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): October 24, 2014

 

 

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

Delaware   333-146093   20-5748297

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

260 Hudson River Road

Waterford, NY 12188

(address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (518) 237-3330

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Introductory Note

As previously reported, on April 13, 2014, Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (the “ Registrant ”), Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc. (“ Holdings ”) and certain of the Registrant’s wholly owned subsidiaries (together with the Registrant and Holdings, the “ Debtors ”) filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “ Court ”), Case No. 14-22503. On September 11, 2014, the Court entered an order confirming the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 3, 2014 (as amended on September 24, 2014, the “ Plan ”). On October 24, 2014, the Plan became effective pursuant to its terms and the Debtors emerged from their Chapter 11 cases.

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

  1. New First Lien Notes Indenture and New First Lien Notes

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into an indenture (the “ New First Lien Notes Indenture ”) among the Registrant, the guarantor subsidiaries of the Registrant party thereto (the “ Note Guarantors ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, governing the Registrant’s $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “ New First Lien Notes ”), which mature on October 24, 2021. The New First Lien Notes were issued as replacement for the Registrant’s outstanding $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.875% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “ First Lien Notes ”) in connection with the Plan and the Registrant’s emergence from Chapter 11.

The New First Lien Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the Registrant’s existing U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the Registrant’s Exit ABL Facility (as defined below) and the Registrant’s future U.S. subsidiaries (other than receivables subsidiaries and U.S. subsidiaries of foreign subsidiaries) that guarantee any debt of the Registrant or any Note Guarantor. Under certain circumstances, the Note Guarantors may be released from their guarantee of the New First Lien Notes (the “ New First Lien Note Guarantees ”) without the consent of the holders of the New First Lien Notes. The New First Lien Notes are not guaranteed by MPM Intermediate Holdings Inc., the Registrant’s parent (“ MPM Intermediate Holdings ”).

The New First Lien Notes and New First Lien Note Guarantees are senior indebtedness of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors, respectively, and rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors, respectively; senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors and guarantees thereof; and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of any of the Registrant’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the New First Lien Notes.

The New First Lien Notes and New First Lien Note Guarantees have the benefit of first-priority liens on the collateral of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors other than “ABL Priority Collateral” (which generally includes most of the Registrant’s and its domestic subsidiaries’ inventory and accounts receivable and related assets), with respect to which the New First Lien Notes and New First Lien Note Guarantees have the benefit of second-priority liens. Consequently, the New First Lien Notes rank effectively junior in priority to the Registrant’s obligations under the Exit ABL Facility to the extent of the value of the ABL Priority Collateral; equal with holders of other obligations secured pari passu with the New First Lien Notes including other first priority obligations (to the extent of the value of such collateral); effectively senior to any junior priority obligations (to the extent of the value of such collateral) including the Registrant’s 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “ New Second Lien Notes ”) and the Registrant’s obligations under the Exit ABL Facility to the extent of the value of the collateral that is not ABL Priority Collateral; and effectively senior to any senior unsecured obligations (to the extent of the value of such collateral).

The Registrant will pay interest on the New First Lien Notes at 3.88% per annum, semiannually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2015.

The Registrant may redeem some or all of the New First Lien Notes at any time at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

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The New First Lien Notes Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Registrant’s ability and the ability of certain of the Registrant’s subsidiaries to (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock; (ii) grant liens on assets; (iii) pay dividends or make distributions to the Registrant’s stockholders; (iv) repurchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness; (v) make investments or acquisitions; (vi) enter into sale/leaseback transactions; (vii) incur restrictions on the ability of the Registrant’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us; (viii) enter into transactions with the Registrant’s affiliates; (ix) merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of the Registrant’s assets; and (x) transfer or sell assets.

 

  2. New Second Lien Notes Indenture and New Second Lien Notes

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into an indenture (the “ New Second Lien Notes Indenture ”) among the Registrant, the Note Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, governing the Registrant’s $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the New Second Lien Notes, which mature on April 24, 2022. The Second Lien Notes were issued as replacement for the Registrant’s outstanding $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “ 1.5 Lien Notes ”) in connection with the Plan and the Registrant’s emergence from Chapter 11.

