, fees and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.06 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED .

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article V or otherwise on behalf of the Holders or the Trustee pursuant to this Article V or through any proceeding or any arrangement or restructuring in anticipation or in lieu of any proceeding contemplated by this Article V shall be applied, subject to applicable law, in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the several Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 ;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, on the Securities of such series in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest; and

 

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THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto, including the Company, provided that all sums due and owing to the Holders and the Trustee have been paid in full as required by this Indenture.

Section 5.07 LIMITATION ON SUITS .

No Holder of any series of Securities shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or any series of Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as trustee hereunder;

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

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer (and, if requested, provision) of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the affected series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security of any series to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture or any Security of any series, except in the manner provided in this Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

Section 5.08 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST .

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right based on the terms stated herein, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and (subject to Section 3.08 ) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repurchase, on the Redemption Date or the repurchase date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

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Section 5.09 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES .

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

Section 5.10 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE .

No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER .

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.

Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 5.12 CONTROL BY HOLDERS .

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of any series of Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee under this Article V with respect to such series, provided that:

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 5.07 ), expose the Trustee to personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein; and

(b) subject to the provisions of Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

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Section 5.13 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS .

Subject to Section 9.0 2, holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any affected series (with each affected series voting as a separate class), by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest, if any, on, or the principal of, such Securities (including in connection with an offer to purchase) ( provided , however , that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of any affected series (with each affected series voting as a separate class) may rescind an acceleration and its consequences with respect to such series, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of Holders have consented to such waiver and attaching copies of such consents. In case of any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Securities of such series, respectively. This Section 5.13 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. 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 5.14 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS .

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder pursuant to Section 5.08 hereof.

Section 5.15 WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS .

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, or interest on the Securities contemplated herein or in the Securities or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not 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 had been enacted.

 

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Section 5.16 REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW .

All rights, remedies and powers provided by this Article V may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law in the premises, and all the provisions of this Indenture are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which may be controlling in the premises and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Indenture invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE .

Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d):

(a) if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;

(b) except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default:

(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions which by any provision hereof are required to be furnished to the Trustee, to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

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

(1) this Subsection (c ) does not limit the effect of Subsection (b ) of this Section 6.01 ;

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(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith, in accordance with a direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture;

(d) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;

(e) whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Subsections (a ), ( b ), ( c ) and ( d ) of this Section 6.01 ; and

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

Section 6.02 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS .

Within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives actual notice of the occurrence of any Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders and any other Persons entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default hereunder actually known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.

Section 6.03 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE .

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01 hereof and Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d):

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon receipt by it of any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

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

 

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

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture other than any liabilities arising out of the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee;

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series then Outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation so requested by the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of an affected series shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; provided, further, the Trustee in its discretion may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may deem fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h) the Trustee shall not be required to take notice, and shall not be deemed to have notice, of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, except Events of Default described in Subsections (a ) and ( b ) of Section 5.01 hereof, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or shall be notified specifically of the Default or Event of Default on a written instrument or document received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Securities. In the absence of such actual knowledge or delivery of notice satisfying those requirements, the Trustee may assume conclusively that there is no Default or Event of Default, except as noted above;

 

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

(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 to each agent, custodian and other Person employed by the Trustee to act hereunder;

(k) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, 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;

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

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

Section 6.04 TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS, DISPOSITIONS OF SECURITIES OR APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS THEREOF .

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in any Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 to be supplied to the Company will be true and accurate subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 6.05 TRUSTEE AND AGENTS MAY HOLD SECURITIES; COLLECTIONS; ETC .

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities, with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent and, subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

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Section 6.06 MONEY HELD IN TRUST .

All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law.

Section 6.07 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE AND ITS PRIOR CLAIM .

The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, such compensation as agreed to in writing by the Company and the Trustee and reasonable compensation for all other services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Company covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable fees, expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture and as agreed upon in the fee agreement between the Trustee and the Company (including the reasonable compensation and the fees, expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ); except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Company also covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers, agents and employees and each predecessor Trustee (the “ Indemnitees ”) for, and to hold them harmless against, any claim, loss, liability, damage, tax, assessment or other governmental charge (other than taxes applicable to the Trustee’s compensation hereunder) or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including enforcement of this Section 6.07 and also including any liability which the Indemnitees may incur as a result of failure to withhold, pay or report any tax, assessment, fine, penalty, damages or other governmental charge, and the costs, fees and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Guarantor, a Holder, or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.07 to compensate and indemnify the Indemnitees and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for reasonable fees, expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute an additional obligation hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee.

The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.07 , except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e ) or Section 5.01(f ), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

 

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Section 6.08 CONFLICTING INTERESTS .

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 6.09 TRUSTEE ELIGIBILITY .

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as trustee under Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and which shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, to the extent there is an institution eligible and willing to serve. If the Trustee does not have a Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York, the Trustee may appoint an agent in The City of New York reasonably acceptable to the Company to conduct any activities which the Trustee may be required under this Indenture to conduct in The City of New York. If such Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of Federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.09 , the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.09 , the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VI .

Section 6.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE .

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under Section 6.11 .

(b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by giving written notice thereof to the Company no later than 30 Business Days prior to the proposed date of resignation. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of which shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint and prescribe a successor trustee.

(c) The Trustee may be removed with respect to any particular series of Securities at any time for any cause or for no cause by an Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. Upon receiving such Act of the Holders, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of which shall be delivered to the removed Trustee and a copy

 

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to the successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the receipt of such Act of the Holders, the removed Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint and prescribe a successor trustee.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14 , the Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11 . If, within 60 days after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, the Company has not appointed a successor Trustee with respect to Securities of a series, a successor trustee shall be appointed by the Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of the Securities and accepted appointment in the manner provided herein, the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or the Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14 , on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of a series.

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by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office or agent hereunder.

Section 6.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR .

Every successor trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee as if originally named as Trustee hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges pursuant to Section 6.07 then unpaid, such retiring Trustee shall pay over to the successor trustee all moneys, cash equivalents and other property relating thereto at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, trusts and duties. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers.

No successor trustee with respect to the Securities shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible to act as trustee under the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and this Article VI and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and have a Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in accordance with Section 6.09 .

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same trust and that such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,

 

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transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11 , the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of the Securities, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the appointment, then the notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10 . If the Company fails to give such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Company.

Section 6.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS .

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the trust created by this Indenture) shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and this Article VI and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and have a Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in accordance with Section 6.09 , without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

Section 6.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY .

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or other obligor under the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein, as qualified by Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b).

 

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Section 6.14 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT .

At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company and, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 , shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.14 , the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 , such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 6.14 .

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 6.14 , without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case of any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 , the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section 1.07 . Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 6.14 .

 

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The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this Section 6.14 .

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 6.14 , the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

 

[NAME OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT]
BY:  

 

  AS AUTHENTICATING AGENT
BY:  

 

  AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

Section 6.15 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE .

(a) For the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which the Company may at the time be located in connection with the enforcement of any right or the taking of any action on behalf of the Holders of any Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments necessary to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, with such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. Each co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a trustee under Section 6.09 . The Trustee shall promptly notify the Holders and the Company of the appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee under this Section 6.15 .

(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(1) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

 

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(2) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder;

(3) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee;

(4) any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI . Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection or rights (including the rights to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification hereunder) to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee; and

(5) any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name for the purposes of enforcing any rights or taking any other action on behalf of the Holders of any Securities issued hereunder.

ARTICLE VII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS . The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(a) semiannually, not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; and

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content to that in Subsection (a ) hereof as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar, no such list need be furnished.

Section 7.02 DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS .

Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities, and the Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b). The Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

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them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Trust Indenture Act Section 312.

Section 7.03 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE .

(a) Within 60 days after May 1 of each year commencing with the first May 1 after the issuance of Securities, the Trustee, if so required under the Trust Indenture Act, shall transmit by mail to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 1 in accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report in accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2).

(b) A copy of each report transmitted to Holders pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall, at the time of such transmission, be mailed to the Company and filed with each stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify the Trustee promptly in writing if the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

Section 7.04 CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT .

If Securities of a series are issued with original issue discount, upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS

Section 8.01 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS .

The terms on which the Company may consolidate, amalgamate, combine or merge with or into any other Person or, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, convey, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of Persons, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of transactions, if such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, lease, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis to any other Person or group of Persons will be set out in one or more amendments to or indentures supplemental hereto, pursuant to Section 3.01 .

 

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ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AGREEMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS .

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and any other obligor under the Securities when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto or agreements or other instruments with respect to this Indenture or any series of the Securities, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

(b) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Securities of a series in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s assets;

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

(e) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(f) to conform the text of this Indenture, or any Securities or any Guarantee thereof, to any provision of the description of such securities in any offering memorandum with respect thereto to the extent that such provision in the description of such Securities was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee thereof as evidenced in an Officers’ Certificate;

(g) to allow a Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture for the purpose of providing a guarantee of any Securities in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto;

(h) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by this Indenture, which is not yet issued;

(i) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03 ; provided that any such actions shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of such series in any material respect; or

(j) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of this Indenture by more than one Trustee.

 

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Section 9.02 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AGREEMENTS WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS .

Except as permitted by Section 9.01 or as provided pursuant to Section 3.01 , with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series of Securities (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Securities), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may (i) enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or agreements for the purpose of adding any provisions to, amending, modifying or changing in any manner, or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series, of any supplemental indenture with respect to such series or the Securities of such series (including but not limited to, for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of such series under this Indenture with respect to such series or the Securities of such series) or (ii) waive compliance with any provision in this Indenture with respect to such series or the Securities of such series (other than waivers of past defaults covered by Section 5.13 ); provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, agreement, instrument or waiver shall, without the consent of each Holder of a Security of such series affected thereby:

(a) reduce the principal amount of Securities of such series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(b) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Securities of such series;

(c) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security of such series or change the optional redemption dates or optional redemption prices from those set forth in any supplemental indenture or Board Resolution applicable to such series of Securities (except amendments or changes to any notice provisions, which may be amended with the consent of Holders of a majority of the Securities of such series);

(d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Securities of such series or the Guarantees of such Securities, if any;

(e) make the Securities of such series payable in currency other than that stated in such Securities;

(f) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Section 5.13 ;

(g) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee of such Securities or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(h) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Securities (except a rescission of acceleration of such Securities by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Securities and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

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(i) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Securities; or

(j) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security.

Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of Holders with respect to such covenant or other provisions, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of any other series.

Section 9.03 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AGREEMENTS .

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture, agreement, instrument or waiver permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d) and Section 6.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate each stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions as to the enforceability thereof. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.04 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article IX , this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities of the series affected thereby theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

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Section 9.05 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT .

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

Section 9.06 REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES .

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

Section 9.07 NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES .

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 , the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security of any series affected, in the manner provided for in Section 1.07 , setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

Section 10.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST .

The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each of the series of Securities in accordance with the terms of the applicable series of the Securities and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , payments for any Securities may be made by check or wire transfer.

Section 10.02 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY .

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, and will also maintain in The City of New York an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, redemption or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served which, in each case, may be an office of the Trustee or an agent of the Trustee. The office of the Trustee will be such office or agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location and any change in the location of any such offices or agencies. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required offices or agencies or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

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The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside of The City of New York) where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designation. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such office or agency.

The Trustee shall initially act as Paying Agent for the Securities.

Section 10.03 MONEY FOR SECURITY PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST .

If the Company or any of its Affiliates shall at any time act as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

If the Company or any of its Affiliates is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company will, at or before 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time of each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum in same day funds sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.

If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.03 , that such Paying Agent will:

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(b) give the Trustee prompt notice of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities;

(c) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and

(d) acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all aspects with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties, rights and liabilities of such Paying Agent.

 

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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall promptly be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 10.04 REPORTS OF THE COMPANY AND PROVISION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .

(a) Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Securities are outstanding, the Company, upon request, shall furnish to the Holders, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

(i) all quarterly and annual financial and other information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

(b) In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (a)(i) and (ii) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to prospective investors upon request.

(c) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by Section 10.04 ( a ) shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding Sections 10.04(a ), ( b ) and ( c ), if any direct or indirect parent company of the Company provides a full and unconditional guarantee of the Securities, the reports, information and other documents required to be filed and furnished as required by Sections 10.04(a ), ( b ) and ( c ) may be those of such parent company, rather than those of the Company; provided that, if and so long as such parent company shall have Independent Assets or Operations, the same is accompanied by consolidating information relating to such parent company, on the one hand, and information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. The Company shall be deemed to have furnished to the Holders of Securities, and to have filed with and delivered to the Trustee, the information and reports referred to in subclauses (i) and (ii) of Section 10.04(a ) and Section 10.04(c ) and this clause (d ) (or such information and reports of a direct or indirect parent company of the Company, if applicable), if such information and reports have been filed with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor filing system of the Commission) and are publicly available (provided that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether such filing has occurred). “ Independent Assets or Operations ” means, with respect to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, that each of the total assets, revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and cash flows from operating activities of such parent company, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding in each case amounts related to its investment in the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown in the most recent fiscal quarter financial statements of such parent company (measured on a most recent trailing four fiscal quarter basis with respect to revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and cash flows from operating activities), is more than 3.0 % of such parent company’s corresponding consolidated amount determined in accordance with GAAP.

(e) The Company shall and shall cause each Guarantor (if any) (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the Trust Indenture Act) to deliver to the Trustee, within 90 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 its obligations under 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 shall have 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 no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, 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.

 

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(f) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 10.04(a)(i) shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Company’s independent public accountants (which shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated any provisions of Article X hereof or any covenants of the Company contained in any amendment or indenture supplemental hereto or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.

(g) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, forthwith after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

(h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to analyze or make any credit decision with respect to any financial statements or reports received by it hereunder, but shall hold such financial statements or reports solely for the benefit of and/or review by the Holders of the Securities. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee hereunder is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Section 10.04 for purposes of Article V of this Indenture until 120 days after the date any report under this Section 10.04 is due; provided that this subclause (i) shall not apply to subclauses (e) and (g) of this Section 10.04 .

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.01 RIGHTS OF REDEMPTION .

The Company shall have such rights to redeem the Securities of any series as are set forth, if any, in any amendment or indenture supplemental hereto, pursuant to Section 3.01 . The provisions of this Article XI shall apply to any redemption of any series of Securities hereunder.

Section 11.02 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE .

Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article XI except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series.

 

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Section 11.03 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE .

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Company Order and an Officers’ Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of the applicable series of Securities to be redeemed except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series.

Section 11.04 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED .

If less than all of the applicable series of Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. If less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select Securities of such series for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Securities are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed; or

(2) if the Securities are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered), by lot or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with DTC procedures. No Securities of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. The amounts to be redeemed shall be equal to $2,000 or any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless provided otherwise in any supplemental indenture with respect to any particular series of Securities. No Securities of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. The amounts to be redeemed shall be equal to $2,000 or any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless provided otherwise in any supplemental indenture with respect to any particular series of Securities.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 11.05 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION .

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 3.01 , to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the Security Register. 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 Securities or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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As long as the Securities are issued in global form, notices to be given to Holders will be given to the Depositary, in accordance with its applicable policies as in effect from time to time.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(a) the Redemption Date;

(b) the Redemption Price or the method by which such Redemption Price shall be determined;

(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

(d) in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Security, new Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued;

(e) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

(f) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and that (unless the Company shall default in payment of the Redemption Price) interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

(g) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies referred to in Section 10.02 where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(h) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities; and

(i) the procedures that a Holder must follow to surrender the Securities to be redeemed.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request delivered at least 15 days prior to the date such notice is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. If the Company elects to give notice of redemption, it shall provide the Trustee with a certificate stating that such notice has been given in compliance with the requirements of this Section 11.05 .

The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

 

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Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Securities called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

Section 11.06 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE .

At or prior to 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its Affiliates is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03 ) an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or Special Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the applicable series of Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Securities to be redeemed. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Securities so redeemed payment in an amount equal to the Redemption Price of the Securities. Subject to Section 6.01 ( f ), all money, if any, earned on funds held in trust by the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be remitted to the Company.

Section 11.07 SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE .

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities of any series so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities of such series (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 ) shall cease to bear interest.

Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates or Special Record Dates according to the terms and the provisions of Section 3.08 .

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by such Security.

Section 11.08 SECURITIES REDEEMED OR PURCHASED IN PART .

Any Security which is to be redeemed or purchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the office or agency maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02 (with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee, as the case may be, duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered that is not redeemed or purchased.

 

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ARTICLE XII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 12.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , this Indenture shall, upon Company Request, be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities as expressly provided for herein) as to all Outstanding Securities of any series hereunder specified in such Company Request, and the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

(a) either:

(1) all the Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) lost, stolen or destroyed Securities of such series that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 or (ii) all Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(2) all such Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a Notice of Redemption or otherwise or, (ii) will become due and payable within one year; and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States Dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in United States Dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee) to pay and discharge (without consideration of any reinvestment of interest) the entire Indebtedness on the Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on, the Securities of such series to such Maturity, or Redemption Date;

(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(c) the Company or any Guarantor of the Securities of such series has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by it hereunder;

(d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Securities of such series at Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and

 

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(e) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) all conditions precedent herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge hereof have been complied with, (ii) no Default with respect to the Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit and (iii) such deposit does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, the Indenture.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge hereof, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Sections 6.06 and 6.07 and, if United States dollars shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Clause (2 ) of Subsection (a ) of this Section 12.01 , the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.

Section 12.02 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03 , all United States dollars deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities for whose payment such United States dollars have been deposited with the Trustee.

Section 12.03 REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY .

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

ARTICLE XIII

GUARANTEES

Section 13.01 SECURITIES GUARANTEE .

As and to the extent set forth in a supplemental indenture established as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, one or more persons (each, a “ Guarantor ”) may guarantee that series of Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture.

 

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

 

THE GEO GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Shayn March

Name:  

Shayn March

Title:  

VP & Treasurer

The GEO Group, Inc.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Stefan Victory

Name:  

Stefan Victory

Title:  

Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[Legend if Security is a Global Security]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.06 OF THE INDENTURE.

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

 

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THE GEO GROUP, INC.

% NOTE DUE

 

$               CUSIP NO.            
No.:               

The GEO Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of              ($        ) United States dollars on                     , at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from                     , or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on and in each year, commencing at the rate of              (    %) per annum, in United States dollars, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

The Company shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears on              and              of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the              or              (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid, or duly provided for, and interest on such defaulted interest at the interest rate borne by the Securities, to the extent lawful, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in this Indenture.

Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, this Security, and exchange or transfer of this Security, will be made at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York maintained for such purpose (which initially will be a Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent and Security Registrar), or at such other office or agency as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register.

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

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or by the Authenticating Agent appointed as provided in the Indenture by manual signature of an authorized signer, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of its authorized officer.

 

THE GEO GROUP, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the              (    %) Notes due              referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture (as such Indenture may be supplemented or amended).

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
By:  

 

  AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

Dated:                     

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]*

THE GEO GROUP, INC.

(    %) Note due

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its              (    %) Notes due              (herein called the “ Securities ”), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture referred to below) in aggregate principal amount to              ($        ), issued under and subject to the terms of an indenture (herein called the “ Indenture ”) dated as of September , 2014, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

If less than all of the applicable series of Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. If less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select Securities of such series for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Securities are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed; or

(2) if the Securities are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered), by lot or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with DTC procedures. No Securities of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. The amounts to be redeemed shall be equal to $2,000 or any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless provided otherwise in any supplemental indenture with respect to any particular series of Securities.