The New Second Lien Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the Registrant’s existing U.S. subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the Registrant’s Exit ABL Facility and the Registrant’s future U.S. subsidiaries (other than receivables subsidiaries and U.S. subsidiaries of foreign subsidiaries) that guarantee any debt of the Registrant or any Note Guarantor. Under certain circumstances, the Note Guarantors may be released from their guarantee of the New Second Lien Notes (the “ New Second Lien Note Guarantees ”) without the consent of the holders of the New Second Lien Notes. The New Second Lien Notes are not guaranteed by MPM Intermediate Holdings.

The New Second Lien Notes and New Second Lien Note Guarantees are senior indebtedness of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors, respectively, and rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors, respectively; senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors and guarantees thereof; and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of any of the Registrant’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the New Second Lien Notes.

The New Second Lien Notes and New Second Lien Note Guarantees have the benefit of second-priority liens on the collateral of the Registrant and the Note Guarantors. Consequently, the New Second Lien Notes rank effectively junior in priority to the Registrant’s obligations under the Exit ABL Facility, the New First Lien Notes and other first priority obligations (to the extent of the value of such collateral); equal with holders of other obligations secured pari passu with the New Second Lien Notes (to the extent of the value of such collateral); effectively senior to any junior priority obligations (to the extent of the value of such collateral); and effectively senior to any senior unsecured obligations (to the extent of the value of such collateral).

The Registrant will pay interest on the New Second Lien Notes at 4.69% per annum, semiannually to holders of record at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2015.

The Registrant may redeem some or all of the New Second Lien Notes at any time at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The New Second Lien Notes Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Registrant’s ability and the ability of certain of the Registrant’s subsidiaries to (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock; (ii) grant liens on assets; (iii) pay dividends or make distributions to the Registrant’s stockholders; (iv) repurchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness; (v) make investments or acquisitions; (vi) enter into sale/leaseback transactions; (vii) incur restrictions on the ability of the Registrant’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us; (viii) enter into transactions with the Registrant’s affiliates; (ix) merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of the Registrant’s assets; and (x) transfer or sell assets.

 

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  3. First Lien Collateral Agreement

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into a first lien collateral agreement (the “ First Lien Collateral Agreement ”) among the Registrant, the Note Guarantors (together with the Registrant, the “ First Lien Pledgors ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as the collateral agent (the “ First Lien Collateral Agent ”), pursuant to which the First Lien Pledgors granted a security interest in certain collateral to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the secured parties under the New First Lien Notes Indenture (the “ First Lien Secured Parties ”).

 

  4. Second Lien Collateral Agreement

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into a second lien collateral agreement (the “ Second Lien Collateral Agreement ”) among the Registrant, the Note Guarantors (together with the Registrant, the “ Second Lien Pledgors ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as the collateral agent (the “ Second Lien Collateral Agent ”), pursuant to which the Second Lien Pledgors granted a security interest in certain collateral to the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the secured parties under the New Second Lien Notes Indenture (the “ Second Lien Secured Parties ”).

 

  5. ABL Intercreditor Agreement

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into an ABL intercreditor agreement (the “ ABL Intercreditor Agreement ”) among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL facility collateral agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as applicable first-lien agent and First Lien Collateral Agent, the Registrant and the other subsidiaries of the Registrant party thereto. The ABL Intercreditor Agreement governs the relative rights of the secured parties under the Exit ABL Facility (the “ ABL Secured Parties ”) and the First Lien Secured Parties, and certain other matters relating to priority and the administration and enforcement of security interests.

 

  6. Junior Intercreditor Agreement

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into an intercreditor agreement (the “ Junior Intercreditor Agreement ”) among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL facility collateral agent and intercreditor agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Registrant and the other subsidiaries of the Registrant party thereto. The Junior Intercreditor Agreement governs the relative rights of the ABL Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties, as a group, and the Second Lien Secured Parties, and certain other matters relating to priority and the administration and enforcement of security interests.

 

  7. Exit ABL Facility and Waiver

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into a waiver (the “ Waiver ”) among the ABL Borrowers (as defined below), the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., pursuant to which the lenders party to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date hereof, the “ Exit ABL Facility ”), among Holdings, the Registrant, Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, as U.S. borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH and Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GmbH, as German borrowers, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian borrower (the Canadian borrower, the German borrowers and the U.S. borrower, collectively, the “ ABL Borrowers ”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders and the other parties named therein, have agreed to waive, at the request of the ABL Borrowers, certain provisions of the Exit ABL Facility in connection with the ABL Borrowers’ exercise of their option thereunder to convert the DIP facility thereunder into an exit facility substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Plan.

Pursuant to the Waiver, the lenders party to the Exit ABL Facility have agreed to, among other things, (i) release Holdings from its guaranties and covenants under the loan documents governing the Exit ABL Facility and to have MPM Intermediate Holdings assume all such guaranties and covenants, (ii) waive a requirement under the Exit ABL Facility that the Court’s order confirming the Plan be a final non-appealable order and to be deemed satisfied by the Court’s order confirming the Plan and (iii) amend certain other conditions with respect to the exercise of the conversion option into an exit facility.

 

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  8. Second A&R Shared Services Agreement

On October 24, 2014, the Registrant entered into the Second Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement (the “ Second A&R Shared Services Agreement ”) with Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (“ MSC ”) and the other subsidiaries of the Registrant party thereto. The Second A&R Shared Services Agreement generally retains the pre-existing service provision and cost sharing constructs. However, senior executive services of the type performed by a chief executive officer, chief financial officer and/or general counsel (or their equivalents) are excluded from the services provided under the Second A&R Shared Services Agreement, as the Registrant (and MSC) will employ its own dedicated officers in such roles. In addition, the Second A&R Shared Services Agreement provides for a transition assistance period at the election of the recipient following termination of the Second A&R Shared Services Agreement of up to twelve months, subject to one successive renewal period of an additional 60 days. Relatedly, the Second A&R Shared Services Agreement further contains a termination assistance project plan that sets forth the process and milestones by which the service provider must prepare and execute a transition plan for the recipient in the event of a termination of the Second A&R Shared Services Agreement.

The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New First Lien Notes Indenture, New Second Lien Notes Indenture, the First Lien Collateral Agreement, the Second Lien Collateral Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Intercreditor Agreement, the Waiver and the Second A&R Shared Services Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Definitive Material Agreement.

In connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Registrant repaid in full all of its remaining obligations under the senior secured debtor-in-possession term loan agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date hereof, the “ DIP Term Loan Facility ”), among Holdings, the Registrant, Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, including accrued fees and other amounts owing to the lenders under the DIP Term Loan Facility. Upon making these payments, the Registrant’s obligations under the DIP Term Loan Facility were satisfied in full and the DIP Term Loan Facility was immediately terminated other than for customary provisions expressly specified to survive termination.

In connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Registrant repaid in full all of its remaining obligations under the second amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of April 24, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date hereof, the “ Cash Flow Facility ”), among Holdings, the Registrant, certain subsidiaries of the Registrant party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, including accrued fees and other amounts owing to the lenders under the Cash Flow Facility. Upon making these payments, the Registrant’s obligations under the Cash Flow Facility were satisfied in full and the Cash Flow Facility was immediately terminated other than for customary provisions expressly specified to survive termination.

The information set forth under Item 3.03 below is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

 

Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.

Confirmation of the Plan of Reorganization

On September 11, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “ Confirmation Order ”), attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1, confirming the Plan. The Plan incorporates by reference certain documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court as part of the “Plan Supplement.” A copy of the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.2.

The Debtors satisfied all of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Plan and on October 24, 2014, the Plan became effective pursuant to its terms and the Debtors emerged from their Chapter 11 cases (the “ Effective Date ”).

The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Plan, as confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order, and is not intended to be a complete description of the Plan. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan (including the Plan Supplement). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan.

 

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The Plan provided for, among other things, the following:

 

    payment in full in cash to general unsecured creditors (including trade creditors) and holders of claims arising from the Cash Flow Facility and the DIP Term Loan Facility;

 

    payment in full by way of replacement notes to holders of First Lien Notes and 1.5 Lien Notes;

 

    conversion of the Second Lien Notes into the new equity of Reorganized MPM (resulting in the issuance of 11,791,126 shares of New Common Stock (as defined below)), subject to dilution by the management incentive plan and the Rights Offering Stock;

 

    subscription rights to holders of Second Lien Notes in the $600 million Rights Offerings (resulting in the issuance of 36,197,874 shares of New Common Stock (including shares issued in connection with the Backstop Commitment));

 

    a recovery to holders of the Holdings PIK Note in the amount of the cash available at Holdings as of the Effective Date, after taking into account administrative expenses;

 

    no recovery to the holders of Senior Subordinated Notes on account of the subordination provisions set forth in the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

    cancellation of Existing Interests ( i.e. , any class of equity securities); and

 

    authorization to enter into and execute the $270 million exit asset-based revolving loan facility.