In the case of any redemption of Securities in accordance with the Indenture, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of Record of such Securities as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof or Special Record Date, as applicable. Securities (or portions thereof) for whose redemption and payment provision is made in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Security in accordance with the Indenture in part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

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The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire Indebtedness on the Securities and (b) certain covenants and Defaults and Events of Default, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions (including certain amendments permitted without the consent of any Holders and certain amendments which require the consent of all of the Holders) as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture and the Securities at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series (100% of the Holders of such series in certain circumstances) at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such affected series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and the Securities of such series and certain past Defaults and Events of Default under the Indenture and the Securities of such series and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities (in the event such other obligor is obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities), which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities in certificated form are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a differing authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

Except as indicated in the Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

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No director, officer, manager, employee, incorporator, stockholder, member or partner of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Securities, the Indenture or the Guarantees, if any, of the Securities, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

THE GEO GROUP, INC.,

as Issuer,

GEO RE Holdings LLC, Correctional Services Corporation, LLC, Correctional Systems, LLC, GEO Community Services, LLC, CCG I, LLC, Cornell Abraxas Group, Inc., Cornell Corrections Management, LLC, Cornell Corrections of Alaska, Inc., Cornell Corrections of California, Inc., Cornell Interventions, Inc., Cornell Corrections of Texas, Inc., Cornell Corrections of Rhode Island, Inc., WBP Leasing, LLC, CPT Limited Partner, LLC, CPT Operating Partnership L.P., Correctional Properties Prison Finance LLC, Public Properties Development and Leasing LLC, GEO Holdings I, Inc., GEO Acquisition II, Inc., GEO Transport, Inc., BII Holding Corporation, BII Holding I Corporation, Behavioral Holding Corp., Behavioral Acquisition Corp., B.I. Incorporated, Cornell Companies of Texas OS, LLC, Cornell Companies of California OS, LLC, Cornell Abraxas Group OS, LLC, GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., GEO Operations, LLC, Municipal Corrections Finance, LP, GEO Re-Entry Services, LLC, Cornell Interventions OS, LLC, GEO Corrections and Detention, LLC, GEO MCF LP, LLC, MCF GP, LLC and Protocol Criminal Justice, Inc.,

as Initial Guarantors

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

 

Dated as of September 25, 2014

to the Indenture dated as of September 25, 2014

5.875% Senior Notes due 2024


THE GEO GROUP, INC.

RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 AND INDENTURE

Trust Indenture

 

Act Section

  

Indenture Section

§ 310

   6.05

(a)(1)

   6.09, 6.12

(a)(2)

   6.09

(a)(3)

   6.15

(b)

   6.08, 6.10

§ 311

   6.05

(a)

   6.13

(b)

   6.13

§ 312(a)

   7.01

(b)

   7.02

(c)

   7.02

§ 313(a)

   7.03(a)

(b)

   7.03(a)

(c)

   6.02, 7.03(a)

(d)

   7.03(b)

§ 314(a)

   10.04

(a)(4)

   10.04(e)

(c)(1)

   1.03

(c)(2)

   1.03

(e)

   1.03

§ 315

   5.12, 6.01, 6.03, 9.03

(a)

   6.01

(b)

   6.02

(c)

   6.01(a)

(d)

   6.01, 6.03

(e)

   5.14

§ 316(a)(last sentence)

   1.01 (“Outstanding”)

(a)(1)(A)

   5.02, 5.12

(a)(1)(B)

   5.13, 9.02

(b)

   5.08

(c)

   1.05

§ 317(a)(1)

   5.03

(a)(2)

   5.04

(b)

   10.03

§ 318(a)

   1.08

 

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Supplemental Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION ONE

 

APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

AND CREATION OF THE INITIAL NOTES

  

  

  

I.

  APPLICATION OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.      2   

II.

  EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.      2   

III.

  RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.      2   

IV.

  THE TRUSTEE      3   

 

SECTION TWO

 

AMENDMENT OF THE BASE INDENTURE

  

  

I.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE I OF THE BASE INDENTURE: DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION      3   

II.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE II OF THE BASE INDENTURE: SECURITY FORMS      18   

III.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE III OF THE BASE INDENTURE: THE SECURITIES      19   

IV.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE IV OF THE BASE INDENTURE: DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE      19   

V.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE V OF THE BASE INDENTURE: REMEDIES      20   

VI.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE VI OF THE BASE INDENTURE: THE TRUSTEE      20   

VII.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE VII OF THE BASE INDENTURE: HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE      20   

VIII.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE VIII OF THE BASE INDENTURE: CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS      21   

IX.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE IX OF THE BASE INDENTURE: SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES      22   

X.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE X OF THE BASE INDENTURE: COVENANTS      22   

XI.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE XI OF THE BASE INDENTURE: REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES      35   

XII.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE XII OF THE BASE INDENTURE: SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE      38   

XIII.

  CHANGES TO ARTICLE XIII OF THE BASE INDENTURE: GUARANTEES      38   

 

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SECTION THREE

 

ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

  

  

I.

  

INTERPRETATION OF BASE AND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

     40   

II.

  

CONFLICT OF ANY PROVISION OF INDENTURE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

     41   

III.

  

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

     41   

IV.

  

SEVERABILITY

     41   

V.

  

BENEFITS OF INDENTURE

     41   

VI.

  

GOVERNING LAW

     41   

VII.

  

DEFINITIONS

     41   

VIII.

  

DUPLICATE ORIGINALS

     41   

 

APPENDIX A

     PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 25, 2014 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among THE GEO GROUP, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (herein called, the “ Company ”), the Initial Guarantors set forth on Schedule A hereto, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called, the “ Trustee ”) to the Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Base Indenture ” and, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS , the Company and the Trustee entered into the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities (including instruments in global, temporary or definitive form) to be issued in one or more series (hereinafter called the “ Securities ”);

WHEREAS , Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holders of Securities, to establish the form of any Security, as permitted by Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, and to provide for the issuance of the Notes (as defined below), as permitted by Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, and to set forth the terms thereof;

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to execute this Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance of a series of its senior notes designated as 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Initial Notes ”), in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, to be guaranteed as provided herein by the Guarantors. The Initial Notes are a series of Securities as referred to in Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS , the Company may, as set forth in this Indenture and in the Initial Notes, issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of additional notes under this Indenture (the “ Additional Notes ” and, together with the Initial Notes, the “ Notes ”). The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, will be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Indenture to the Notes include any Additional Notes actually issued;

WHEREAS , this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act;

WHEREAS , all things necessary have been done by the Company and each of the Guarantors to make this Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors, a valid, binding and legal instrument;

WHEREAS , all things necessary have been done by the Company and each of the Guarantors to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the valid obligations of the Company and each of the Guarantors; and

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH :

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

SECTION ONE

APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

AND CREATION OF THE INITIAL NOTES

 

I. Application of This Supplemental Indenture.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under this Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes.

Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and Sections contained in this Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document. All Initial Notes and Additional Notes, if any, will be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

 

II. Effect of Supplemental Indenture.

With respect to the Notes only, the Base Indenture shall be supplemented pursuant to Section 9.01 thereof to establish the terms of the Notes as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture.

To the extent that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture conflict with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

For the purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, all reference in this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture to (i) the date of this Indenture shall be construed as references to the date of this Supplemental Indenture and (ii) Securities shall be construed as references to the Notes, in each case, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

III. Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (a) the terms defined in this Supplemental Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Supplemental Indenture and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

  (b) all terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein unless the provisions of this Indenture modify the meaning of any such term and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act permit such modification;

 

  (c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

 

  (e) references to any Article, Section or other subdivision in this Supplemental Indenture, unless otherwise described, are references to an Article, Section or subdivision of the Base Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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IV. The Trustee

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company.

SECTION TWO

AMENDMENT OF THE BASE INDENTURE

 

I. Changes to Article I of the Base Indenture: Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

Set forth below are the changes to Article I of the Base Indenture: Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application:

(A) Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended to add new definitions thereto in appropriate alphabetical sequence, as follows:

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 Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

 

  (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Additional Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Supplemental Indenture.

Affiliate Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.11(a) of this Indenture.

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to a Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note, and (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value as of such Redemption Date of (i) the Redemption Price of such Note on October 15, 2019 (such Redemption Price being set forth in Section 11.01(c)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through October 15, 2019 (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 then outstanding principal amount of such Note.

Asset Sale ” means:

 

  (1) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided , that, the sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole shall be governed by Section 10.14 and/or Section 8.01 and not by Section 10.10; and

 

  (2) the issuance or sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales:

 

  (1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves the sale of assets or the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary having a fair market value of less than $15.0 million;

 

  (2) a transfer of assets by the Company to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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  (3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents; and

 

  (6) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 10.07.

Asset Sale Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10(d) of this Indenture.

Asset Swap ” means an exchange of assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents or Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for:

 

  (1) one or more Permitted Businesses;

 

  (2) a controlling equity interest in any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets consist primarily of one or more Permitted Businesses; and/or

 

  (3) one or more real estate properties.

Base Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Supplemental Indenture.

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” shall 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 upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “ Beneficially Owns ” and “ Beneficially Owned ” have a corresponding meaning.

Cash Equivalents ” means:

 

  (1) United States dollars;

 

  (2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) (“Government Securities”) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

 

  (3) 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 ratings obtainable from either Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

  (4) certificates of deposit 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 lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;

 

  (5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2), (3) and (4) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

 

  (6) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

 

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  (7) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (6) of this definition; and

 

  (8) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, deposit accounts held by such Foreign Subsidiary in local currency at local commercial banks or savings banks or saving and loan associations in the ordinary course of business.

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

 

  (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company;

 

  (2) the approval by the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company or any Parent Company of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any Parent Company or, if no such approval is required, the adoption of a plan by the Company or any Parent Company relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any Parent Company;

 

  (3) the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a Parent Company, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

 

  (4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (A) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance) and (B) immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of the Company, other than in each case, in connection with any transaction or series of transactions in which the Company shall become a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Parent Company; or

 

  (5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.

Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.14(a) of this Indenture.

Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.14(a) of this Indenture.

Change of Control Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.14(a) of this Indenture.

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

Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period; plus , in each case, to the extent deducted in computed Consolidated Net Income,

 

  (1) losses realized by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with sales of assets outside the ordinary course of business; plus

 

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  (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; plus

 

  (3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations), net of Non-Recourse Interest Payments received in cash by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness up to the amount of interest expense for such Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness; plus

 

  (4) proceeds actually received from any business interruption insurance; plus

 

  (5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash payments in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; minus

 

  (6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business;

in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.

Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided , that:

 

  (1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

 

  (2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

 

  (3) the Net Income of any Person acquired during such period for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;

 

  (4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded;

 

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  (5) the Net Income or loss of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

 

  (6) any non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including, but not limited to, any expenses relating to severance, relocation, and one-time compensation charges and any expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost saving initiatives) shall be excluded;

 

  (7) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;

 

  (8) the amount of any restructuring charge, integration costs or other business optimization expenses or reserve shall be excluded;

 

  (9) any foreign currency translation gains or losses (including gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, shall be excluded;

 

  (10) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded; and

 

  (11) any fees, expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness not prohibited from being incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof), whether or not completed or successful, shall be excluded, including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Credit Agreement and (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes, the 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021, the 5  7 8 % Senior Notes due 2022, the 5  1 8 % Senior Notes due 2023 and the Credit Agreement.

Consolidated Tangible Assets ” means the total assets, less goodwill and other intangibles shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP less all write-ups (other than write-ups in connection with acquisitions) subsequent to the date of this Indenture in the book value of any asset (except any such intangible assets) owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any Transaction Date with respect to any Person, the ratio of:

 

  (1) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis outstanding on such Transaction Date, to

 

  (2) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Person’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such Transaction Date for which internal financial statements are available.

The Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, including any pro forma adjustments to Indebtedness and Consolidated Cash Flow.

Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:

 

  (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Indenture; or

 

  (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election.

 

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Covenant Suspension Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.19(a) of this Indenture.

Credit Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2014, by and among the Company, GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., as Lead Arranger, and the lenders who are, or may from time to time become, a party thereto, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended (and/or amended and restated) as of the date of this Indenture and as may be further amended (and/or amended and restated), modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, in whole or in part, with the same or different lenders (including, without limitation, any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing that increases the maximum amount of the loans made or to be made thereunder).

Designated Asset ” means any facility used in a Permitted Business owned or leased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is subject to a Governmental Authority’s option to purchase or right of reversion under the related Designated Asset Contract.

Designated Asset Contract ” means (a) contracts or arrangements in existence on the date of this Indenture with respect to the following facilities under which a Governmental Authority has the right to purchase such facility for the Designated Asset Value of such facility, or with respect to which there is a right of reversion of all or a portion of the Company’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership or leasehold interest in such facility: Western Region Detention Facility at San Diego; Central Arizona Correctional Facility; Arizona State Prison Phoenix; Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility; Lawton Correctional Facility; Arizona State Prison Florence; and Leadership Development Program (So. Mountain, PA); and (b) a contract that is acquired or entered into after the date of this Indenture under which a Governmental Authority has an option to purchase a Designated Asset from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for a Designated Asset Value or a right of reversion of all or a portion of the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership or leasehold interest in such Designated Asset, provided that such contract is acquired or entered into in the ordinary course of business and is preceded by (i) a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the acquisition or entering into of such contract has been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors or (ii) an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the acquisition or entering into of such contract has been approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and, in either case, the option to purchase or right of reversion in such contract is on terms the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, has determined to be reasonable and in the best interest of the Company taking into account the transaction contemplated thereby or by the acquisition thereof.

Designated Asset Value ” means the aggregate consideration to be received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as set forth in a Designated Asset Contract.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” means the fair market value of total consideration received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the Company’s principal executive officer or principal financial officer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with the Asset Sale.

Disqualified Stock ” means 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 of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 10.07.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States (but not the laws of Puerto Rico) or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor.

 

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Equity Offering ” means an offering of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock or Capital Stock that by its terms has a preference in liquidation or as to dividends over any other Capital Stock) of the Company (other than (1) an offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the Company and (2) an offering with aggregate net proceeds to the Company of less than $35.0 million).

Excess Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10(d) of this Indenture.

Existing Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

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

 

  (1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized, including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations, net of Non-Recourse Interest Payments received in cash by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness up to the amount of interest expense for such Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness, but excluding amortization of debt issuance costs and non-cash interest expense imputed on convertible debt instruments pursuant to APB No. 14-1; plus

 

  (2) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person to the extent such indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

  (3) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local effective cash tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period, provided, however, that interest expense, if any, attributable to any Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness computed on a pro forma basis, shall be computed giving pro forma effect to any Non-Recourse Interest Payments related to such Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness, provided, further, that the obligation to make such Non-Recourse Interest Payments commences with the incurrence of the corresponding Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness.

 

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In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

  (1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio with respect to the Company, such calculations on a pro forma basis may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or Regulation S-X, include adjustments to reflect the amount of cost savings, operational improvements and synergies projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or expected to be taken within 12 months (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operational improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided further, that (x) such cost savings, operational improvements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (y) such cost savings, operational improvements and synergies are expected to be realized within 18 months of the date thereof in connection with such actions and (z) the aggregate amount of cost savings, operational improvements and synergies added pursuant to this proviso shall not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated Cash Flow on a consolidated basis for the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the Transaction Date;

 

  (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded; and

 

  (3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Funds From Operations ” for any period means the Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, plus depreciation and amortization of real property (including furniture and equipment) and other Real Estate Assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and excluding (to the extent such amount was deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income):

 

  (1) gains or losses from (a) the restructuring or refinancing of Indebtedness or (b) sales of properties;

 

  (2) non-cash asset impairment charges;

 

  (3) non-cash charges related to redemptions of preferred stock of the Company;

 

  (4) any non-cash compensation expense attributable to grants of stock options, restricted stock or similar rights to officers, directors and employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries;

 

  (5) the amortization of financing fees and the write-off of financing costs;

 

  (6) any other non-cash charges associated with the sale or settlement of any Hedging Obligations; and

 

  (7) amortization of intangible assets relating to acquisitions.

Guarantors ” means (i) the Initial Guarantors and any other Restricted Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and its respective successors and assigns until released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and (ii) any Parent Company and any parent entity of the Company that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and its respective successors and assigns.

 

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incur ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(a) of this Indenture.

Initial Guarantors ” means the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that Guarantee the Notes on the date the Notes are originally issued, as set forth on Schedule A hereto, all of which are signatories to the Supplemental Indenture.

Initial Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Supplemental Indenture.

Issue Date ” means the first date Notes are issued under this Indenture.

Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

 

  (1) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (a) any sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss;

 

  (3) any loss resulting from impairment of goodwill recorded on the consolidated financial statements of such Person pursuant to ASC 350 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”;

 

  (4) any loss resulting from the change in fair value of a derivative financial instrument pursuant to ASC 815 “Derivative and Hedging”; and

 

  (5) amortization of debt issuance costs.

Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of:

 

  (i) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,

 

  (ii) taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements,

 

  (iii) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale,

 

  (iv) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and

 

  (v) so long as after giving pro forma effect to any such distribution and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount required to be distributed to the holders of the Company’s (or any direct or indirect Parent Company’s) Capital Stock as a result of such Asset Sale in order for the Company (or any such Parent Company) to maintain its status as a REIT or to enable the Company (or any such Parent Company) to avoid payment of any tax for any calendar year that could be avoided by reason of a distribution by the Company to its shareholders, with such distribution to be made as and when determined by the Company, whether during or after the end of, the relevant calendar year.

 

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Non-Recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:

 

  (1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;

 

  (2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

 

  (3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock, property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Note Guarantee ” means a Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture.

Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Supplemental Indenture.

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

Offer Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09 of this Indenture.

Offer Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09 of this Indenture.

Parent Company ” means any Person so long as such Person (i) holds, directly or indirectly, 100% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock of the Company and (ii) provides a Note Guarantee; and at and after the time such Person acquired such voting power, (x) no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) shall be or become a Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Capital Stock of such Person and (y) each of the total assets, revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and cash flows from operating activities of such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding in each case amounts related to its investment in the Company, as shown in the most recent fiscal quarter financial statements of such Person (measured on a most recent trailing four fiscal quarter basis with respect to revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and cash flows from operating activities), is not more than 3.0% of such Person’s corresponding consolidated amount determined in accordance with GAAP.

Payment Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(h) of this Indenture.

Permitted Business ” means the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture and businesses reasonably related thereto or ancillary or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension thereof, including the provision of services or goods to Governmental Authorities, or any change in the business of the Company (or any Parent Company) and its Subsidiaries necessary to continue to qualify as a REIT.

Permitted Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(b) of this Indenture.

Permitted Investments ” means:

 

  (1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Project Financing Subsidiary);

 

  (2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

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  (3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person (other than a Project Financing Subsidiary), if as a result of such Investment:

 

  (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Project Financing Subsidiary); or

 

  (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Project Financing Subsidiary);

 

  (4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 10.10;

 

  (5) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;

 

  (6) Hedging Obligations entered into the ordinary course of business and not for any speculative purpose;

 

  (7) other Investments in any other 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 (7) not to exceed: (a) $100.0 million; plus (b) the net reductions in Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) resulting from distributions on or repayments of such Investments or from the net cash proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any such Investment; provided , that, the net reduction in any Investment shall not exceed the amount of such Investment;

 

  (8) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (9) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed $7.5 million outstanding at any one time for all loans or advances under this clause (9);

 

  (10) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor;

 

  (11) Investments in existence on the date of this Indenture;

 

  (12) Investments that are made or received in exchange for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

  (13) Investments in South African Services Pty Ltd. having an aggregate fair market value, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) not to exceed $50.0 million;

 

  (14) any Investments made or acquired with the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

  (15)

any Investment in any Person that is not at the time of such Investment, or does not thereby become, a Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount (measured on the date 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 (15) since the date of first issuance of the Notes (but, to the extent that any Investment made pursuant to this clause (15) since the date of first issuance of the Notes is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (a) the cash

 

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  return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Investment) not to exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; provided that the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has entered, or concurrently with any such Investment, enters into or assumes a Government Operating Agreement with respect to assets of such Person that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;

 

  (16) Investments consisting of the financing of the sale of equipment (including capital leases) to customers in connection with any contract for services entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and

 

  (17) Investments in the Ravenhall Project Subsidiaries not to exceed $150.0 million.