Treatment of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

On the Effective Date and subject to the payment of any applicable Cure Amount, all executory contracts and unexpired leases identified on the Schedule of Assumed Contracts and Leases shall be deemed assumed, and all other executory contracts and unexpired leases shall be deemed rejected, except that: (a) any executory contracts and unexpired leases that previously have been assumed or rejected pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be treated as provided in such Final Order; and (b) all executory contracts and unexpired leases that are the subject of a separate motion to assume or reject under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code that were pending on the Effective Date were treated as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court resolving such motion.

Third Party Releases

On the Effective Date, certain Holders of Claims and Interests (except as otherwise specified in the Plan or Confirmation Order) released and discharged the Released Parties from certain claims, obligations, rights, suits, damages, causes of action and liabilities in connection with the Chapter 11 cases.

Board of Directors and Management

On the Effective Date, the initial board of directors and management of MPM Holdings Inc., the newly formed indirect parent of the Registrant, included those individuals as set forth in the Plan Supplement. As of the Effective Date, the initial board of directors of MPM Holdings Inc. consisted of Mahesh Balakrishnan, Bradley Bell, John G. Boss, John D. Dionne, Robert Kalsow-Ramos, Scott Kleinman, Julian Markby, Daniel C. Murphy, Jason New, David Sambur and Marvin Schlanger.

The information set forth under Item 5.02 below is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 1.03.

Compensation and Benefit Programs

On the Effective Date, except as expressly provided for under the Plan, Confirmation Order, a prior order of the Bankruptcy Court or to the extent a motion was pending before the Bankruptcy Court as of the Effective Date, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, all employment and severance policies, and all compensation and benefit plans, policies, and programs of the Debtors applicable to their respective employees, retirees and non-employee directors including, without limitation, all savings plans, unfunded retirement plans, healthcare plans, disability plans, severance benefit plans, incentive plans, and life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans were assumed as executory contracts under the Plan.

 

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Sources of Funds

The Plan was funded by $600 million in proceeds from the Rights Offerings.

Certain Information Regarding Claims, Assets and Liabilities of the Company

The Registrant’s total assets and total liabilities, as of June 30, 2014, reported in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2014 were $2,771 million and $4,429 million, respectively, of which $2,019 million were liabilities subject to compromise. Please refer to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for additional information on the Registrant’s assets and liabilities.

Because the Registrant’s financial statements will reflect fresh start accounting adjustments upon its emergence from the Chapter 11 proceedings, information reflecting its results of operations and financial condition will not be comparable to prior periods.

 

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 under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Upon the effectiveness of the Plan, all previously issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock were cancelled as were all other previously issued and outstanding equity interests. Upon effectiveness of the Plan, the Registrant issued 7,475,000 shares of a new class of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Registrant (“ New Common Stock ”) pursuant to the Section 1145 Rights Offering, 26,662,690 shares of New Common Stock pursuant to the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering and 2,060,184 shares of New Common Stock pursuant to the Backstop Commitment, including 1,475,652 shares of New Common Stock issued as commitment premium. A portion of the 1145 Rights Offering Stock issued to the Backstop Parties, and all of the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock, are restricted securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except in accordance with applicable restrictions. In addition, upon effectiveness of the Plan, the Registrant issued 11,791,126 shares of New Common Stock to holders of Second Lien Notes pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution.

In accordance with the Plan, all shares of New Common Stock were automatically exchanged for one share of common stock, par value $0.01, of MPM Holdings Inc., which contributed the shares of New Common Stock to its wholly-owned subsidiary, MPM Intermediate Holdings. As a result, the Registrant is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPM Intermediate Holdings.

The shares of New Common Stock described above were exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to (i) Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, which generally exempts from such registration requirements the issuance of securities under a plan of reorganization, and/or (ii) Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act because the issuance did not involve any public offering.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

Upon the effectiveness of the Plan, the following indebtedness of the Debtors was cancelled:

 

    8.875% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020;

 

    10% Senior Secured Notes due 2020;

 

    9% Second-Priority Springing Lien Notes due 2021;

 

    9  1 2 % Second-Priority Springing Lien Notes due 2021; and

 

    11  1 2 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016.

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Pursuant to the Plan, the following directors ceased to be members of the board of directors of the Registrant as of the Effective Date: Craig O. Morrison, William H. Carter, Scott M. Kleinman, David B. Sambur, Lee C. Stewart and Julian Markby. In addition, in accordance with the Plan, as of the Effective Date, Craig O. Morrison ceased to serve as Chief Executive Officer, William H. Carter ceased to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Douglas A. Johns ceased to serve as General Counsel. In connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, as of the Effective Date, John G. Boss, Brian D. Berger and Stephen J. Psutka were appointed members of the board of directors of the Registrant, and Mr. Boss was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Berger was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Psutka was appointed as Interim General Counsel.

Mr. Boss, age 55, joined the Registrant as Executive Vice President and President of the Silicones and Quartz Division in March 2014. Mr. Boss was the former President of Honeywell Safety Products at Honeywell International from February 2012 to March 2014. He served in various leadership positions with Honeywell International since 2003, including Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Products from 2008 through 2012 and Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Chemicals from 2005 through 2008. Before joining Honeywell International, Mr. Boss was Vice President and General Manager of the Specialty and Fine Chemicals business of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation from 2000 through 2003, and Vice President and Business Director at Ashland Corporation (formerly International Specialty Products) from 1996 through 2000.

Mr. Berger, age 43, joined the Registrant as Vice President, Finance of the Silicones and Quartz Division in 2012 and served as Interim President of the Silicones and Quartz Division from August 2013 to March 2014. Prior to joining the Registrant, Mr. Berger served as Director, Shared Services of Stanley Black & Decker from 2010 through 2012 and as Director, Americas Shared Financial Services of SABIC Innovative Plastics from 2008 through 2010. Mr. Berger joined GE in 1994 and held numerous financial management roles from 1994 to 2008 in various GE Plastics businesses operating across the world.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 24, 2014, pursuant to the Plan, the Registrant amended and restated its certificate of incorporation and amended and restated its by-laws as described in the Plan.

The amended and restated certificate of incorporation is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein, and the amended and restated by-laws are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 2.1    Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 24, 2014.
Exhibit 2.2    Confirmation Order, dated September 11, 2014.
Exhibit 3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
Exhibit 3.2    Amended and Restated By-laws of Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
Exhibit 4.1    Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., the Note Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, relating to the $1,100,000,000 First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021.
Exhibit 4.2    Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., the Note Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, relating to the $250,000,000 Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022.

 

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Exhibit 4.3    First Lien Collateral Agreement, dated and effective as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent.
Exhibit 4.4    Second Lien Collateral Agreement, dated and effective as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent.
Exhibit 4.5    ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Facility Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Applicable First-Lien Agent and First-Lien Collateral Agent, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc. and the Subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. named therein.
Exhibit 4.6    Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and as Intercreditor Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Notes Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the Subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. named therein.
Exhibit 10.1    Waiver, dated as of October 24, 2014 with respect to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as U.S. borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH and Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GmbH, as German borrowers, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders, and the other parties named therein.
Exhibit 10.2    Second Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, by and among Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. party thereto.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

  MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
Date: October 27, 2014   By:  

/s/ Billie Jo Cuthbert

    Billie Jo Cuthbert
    Vice President and Controller


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  2.1    Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 24, 2014.
  2.2    Confirmation Order, dated September 11, 2014.
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-laws of Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., the Note Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, relating to the $1,100,000,000 First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021.
  4.2    Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., the Note Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, relating to the $250,000,000 Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022.
  4.3    First Lien Collateral Agreement, dated and effective as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent.
  4.4    Second Lien Collateral Agreement, dated and effective as of October 24, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent.
  4.5    ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Facility Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Applicable First-Lien Agent and First-Lien Collateral Agent, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc. and the Subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. named therein.
  4.6    Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and as Intercreditor Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Notes Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the Subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. named therein.
10.1    Waiver, dated as of October 24, 2014 with respect to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as U.S. borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH and Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GmbH, as German borrowers, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders, and the other parties named therein.
10.2    Second Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, by and among Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. party thereto.