Permitted Liens ” means:

 

  (1) Liens on any assets (including real or personal property) of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were permitted to be incurred by the terms of this Indenture;

 

  (2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;

 

  (3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred under clause (4) of Section 10.09(b) covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness;

 

  (7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

  (8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided , that, any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

  (9) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien does not extend to or cover any property, Capital Stock or Indebtedness other than the property, shares or debt securing the Indebtedness so refunded, refinanced or extended;

 

  (10) Attachment or judgment Liens not giving rise to a Default or an Event of Default;

 

  (11) Liens on the Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (12) Liens incurred with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

  (13)

pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for

 

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  the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or deposits or cash or Government Securities to secure surety or appeal bonds to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (14) Liens imposed by law, including carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if a reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;

 

  (15) 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 properties or liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (16) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;

 

  (17) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (18) normal customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;

 

  (19) Liens on assets of a Project Financing Subsidiary securing Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness of such Project Financing Subsidiary and Liens on any Government Operating Agreement securing Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness related to the facility that is the subject of such Government Operating Agreement; and

 

  (20) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor in the property subject to any lease, license or sublicense (other than property that is the subject of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction).

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in repayment of, exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, repay, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); 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 so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);

 

  (2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded;

 

  (3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and 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 extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded; and

 

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  (4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by any Restricted Subsidiary who is an obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded.

Purchase Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09 of this Indenture.

Ravenhall Project Subsidiaries ” means, collectively, GEO Ravenhall Holdings Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Finance Holdings Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Finance Holding Trust, GEO Ravenhall Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Finance Pty Ltd, GEO Ravenhall Trust, GEO Ravenhall Finance Trust, Ravenhall Finance Co. Pty Ltd, and any direct or indirect subsidiary of the foregoing entities, in each case to the extent a Subsidiary of the Company.

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust.

Repurchase Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09 of this Indenture.

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

Restricted Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(a) of this Indenture.

Supplemental Indenture ” means the first supplemental indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014, among The GEO Group Inc., the Initial Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association relating to the Notes.

Suspension Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.19(b) of this Indenture.

Transaction Date ” means, with respect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, the date such Indebtedness is to be incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the date such Restricted Payment is to be made.

Treasury Rate ” means as of any Redemption Date of Notes the yield to maturity at the time of computation 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 or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to October 15, 2019; provided , however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to October 15, 2019 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to October 15, 2019 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

Unoccupied Facility ” means any prison facility owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which for the fifty-two week period ending on the date of measurement has had an average occupancy level of less than 15%.

U.S. Dollar Equivalent ” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at the time for determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” table under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

Except as described in Section 10.09 hereof, whenever it is necessary to determine whether the Company has complied with any covenant in this Indenture or a Default has occurred and an amount is expressed in a currency other than U.S. dollars, such amount will be treated as the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined as of the date such amount was initially incurred in such currency.

 

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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, or liquidation preference, as the case may be, 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 aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, as the case may be, of such Indebtedness.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any specified Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interest of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

(B) Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended so that the following definitions in the Base Indenture shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Credit Facilities ” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, project financings, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended (and/or amended and restated), restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, but excluding, in each case any debt securities.

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 and including the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of all Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 10.07(c). The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person shall 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 Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 10.07(c).

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to property with a book value in excess of $15.0 million now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to another Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person other than a lease properly characterized pursuant to GAAP as a Capital Lease Obligation, other than transfers and leases among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (a) CSC of Tacoma, LLC, GEO International Holdings, LLC, WCC Financial, Inc., WCC Development, Inc., GEO/FL/01, Inc., GEO/FL/02, Inc., GEO/FL/03, Inc., GEO Design Services, Inc., The GEO Group UK Ltd., The GEO Group Ltd., South African Custodial Holdings Pty. Ltd., The GEO Group Australasia Pty, Ltd., GEO Australasia Pty, Ltd., The GEO Group Australia Pty, Ltd., Australasian Correctional Investment Pty, Ltd., Pacific Rim Employment Pty, Ltd., Canadian Correctional Management, Inc.,

 

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Miramichi Youth Center Management, Inc., The GEO Group New Zealand Limited, South African Custodial Services Pty, Ltd., South African Custodial Management Pty, Ltd., GEO Australian Management Services Pty, Ltd. f/k/a Pacific Rim Employment Pty, Ltd. (No. 2), Australasian Correctional Services Pty, Ltd., Sentencing Concepts, Inc., GEO Custodial Ltd. (Mauritius), BI Puerto Rico, Inc., Wackenhut Corrections Corporation N.V., GEO Amey PECS Ltd., and the Ravenhall Project Subsidiaries; and (b) any other Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution; and (c) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Subsidiary described in clauses (a) or (b).

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction, or Investment therein) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if:

 

  (1) such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries does not 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 which is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or otherwise an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

 

  (2) such designation and the Investment of the Company in such Subsidiary complies with Section 10.07.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 10.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 10.09, the Company will be in default of such Section 10.09. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 10.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

(C) The following shall be added to the Base Indenture as Section 1.22:

Section 1.22 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Stockholders, Members and Partners .

No director, officer, manager, employee, incorporator, stockholder, member or partner of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture or the Note Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.

Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

II. Changes to Article II of the Base Indenture: Security Forms

Appendix A to this Supplemental Indenture and the exhibit thereto are hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of the Base Indenture. Set forth below are the changes to Article II of the Base Indenture: Security Forms:

(A) Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended to include the following as an additional paragraph:

Provisions relating to the Initial Notes are set forth in Appendix A hereto which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereof shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to Appendix A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made a part of, this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange

 

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rule or usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall show the date of its issuance. The terms of the Notes set forth in Appendix A and the exhibits thereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.

 

III. Changes to Article III of the Base Indenture: The Securities

Set forth below are the changes to Article III of the Base Indenture: The Securities:

(A) The following paragraph shall be inserted at the end of Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture:

The Trustee shall authenticate Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 and, at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in a Company Order. The Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 3.13 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 10.09. At any time and from time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate Notes for original issue in aggregate principal amount specified in such Company Order.

(C) The following shall be added to the Base Indenture as Section 3.13:

Section 3.13 Issuance of Additional Notes .

After the Issue Date, the Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 10.09, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, which Notes shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors and a Company Order, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

 

  (1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the provision of Section 10.09 that the Company is relying on to issue such Additional Notes; and

 

  (2) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes under this Section 3.13 if the Trustee determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Company or if the Trustee in good faith by its Board of Directors or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.

 

IV. Changes to Article IV of the Base Indenture: Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

Pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall be subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as specified under Article IV of the Base Indenture.

Set forth below are the changes to Article IV of the Base Indenture: Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance:

(A) Section 4.03 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 4.03 Covenant Defeasance .

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option applicable to this Section 4.03 with respect to the Notes, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 10.07, 10.08, 10.09, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.16, 10.17, 10.18 and 10.19 and clause (4) of Section 8.01(a), in each case, with respect to the Defeased Securities, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter,

 

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“covenant defeasance”), and the Defeased Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be 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 shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes), and the Events of Default under Section 5.01(c), (d), (g), (h) and (i) shall cease to be in full force and effect with respect to the applicable series of Securities. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Defeased Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.01 but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Defeased Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

 

V. Changes to Article V of the Base Indenture: Remedies

Set forth below are the changes to Article V of the Base Indenture: Remedies:

(A) Clause (c) of Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(c) there shall be a default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or a Guarantor, if any, applicable to such series of Securities (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with in Subsections (a), (b) or (g)) and such default or breach shall continue for a period of 60 consecutive days after written notice to the Company has been given;

(B) The word “and” at the end of clause (e) of Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted; the “.” at the end of clause (f)(iii) of Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be replaced with “;” and clause (g) of Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following clauses (g), (h) and (i):

(g) failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with Section 10.14, Section 10.10 or Section 8.01;

(h) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:

(a) is caused by a failure to make any payment due at final maturity of such Indebtedness (a “ Payment Default ”); or

(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity;

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $50.0 million or more; and

(i) failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay final judgments not covered by insurance aggregating in excess of $50.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days.

 

VI. Changes to Article VI of the Base Indenture: The Trustee

[Reserved.]

 

VII. Changes to Article VII of the Base Indenture: Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee

[Reserved.]

 

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VIII. Changes to Article VIII of the Base Indenture: Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets

Set forth below are the changes to Article VIII of the Base Indenture: Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets:

(A) Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 8.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets .

(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or transactions if such transaction or transactions, in the aggregate, would result in an assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any other Person or group of affiliated Persons, unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:

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

(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance 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;

(3) no Default or Event of Default exists;

(4) the Company or the other Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made will, 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, either (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 10.09(a) or (b) have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that would be greater than such ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; and

(5) the Company or the other Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made will have delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, lease, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition, and if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the requirements of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent therein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(b) Clause (4) of Section 8.01(a) shall not apply to: (a) a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the state of organization of the Company and that does not have as one of its purposes the evasion of such clause, (b) a sale, transfer or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) any merger or consolidation of a Restricted Subsidiary into the Company.

(B) The following shall be added to the Base Indenture as Section 8.02:

Section 8.02 Successor Corporation Substituted .

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, in accordance with Section 8.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment,

 

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transfer, 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, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company) and may exercise all rights and powers of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the company herein.

 

IX. Changes to Article IX of the Base Indenture: Supplemental Indentures

Set forth below are the changes to Article IX of the Base Indenture: Supplemental Indentures:

(A) Clause (j) of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture shall be renumbered as clause (k), clause (i) of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture shall be renumbered as clause (j) and the following shall be added to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture as clause (i) thereof:

(i) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations of this Indenture;

(B) Clause (j) of Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture shall be renumbered as clause (k), clause (i) of Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture shall be renumbered as clause (j) and the following shall be added to Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture as clause (i) thereof:

(i) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale in accordance with Section 10.10 after the obligation to make an Asset Sale Offer has arisen or the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with Section 10.14, after a Change of Control has occurred including, in each case, amending, changing or modifying any definition relating thereto;

 

X. Changes to Article X of the Base Indenture: Covenants

Set forth below are the changes to Article X of the Base Indenture: Covenants:

(A) The following two paragraphs shall be inserted at the end of Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture:

Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, holds as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

(B) The following Sections shall be added to Article X of the Base Indenture in their corresponding numerical sequence as follows:

Section 10.05 Taxes .