Exhibit 2.1

 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT       
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK       

 

 

 

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In re   :      Chapter 11
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MPM Silicones, LLC, et al. , 1   :      Case No. 14-22503 (RDD)
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Debtors.

  :      (Jointly Administered)

 

 

 

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JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR MOMENTIVE

PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS

 

 

 

Dated:  

New York, New York

September 24, 2014

   
    WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP  
    Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession  
    787 Seventh Avenue  
    New York, New York 10019  
    (212) 728-8000  

 

1   The last four digits of the taxpayer identification numbers of the Debtors follow in parentheses: (i) Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC (9631); (ii) Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC (9692); (iii) Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC (9765); (iv) Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC (9836); (v) Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc. (8469); (vi) Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc. (8246); (vii) Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (8297); (viii) Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc. (9929); (ix) Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc. (4895); (x) Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc. (8388); (xi) Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide Inc. (8357); and (xii) MPM Silicones, LLC (5481). The Debtors’ executive headquarters are located at 260 Hudson River Road, Waterford, NY 12188.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE I.   

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     1   
ARTICLE II.   

CERTAIN INTER-CREDITOR AND INTER-DEBTOR ISSUES

     21   

2.1.

  

Settlement of Certain Inter-Creditor Issues.

     21   

2.2.

  

Formation of Debtor Groups for Convenience Purposes.

     21   

2.3.

  

Intercompany Claims.

     21   
ARTICLE III.    ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIMS, FEE CLAIMS, U.S. TRUSTEE FEES AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS      21   

3.1.

  

DIP Claims.

     22   

3.2.

  

Administrative Expense Claims.

     22   

3.3.

  

Fee Claims.

     24   

3.4.

  

U.S. Trustee Fees.

     25   

3.5.

  

Priority Tax Claims.

     25   
ARTICLE IV.   

CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

     25   

4.1.

  

Classification of Claims and Interests.

     25   

4.2.

  

Unimpaired Classes of Claims.

     26   

4.3.

  

Impaired Classes of Claims.

     26   

4.4.

  

Separate Classification of Other Secured Claims.

     27   
ARTICLE V.   

TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

     27   

5.1.

  

Priority Non-Tax Claims (Class 1).

     27   

5.2.

  

Other Secured Claims (Class 2).

     27   

5.3.

  

Cash Flow Facility Claims (Class 3).

     28   

5.4.

  

First Lien Note Claims (Class 4).

     28   

5.5.

  

1.5 Lien Note Claims (Class 5)

     29   

5.6.

  

Second Lien Note Claims (Class 6).

     30   

5.7.

  

General Unsecured Claims (Class 7).

     31   

5.8.

  

Senior Subordinated Note Claims (Class 8).

     31   

5.9.

  

Holdings PIK Note Claims (Class 9).

     32   

5.10.

  

Existing Securities Law Claims (Class 10).

     32   

5.11.

  

Existing Interests (Class 11).

     32   


ARTICLE VI.    ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN; EFFECT OF REJECTION BY ONE OR MORE CLASSES OF CLAIMS OR INTERESTS      32   

6.1.

  

Class Acceptance Requirement.

     32   

6.2.

  

Tabulation of Votes on a Non-Consolidated Basis.

     33   

6.3.

  

Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or “Cramdown.”

     33   

6.4.

  

Elimination of Vacant Classes.

     33   

6.5.

  

Voting Classes; Deemed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes.

     33   

6.6.

  

Confirmation of All Cases.

     33   
ARTICLE VII.    MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION      34   

7.1.

  

Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets in Reorganized Debtors.

     34   

7.2.

  

Plan Funding.

     35   

7.3.

  

Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements.

     35   

7.4.

  

Boards of Directors.

     36   

7.5.

  

Management.

     36   

7.6.

  

Corporate Action.

     36   

7.7.

  

Registration Rights Agreement.

     37   

7.8.

  

Authorization, Issuance and Delivery of Top HoldCo Common Stock.

     37   

7.9.