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, any 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 10.06 [Reserved] .

 

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Section 10.07 Restricted Payments .

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

  (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s, or any Restricted Subsidiary’s, Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable (A) in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (B) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);

 

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

 

  (3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, except a payment of interest or principal to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or except any payment made at the Stated Maturity thereof (or any payment, purchase or other acquisition, in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity due within one year); or

 

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

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

  (1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment; and

 

  (2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 10.09(a); and

 

  (3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after March 19, 2013 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by Sections 10.07(c)(2) through (8) and including the net amount of any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 10.07(b)) and the aggregate of any Permitted Investments then outstanding pursuant to clause (15) of the definition thereof, is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

  (a) 95% of the aggregate amount of the Funds From Operations (or, if the Funds From Operations is a loss, minus 100% of the amount of such loss) accrued on a cumulative basis for the period (taken as one accounting period) from January 1, 2013, to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment; plus

 

  (b)(i) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate fair market value of any Permitted Business or assets used or useful in a Permitted Business (other than Restricted Investments), in each case, to the extent received by the Company since March 19, 2013 as a contribution to its common equity capital or in consideration of the issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), except to the extent used to make an Investment pursuant to clause (12) or (14) of the definition of Permitted Investments, or from the issue or sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus

 

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  (c) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after March 19, 2013 is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment ( less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment; plus

 

  (d) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after March 19, 2013, the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) the fair market value of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent such Investment was treated as a Restricted Payment, plus the amount of any Investments made in such Subsidiary subsequent to such designation (or in the case of any Subsidiary that was an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of March 19, 2013, subsequent to March 19, 2013) to the extent any such Investment was treated as a Restricted Payment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; plus

 

  (e) 100% of any other dividends or other distributions received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary since March 19, 2013 from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period in an amount not to exceed the amount of Restricted Investments previously made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 10.07(a), the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution or take other action (that would have otherwise been a Restricted Payment) that is necessary to maintain the Company’s or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company’s status as a REIT under the Code or to enable the Company or any such parent company to avoid payment of any tax for any calendar year that could be avoided by reason of a distribution by the Company or any such parent company to its shareholders, with such distribution to be made as and when determined by the Company, whether during or after the end of the relevant calendar year, provided that if such distribution is to be made to a direct or indirect parent company of the Company, such parent company shall (a) become a Guarantor and (b) declare or pay a dividend or make a distribution to its shareholders substantially concurrent with, and in an amount not less than, the distribution received by such parent company, in each case, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(c) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, Sections 10.07(a) and (b) shall not prohibit:

 

  (1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

  (2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of 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); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of Section 10.07(a);

 

  (3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

  (4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

 

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  (5) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon (a) exercise of stock options to the extent that shares of such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options and (b) the withholding of a portion of the Equity Interests granted or awarded to an employee to pay taxes associated therewith;

 

  (6) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary held by any member of the Company’s (or any Restricted Subsidiary’s) management; provided that the aggregate amount expended pursuant to this clause (6) shall not exceed $10.0 million in any twelve-month period;

 

  (7) Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted in an amount not to exceed $150.0 million; and

 

  (8) Restricted Payments made, if, at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment, and after giving effect thereto (including, without limitation, the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such Restricted Payment), the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 10.07 shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. Except with respect to a Restricted Payment permitted by clauses (1) through (8) above in this Section 10.07(c), the Board of Directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $25.0 million. Not later than the date on which such Restricted Payment was made, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 10.07 were computed.

Section 10.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

(a) The Company, shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, 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 its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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

 

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

(b) However, the restrictions set forth in Section 10.08(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Credit Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided , that, the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;

 

  (2) this Indenture and the Notes;

 

  (3) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

 

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  (4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its 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;

 

  (5) customary non-assignment provisions of any contract or agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business and customary provisions restricting subletting or transfer of any interest in real or personal property contained in any lease or easement agreement of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of the nature described in Section 10.08(a)(3);

 

  (7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , that, the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to dividends and other payments are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

  (9) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 10.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

 

  (10) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (11) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (12) any Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 10.09 by any Foreign Subsidiary or any Guarantor, or any agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, if the encumbrance or restriction applies only to such Foreign Subsidiary or Guarantor and only in the event of a payment default or default with respect to a financial covenant contained in the Indebtedness or agreement and the encumbrance or restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) and the Board of Directors of the Company determines that any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability to pay interest or principal on the Notes; or

 

  (13) an arrangement or circumstance arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that does not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Section 10.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock .

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “ incur ”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any Disqualified Stock or preferred

 

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stock; provided, however , that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock and any Foreign Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the preferred stock or Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

(b) Section 10.09(a) shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance of Disqualified Stock, as set forth below (collectively, “ Permitted Debt ”):

 

  (1) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) not to exceed $1,600.0 million, less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to repay any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, pursuant to Section 10.10;

 

  (2) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of Existing Indebtedness;

 

  (3) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness represented by the Notes to be issued on the date of this Indenture and any Guarantees thereof by any Guarantor;

 

  (4) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets, at any time outstanding;

 

  (5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 10.09(a) or clauses (2), (3) or (5) of this Section 10.09(b);

 

  (6) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however , that:

 

  (a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and

 

  (b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and

(ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);

 

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  (7) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding or for hedging foreign currency exchange risk, in each case to the extent the Hedging Obligations are incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s financial management and not for any speculative purpose;

 

  (8) the guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 10.09;

 

  (9) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 10.09; provided , in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;

 

  (10) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, including Indebtedness represented by letters of credit for the account of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, incurred in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, proposal, completion, surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided, that the underlying obligation to perform is that of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and not that of the Company’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided further , that such underlying obligation is not in respect of borrowed money;

 

  (11) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (11), not to exceed $125.0 million;

 

  (12) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, including but not limited to Indebtedness represented by letters of credit for the account of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interests of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Equity Interests for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

 

  (13) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five business days of incurrence;

 

  (14) the issuance of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company that is pledged to secure the Credit Agreement, provided that any subsequent transfer that results in such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to constitute an issuance of preferred stock not permitted by this clause (14);

 

  (15) the incurrence of Acquired Debt (but not any Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, the Company); provided, however , that on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is acquired by the Company and after giving pro forma effect thereto, (x) the Company would have been entitled to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio in Section 10.09(a) or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than such ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; and

 

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  (16) Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Guarantees of Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not exceed $75.0 million at any time outstanding.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with any restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness incurred is not denominated in U.S. dollars, the amount of such Indebtedness will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that if any such Indebtedness not denominated in U.S. dollars is subject to a Hedging Obligation with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars will be as provided in such Hedging Obligation. The principal amount of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness refinanced, except to the extent that (i) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a Hedging Obligation, in which case the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, and (ii) the principal amount of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess shall be determined on the date such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred.

(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (16) of Section 10.09(b) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.09(a), the Company shall be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 10.09. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.

(e) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided , however , that no Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of the fact that the holders of secured Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor arrangements giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the collateral held by them.

Section 10.10 Asset Sales .

(a) The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, 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 of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of (except in respect of Designated Assets sold pursuant to a Designated Asset Contract);

 

  (2) the fair market value or Designated Asset Value, as applicable, in the case of any Asset Sales or series of related Asset Sales having a fair market value of $50.0 million or more, is determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and

 

  (3) 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 clause (3) only, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

 

  (a)

any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note

 

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  Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;

 

  (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 into cash or Cash Equivalents within 90 days after the applicable Asset Sale, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion;

 

  (c) notes or other obligations or Indebtedness actually received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary as consideration for the sale or other disposition of a Designated Asset pursuant to a contract with a governmental or quasi-governmental agency, but only to the extent that such notes or other obligations or Indebtedness were explicitly required to be included, or permitted to be included solely at the option of the purchaser, in such consideration pursuant to such contract;

 

  (d) 100% of Indebtedness actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as consideration for the sale or other disposition of an Unoccupied Facility; and

 

  (e) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in the Asset Sale, in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year of the Company (measured on the date such Designated Non-Cash Consideration was received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received as consideration pursuant to this clause (e) during such fiscal year (but, to the extent that any such Designated Non-Cash Consideration is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (a) the amount of the cash received (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration), not to exceed $50.0 million.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may engage in Asset Swaps; provided that,

 

  (1) immediately after giving effect to such Asset Swap, 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 10.09(a) and

 

  (2) the Board of Directors of the Company determines that the fair market value of the assets received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in the Asset Swap is not less than the fair market value of the assets disposed of by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Swap and such determination is evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

(c) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds, at its option:

 

  (1) to repay permanently Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement (and with respect to Net Proceeds of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary) and, if the Indebtedness permanently repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

  (2) to acquire, or enter into a definitive agreement to acquire, all or substantially all of the assets of, a Permitted Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business, provided that such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and provided , further , however , in the case of a definitive agreement, that such acquisition closes within 120 days of such 360 day period;

 

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  (3) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business (provided that the completion of (i) construction of new facilities, (ii) expansions to existing facilities and (iii) repair or construction of damaged or destroyed facilities, in each case, which commences within such 360 days may extend for an additional 360 day period if the Net Proceeds to be used for such construction, expansion or repair are committed specifically for such activity within such 360 days); or

 

  (4) to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company 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 clause (c) of this Section 10.10, or that the Company determines will not be applied or invested as provided in clause (c) of this Section 10.10, shall constitute “ Excess Proceeds .” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall make an offer (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”) to all Holders of Notes and, at the Company’s option, 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 or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase on a pro rata basis the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall 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 pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness shall be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

(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 this Section 10.10 and any other provisions of this Indenture applicable to Asset Sales, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 10.10 and any other provisions of this Indenture applicable to Asset Sales by virtue of such conflict.

Section 10.11 Transactions with Affiliates .

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its 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 amend any contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”), unless:

 

  (1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no 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:

 

  (a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 10.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; and

 

  (b)

except with respect to leases of facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business with a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of

 

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  related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $75.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 10.11(a):

 

  (1) indemnity agreements and reasonable employment arrangements (including severance and retirement agreements) entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case approved by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

  (2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (3) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Company;

 

  (4) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

  (5) Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 10.07;

 

  (6) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans and other reasonable fees, compensation, benefits and indemnities paid or entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to or with officers, directors or employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

  (7) any pledge of any Government Operating Agreement to secure Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness related to the facility that is the subject of such Government Operating Agreement.

Section 10.12 Liens .

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable or prior basis with the Obligations so secured until such time as such Obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.

Section 10.13 Business Activities .

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 10.14 Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control .

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes, on the date (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”) specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 11.09 and described in such notice. 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 the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with

 

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the provisions of this Indenture relating to such Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 10.14 by virtue of such conflict.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, 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 Company.

The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall 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; provided that each new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.14, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if 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 10.14 and all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

Section 10.15 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries .

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default or Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly designated shall be deemed to be Investments made as of the time of the designation, subject to the limitations on Restricted Payments. That designation shall only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default; provided, that, such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 10.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Section 10.16 Payments for Consent .

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its 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 offered to be paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

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Section 10.17 Sale and Leaseback Transactions .

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided , that, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if:

 

  (1) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in Section 10.09(a) and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.12;

 

  (2) the gross cash proceeds of that Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the subject of that Sale and Leaseback Transaction; and

 

  (3) the transfer of assets in that Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section 10.10.

Section 10.18 Additional Note Guarantees .

(a) The Notes shall initially be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Initial Guarantors as set forth in Article XIII and may be guaranteed by additional Subsidiaries of the Company pursuant to this Section 10.18.

(b) The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors directly or indirectly, to Guarantee the payment of (i) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor under any Credit Facility or (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor evidenced by bonds, notes or other debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million or more, unless, in each case, such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, which Note Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such Subsidiary’s Guarantee of such other Indebtedness.

Section 10.19 Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade .

(a) If on any date following the date of this Indenture:

 

  (1) the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s or BBB- or better by Standard & Poor’s (or, if either such entity ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency); and

 

  (2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (clauses (1) and (2) collectively, a “ Covenant Suspension Event ”),

then, beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of Section 10.19(b), the following Sections shall be suspended:

 

  (a) Section 10.10;

 

  (b) Section 10.07;

 

  (c) Section 10.09;

 

  (d) Section 10.08;

 

  (e) Section 10.15;

 

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  (f) Section 10.11;

 

  (g) Section 8.01(4);

 

  (h) Section 10.17(1)(a) and (3); and

 

  (i) Section 10.13;

(b) During any period that the foregoing Sections specified in Section 10.19(a) have been suspended (a “ Suspension Period ”), the Company’s Board of Directors may not designate any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.15 unless such designation would have been permitted if a Suspension Period had not been in effect at such time.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.19(a) and (b) above, if the rating assigned by such rating agency should subsequently decline and the Notes are not rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s nor BBB- or better by Standard & Poor’s (or if either such agency ceases to rate the Notes, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating organization), the foregoing Sections specified in Section 10.19(a) shall be reinstated as of and from the date of such rating decline. Calculations under the reinstated Section 10.07 shall be made as if Section 10.07 had been in effect since the date of this Indenture except that no default shall be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a Restricted Payment made while that Section 10.07 was suspended. Notwithstanding that the suspended Sections specified in Section 10.19(a) may be reinstated, no default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with such suspended Sections during any Suspension Period.

(d) The Company shall give prompt written notice of any Covenant Suspension Event and the termination of any Covenant Suspension Event to the Trustee.

 

XI. Changes to Article XI of the Base Indenture: Redemption of Securities

Set forth below are the changes to Article XI of the Base Indenture: Redemption of Securities:

(A) Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 11.01 Rights of Redemption .

(a) At any time on or prior to October 15, 2017, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a Redemption Price of 105.875% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided , that: (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(b) At any time prior to October 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) the Applicable Premium as of the Redemption Date, plus (iii) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

(c) Except as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 11.01, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section 11.01 prior to October 15, 2019. On or after October 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, 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, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on October 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     102.938

2020

     101.958

2021

     100.979

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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(d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 11.01 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 11.02 through 11.08 hereof.

(B) Section 11.03 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 11.03 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 11.01 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the Redemption Price.

(C) Section 11.06 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 11.06 Deposit of Redemption Price .

(a) One Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or Special Payment Date) accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Notes so redeemed payment in an amount equal to the Redemption Price of the Notes.

(b) If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding clause (a), on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date (or Special Record Date) but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date (or Special 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 Regular Record Date (or Special Record Date, as the case may be). If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding clause (a), interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption 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 3.08 hereof.

(D) The following shall be added to the Base Indenture as Section 11.09:

Section 11.09 Repurchases .

In the event that, pursuant to Sections 10.10 or 10.14 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase their respective Notes (a “ Repurchase Offer ”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

The Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “ Offer Period ”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “ Purchase Date ”), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Sections 10.10 and 10.14 hereof (the “ Offer Amount ”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Repurchase Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date (or Special Record Date, as applicable) and on or before the related Interest Payment Date (or Special Payment Date, as the case may be), any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date (or Special Record Date, as the case may be), and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.

 

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Upon the commencement of a Repurchase Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail (or, as long as the Notes are in the form of a Global Security, electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depositary), a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer. The Repurchase Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Repurchase Offer, shall state:

(i) that the Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 11.09 and Section 10.10 or Section 10.14 hereof, and the length of time the Repurchase Offer shall remain open;

(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

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

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

(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Repurchase Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in principal amounts of $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Repurchase Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book entry transfer, to the Company, the 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;

(vii) that Holders shall 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, a 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;

(viii) that, if the aggregate amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis or in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall be purchased); and

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

On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, 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 Repurchase Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes (or portions thereof) were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall 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 Notes tendered by such Holder, as the case may be, and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note. The Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount at maturity 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 respective Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Repurchase Offer as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

 

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The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to a Repurchase Offer.

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 11.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 11.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 11.02 through 11.08 hereof.

(E) The following shall be added to the Base Indenture as Section 11.10:

Section 11.10 No Mandatory Redemption or Sinking Fund .

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

 

XII. Changes to Article XII of the Base Indenture: Satisfaction and Discharge

[Reserved.]

 

XIII. Changes to Article XIII of the Base Indenture: Guarantees

Set forth below are the changes to Article XIII of the Base Indenture: Guarantees:

(A) Section 13.01 of the Base Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 13.01 Guarantee .

(a) On the Issue Date, all of the Initial Guarantors shall Guarantee the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture as provided in this Article XIII. On the Issue Date, all of the Company’s Subsidiaries that Guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are the Initial Guarantors under this Indenture. Subject to this Article XIII, each of the Guarantors (including the Initial Guarantors and any other Subsidiary that may become a Guarantor) hereby, jointly and severally, and fully and 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 Company under this Indenture or under the Notes, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, if lawful (subject in all cases to any applicable grace period provided herein), and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or under the Notes shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall 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 shall 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, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, their obligations under this Indenture shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, 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 Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture or except as provided in Section 13.05 of this Indenture.

 

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(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 Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall 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, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in, but subject to the provisions of, Article V of this Indenture, 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 (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article V of this Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors shall 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.

(B) The following shall be added to Article XIII of the Base Indenture as follows:

Section 13.02. 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 such Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article XIII, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 13.03. Execution and Delivery of a Supplemental Indenture Relating to a Note Guarantee .

(a) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.

(b) If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on a supplemental indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

(c) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

(d) If required by Section 10.18 hereof, the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute supplemental indentures to this Indenture in accordance with Section 10.18 hereof and this Article XIII, to the extent applicable.

Section 13.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms .

(a) A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

 

  (i) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

 

  (ii) either:

(A) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee; or

 

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(B) such sale or other disposition or consolidation or merger complies with Section 10.10 hereof.

(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance governed by Section 13.04(a)(ii)(A), upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by a Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for a Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor.

Section 13.05. Release of a Guarantor .

(a) Any Guarantor shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee hereunder,

(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale complies with Section 10.10 hereof;

(ii) if the Company designates such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

(iii) upon defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes as permitted under this Indenture; or

(iv) upon the release or termination (other than a termination or release resulting from the payment thereon) of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, if any, of (a) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor under any Credit Facility and (b) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor evidenced by bonds, notes or other debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million or more.

(b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that one of the foregoing requirements has been satisfied and the conditions to the release of a Guarantor under this Section 13.05 have been met, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.

(c) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article XIII.

SECTION THREE

ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

I. Interpretation of Base and Supplemental Indenture

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Supplemental Indenture supersede any similar provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law.

 

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II. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Supplemental Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

 

III. Successors and Assigns

All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

IV. Severability

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

V. Benefits of Indenture

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of the Notes any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture.

 

VI. Governing Law

This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to a contract made under the laws of the State of New York and this Supplemental Indenture and each such Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would apply any other law.

 

VII. Definitions

All terms used in this Supplemental Indenture not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Base Indenture shall have the meanings set forth therein.

 

VIII. Duplicate Originals

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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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 day and year first above written.