  

New First Lien Term Loan Facility, New ABL Facility and Incremental Facility.

     38   

7.10.

  

Rights Offerings.

     38   

7.11.

  

Intercompany Interests.

     40   

7.12.

  

Insured Claims.

     40   

7.13.

  

Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies.

     41   
ARTICLE VIII.    DISTRIBUTIONS      42   

8.1.

  

Distributions.

     42   

8.2.

  

No Postpetition Interest on Claims.

     42   

8.3.

  

Date of Distributions.

     42   

8.4.

  

Distribution Record Date.

     42   

8.5.

  

Disbursing Agent.

     43   

 

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8.6.

  

Delivery of Distribution.

     44   

8.7.

  

Unclaimed Property.

     44   

8.8.

  

Satisfaction of Claims.

     45   

8.9.

  

Manner of Payment Under Plan.

     45   

8.10.

  

Fractional Shares/De Minimis Cash Distributions.

     45   

8.11.

  

No Distribution in Excess of Amount of Allowed Claim.

     45   

8.12.

  

Exemption from Securities Laws.

     45   

8.13.

  

Setoffs and Recoupments.

     46   

8.14.

  

Withholding and Reporting Requirements.

     46   

8.15.

  

Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

     47   
ARTICLE IX.    PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CLAIMS      47   

9.1.

  

Objections to Claims.

     47   

9.2.

  

Amendment to Claims.

     47   

9.3.

  

Disputed Claims.

     48   

9.4.

  

Estimation of Claims.

     48   

9.5.

  

Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date.

     48   
ARTICLE X.    EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES      48   

10.1.

  

General Treatment.

     48   

10.2.

  

Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.

     49   

10.3.

  

Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     49   

10.4.

  

Compensation and Benefit Programs.

     50   

10.5.

  

Amended Shared Services Agreement.

     51   

10.6.

  

Existing Management Agreement.

     51   

10.7.

  

Warranty Obligations.

     51   
ARTICLE XI.    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN      51   

11.1.

  

Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date.

     51   

11.2.

  

Satisfaction and Waiver of Conditions Precedent.

     53   

11.3.

  

Effect of Failure of Conditions.

     53   

 

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ARTICLE XII.   

EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION

     54   

12.1.

  

Binding Effect.

     54   

12.2.

  

Discharge of Claims Against and Interests in the Debtors.

     54   

12.3.

  

Term of Pre-Confirmation Injunctions or Stays.

     54   

12.4.

  

Injunction.

     54   

12.5.

  

Releases.

     55   

12.6.

  

Exculpation and Limitation of Liability.

     57   

12.7.

  

Injunction Related to Releases and Exculpation.

     57   

12.8.

  

Retention of Causes of Action/Reservation of Rights.

     57   

12.9.

  

Indemnification Obligations.

     58   
ARTICLE XIII.    RETENTION OF JURISDICTION      58   
ARTICLE XIV.    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      60   

14.1.

  

Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes.

     60   

14.2.

  

Retiree Benefits.

     60   

14.3.

  

Defined Benefit Pension Plan.

     60   

14.4.

  

Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee.

     61   

14.5.

  

Termination of Professionals.

     61   

14.6.

  

Amendments.

     61   

14.7.

  

Revocation or Withdrawal of this Plan.

     62   

14.8.

  

Allocation of Plan Distributions Between Principal and Interest.

     62   

14.9.

  

Severability.

     62   

14.10.

  

Governing Law.

     62   

14.11.

  

Section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

     63   

14.12.

  

Inconsistency.

     63   

14.13.

  

Time.

     63   

14.14.

  

Exhibits.

     63   

14.15.

  

Notices.

     64   

14.16.

  

Filing of Additional Documents.

     64   

14.17.

  

Reservation of Rights.

     64   

 

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INTRODUCTION 2

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the other debtors and debtors in possession in the above-captioned cases propose the following joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization for the resolution of the Claims against and Interests in the Debtors.

Reference is made to the Disclosure Statement accompanying this Plan, including the exhibits and supplements thereto, for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, business, properties and operations, projections for those operations, risk factors, a summary and analysis of this Plan, and certain related matters including, among other things, certain tax matters, and the securities and other consideration to be issued and/or distributed under this Plan. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 1127, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3019 and Sections 14.6 and 14.7 of this Plan, the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify, revoke or withdraw this Plan prior to its substantial consummation.