 

THE GEO GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Stefan Victory

Name:   Stefan Victory
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


GEO CORRECTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CORRECTIONAL PROPERTIES PRISON FINANCE LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
CPT LIMITED PARTNER, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
CPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.
By:   GEO Acquisition II, Inc., as General Partner
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


GEO ACQUISITION II, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President – Finance
GEO HOLDINGS I, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President
GEO RE HOLDINGS LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
GEO TRANSPORT, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
PUBLIC PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT AND LEASING LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
GEO COMMUNITY SERVICES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CCG I, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


CORNELL ABRAXAS GROUP OS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President- Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF ALASKA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL COMPANIES OF CALIFORNIA OS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL COMPANIES OF TEXAS OS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL INTERVENTIONS OS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:  

Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


WBP LEASING, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
GEO MCF LP, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
MUNICIPAL CORRECTIONS FINANCE, L.P.,
By:   MCF GP, LLC, as General Partner
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
GEO CORRECTIONS AND DETENTION, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
GEO RE-ENTRY SERVICES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
GEO OPERATIONS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


BII HOLDING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
BII HOLDING I CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
BEHAVIORAL HOLDING CORP.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
BEHAVIORAL ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
B.I. INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance
MCF GP, LLC
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF TEXAS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL INTERVENTIONS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
CORNELL ABRAXAS GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
PROTOCOL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian R. Evans

Name:   Brian R. Evans
Title:   Vice President - Finance

 

[ Signature Page – The GEO Group Inc. Supplemental Indenture ]


Schedule A

Initial Guarantors

GEO RE Holdings LLC

Correctional Services Corporation, LLC

Correctional Systems, LLC

GEO Community Services, LLC

CCG I, LLC

Cornell Abraxas Group, Inc.

Cornell Corrections Management, LLC

Cornell Corrections of Alaska, Inc.

Cornell Corrections of California, Inc.

Cornell Interventions, Inc.

Cornell Corrections of Texas, Inc.

Cornell Corrections of Rhode Island, Inc.

WBP Leasing, LLC

CPT Limited Partner, LLC

CPT Operating Partnership L.P.

Correctional Properties Prison Finance LLC

Public Properties Development and Leasing LLC

GEO Holdings I, Inc.

GEO Acquisition II, Inc.

GEO Transport, Inc.

BII Holding Corporation

BII Holding I Corporation

Behavioral Holding Corp.

Behavioral Acquisition Corp.

B.I. Incorporated

Cornell Companies of Texas OS, LLC

Cornell Companies of California OS, LLC

Cornell Abraxas Group OS, LLC

GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc.

GEO Operations, LLC

Municipal Corrections Finance, LP

GEO Re-Entry Services, LLC

Cornell Interventions OS, LLC

GEO Corrections and Detention, LLC

GEO MCF LP, LLC

MCF GP, LLC

Protocol Criminal Justice, Inc.

 

Schedule A-1


APPENDIX A

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES

AND ADDITIONAL NOTES

 

1. Definitions

1.1 Definitions.

Capitalized terms used in this Appendix and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings provided in the Indenture. For the purposes of this Appendix A and the Indenture as a whole, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

Definitive Note ” means a certificated Initial Note that does not include the Global Notes Legend.

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors or another Person designated as Depositary by the Company, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.

Global Notes Legend ” means the legend set forth under that caption in Exhibit 1 to this Appendix.

Initial Notes ” means $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 issued on the Issue Date.

Notes Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

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

Underwriting Agreement ” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 22, 2014, among the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the representatives for the Underwriters and (2) any other similar purchase or underwriting agreement relating to Additional Notes.

Underwriters ” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes, the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under the related underwriting agreement.

1.2 Other Definitions.

 

Term:

  

 

               Defined in Section:             

“Global Note”

      2.1(b)

 

2. The Notes

2.1 Form and Dating .

(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement to the Underwriters. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to one or more Underwriting Agreements in accordance with applicable law.

 

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(b) Global Notes . The Initial Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “ Global Note ”) without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Notes Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee.

(c) Definitive Notes . Except as provided in Section 2.2 or 2.3, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.

2.2 Transfer and Exchange . (a)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes . When Definitive Notes are presented to the Security Registrar with a request:

(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or

(ii) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations,

the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided , however , that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note . A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, together with written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Notes Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase, then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Notes Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Notes Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Global Notes are then outstanding and the Global Note has not been previously exchanged for certificated Notes pursuant to Section 2.3, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Indenture, a new Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . (i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Note or another Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.

(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

 

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(d) Legend .

Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend:

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

(e) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note . At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Notes Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

(f) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes .

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Security Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.04 or 9.06 of the Indenture).

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(g) No Obligation of the Trustee .

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with

 

A-3


respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates, opinions and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

2.3 Definitive Notes .

(a) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 and any greater integral multiple of $1,000 thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2(b), the registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.

(c) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 3.6 of the Indenture, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

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EXHIBIT 1

To

APPENDIX A

[Face of Note]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.06 AND APPENDIX A OF THE INDENTURE.

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

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-1


CUSIP:    36162J AA4
ISIN:    US36162JAA43

No. [        ]

**$            **

THE GEO GROUP, INC.

5.875% Senior Notes due 2024

Issue Date:        September 25, 2014

The GEO Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [Amount of Note] on October 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15, commencing April 15, 2015.

Regular Record Dates: April 1 and October 1.

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

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-2


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

 

THE GEO GROUP, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

(Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication)

This is one of the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture (as such Indenture may be supplemented or amended).

Dated:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-3


[Reverse Side of Note]

THE GEO GROUP, INC.

5.875% Senior Notes due 2024

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 5.875% per annum from the date hereof until maturity. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be April 15, 2015. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment . The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the record date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 3.08 of the Indenture with respect to Defaulted Interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Security Registrar maintained for such purpose in The City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. Paying Agent and Security Registrar . Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4. Indenture . The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September 25, 2014 (the “ Base Indenture ”) between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2014 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides that an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes may be issued thereunder.

5. Optional Redemption . (a) At any time on or prior to October 15, 2017, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a Redemption Price of 105.875% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-4


Offerings; provided, that: (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(b) At any time prior to October 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) the Applicable Premium as of the Redemption Date, plus (iii) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

(c) Except as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this paragraph 5, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 5 prior to October 15, 2019. On or after October 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, 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, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on October 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     102.938

2020

     101.958

2021

     100.979

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

6. Repurchase at Option of Holder . (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the “Change of Control Offer”) at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes, on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 11.09 of the Indenture and described in such notice.

(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds, at its option: (1) to repay permanently Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement (and with respect to Net Proceeds of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary) and, if the Indebtedness permanently repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; (2) to acquire, or enter into a definitive agreement to acquire, all or substantially all of the assets of, a Permitted Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business, provided that such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and provided , further , however , in the case of a definitive agreement, that such acquisition closes within 120 days of such 360 day period; (3) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business (provided that the completion of (i) construction of new facilities, (ii) expansions to existing facilities and (iii) repair or construction of damaged or destroyed facilities, in each case, which commences within such 360 days may extend for an additional 360 day period if the Net Proceeds to be used for such construction, expansion or repair are committed specifically for such activity within such 360 days); or (4) to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding sentence of this paragraph 6(b), or that the Company determines will not be applied or invested as provided in the preceding sentence of this paragraph 6(b), shall constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and, at the Company’s option, all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-5


of sales of assets, to purchase on a pro rata basis the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall 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 the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness shall be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

7. Selection and Notice of Redemption . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered), by lot or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with DTC procedures. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. Subject to Section 11.06 of the Indenture, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

8. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Security Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes.

9. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as its owner for all purposes.

10. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes and 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, the Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes and 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, the Notes). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s assets, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to conform the text of the Indenture, or any Notes or any Note Guarantee, to any provision of the description of such securities in any offering memorandum with respect thereto to the extent that such provision in the description of such Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee as evidenced in an Officers’ Certificate, to allow a Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture for the purpose of providing a guarantee of any Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental to the Indenture, to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by the Indenture, which is not yet issued, to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-6


pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03 of the Indenture, provided that any such actions shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of such series in any material respect, to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Indenture by more than one Trustee or to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations of the Indenture.

11. Defaults and Remedies . In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all Outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company specifying the Event of Default. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by 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 under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others . No director, officer, manager, employee, incorporator, stockholder, member or partner of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under this Note, the Indenture or the Note Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

14. Authentication . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

15. CUSIP Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

The GEO Group, Inc.

One Park Place

621 NW 53rd Street, Suite 700

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Facsimile: (561) 999-7657

Attention: Brian Evans

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-7


With a copy to:

Akerman LLP

One Southeast Third Avenue

25th Floor

Miami, Florida 33131

Facsimile: (305) 374-5095

Attention: Stephen K. Roddenberry

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-8


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:  

 

  (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint  

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                                                

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-9


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10 or 10.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

¨ Section 10.10             ¨ Section 10.14

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10 or Section 10.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$        

Date:                    

 

Your Signature:  

 

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

  

Tax Identification No.:

  

 

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                                                

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-10


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of Decrease in

Principal Amount at

Maturity

of this Global Note

   Amount of Increase in
Principal Amount at
Maturity
of this Global Note
   Principal Amount at
Maturity
of this Global Note
Following such
decrease (or increase)
   Signature of
Authorized Signatory
of Trustee or
Note Custodian
           
           

 

Appendix A, Exhibit 1-11

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

One Park Place, Suite 700 n 621 Northwest 53 rd Street n Boca Raton, Florida 33487 n www.geogroup.com

CR-14-19

THE GEO GROUP, INC. CLOSES OFFERING OF

SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2024 AT 5 7 / 8 %

Boca Raton, Fla. – September 25, 2014 The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) (“GEO”) announced today the closing of its offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due October 2024 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued with a coupon and yield to maturity of 5 7 / 8 %. GEO intends to use the net proceeds to pay down outstanding borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility and pay related fees, costs and expenses.

The notes were offered pursuant to GEO’s existing shelf registration statement, which became automatically effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the offering were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BofA Merrill Lynch acted as one of the joint book-runners for the offering. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus for the offering may be obtained from: BofA Merrill Lynch, Attn: Prospectus Department, 222 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038, or by emailing dg.prospectus_request@baml.com .

This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus.

This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding GEO’s intended use of the net proceeds. These forward-looking statements may be affected by risks and uncertainties in GEO’s business and market conditions. This information is qualified in its entirety by cautionary statements and risk factor disclosure contained in GEO’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including GEO’s reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Commission. GEO wishes to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect GEO’s actual results and could cause GEO’s actual results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of GEO. GEO undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

-End-

 

Contact:   Pablo E. Paez    (866) 301-4436                                                 
  Vice President, Corporate Relations