The only Persons that are entitled to vote on this Plan are the holders of 1.5 Lien Note Claims, First Lien Note Claims, Second Lien Note Claims, and Holdings PIK Note Claims. Such Persons are encouraged to read the Plan and the Disclosure Statement and their respective exhibits and schedules in their entirety before voting to accept or reject the Plan. No materials other than the Disclosure Statement, the respective schedules, notices and exhibits attached thereto and referenced therein have been authorized by the Bankruptcy Court for use in soliciting acceptances or rejections of the Plan.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

  A. Definitions.

The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural):

1.1 1.5 Lien Cash Pool means an amount of cash equal to the aggregate Allowed amount of 1.5 Lien Note Claims (excluding any make-whole claim, prepayment penalty, “Applicable Premium” or similar claim) set forth in Section 5.5(a) of the Plan.

1.2 1.5 Lien Note Claims means all Claims (excluding Existing Securities Law Claims) against MPM, as issuer, or any other Debtor as guarantor, arising under the 1.5 Lien Notes and the 1.5 Lien Indenture.

1.3 1.5 Lien Notes mean the 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2020, issued pursuant to the 1.5 Lien Indenture, in the aggregate principal amount of $250 million.

 

2   All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in Article I herein.


1.4 1.5 Lien Indenture means that certain indenture dated as of May 25, 2012 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time), between MPM, as issuer, and the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee, related to the 1.5 Lien Notes, including all agreements, documents, notes, instruments and any other agreements delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith (in each case, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

1.5 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee means Wilmington Trust, N.A. solely in its capacity as indenture trustee under the 1.5 Lien Indenture.

1.6 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee Claim means all Claims of the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee for reasonable and documented fees and expenses under the terms of the 1.5 Lien Indenture to the extent provided for in the Final DIP Order (including, but not limited to, the reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses incurred by the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee’s professionals).

1.7 4(a)(2) Eligible Holder has the meaning set forth in the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Procedures and the corresponding subscription agreement and subscription form.

1.8 4(a)(2) Rights Offering means the rights offering of 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights to 4(a)(2) Eligible Holders to purchase 27,065,701 shares of New Common Stock to be issued by Reorganized MPM pursuant to the Plan at a price per share of $17.28, for an aggregate purchase price of the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Amount, to be conducted in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

1.9 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Amount means $467,695,313.28.

1.10 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Procedures means the procedures governing the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering, which procedures are attached as an exhibit to the Disclosure Statement, and shall be satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors.

1.11 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock means the 27,065,701 shares of New Common Stock issued pursuant to the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering, including shares issued on account of the Backstop Commitment. The 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock shall be subject to dilution from the Management Incentive Plan Securities.

1.12 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights means the non-transferable, non-certificated subscription rights of 4(a)(2) Eligible Holders to purchase shares of 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock in connection with the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Procedures.

1.13 503(b)(9) Claims means Claims that have been timely and properly filed prior to the Bar Date and that are granted administrative expense priority treatment pursuant to section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.14 Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders means the ad hoc committee of certain holders of Second Lien Notes that are signatories to the Backstop Commitment Agreement or RSA represented by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.

 

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1.15 Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders Advisors means Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, as counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders, Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., as financial advisor to the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders, and other consultants and professionals to the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders provided for in the Backstop Commitment Agreement or the RSA.

1.16 Administrative Bar Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) of this Plan.

1.17 Administrative Expense Claim means any right to payment constituting a cost or expense of administration of the Reorganization Cases of the kind specified in section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and entitled to priority pursuant to sections 328, 330, 363, 364(c)(1), 365, 503(b), 507(a)(2) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (other than a DIP Claim, Fee Claim or U.S. Trustee Fees) incurred during the period from the Petition Date to the Effective Date, including, without limitation: (a) any actual and necessary costs and expenses of preserving the Estates, any actual and necessary costs and expenses of operating the Debtors’ business, and any indebtedness or obligations incurred or assumed by any of the Debtors during the Reorganization Cases; (b) 503(b)(9) Claims; (c) any payment to be made under this Plan to cure a default under an assumed executory contract or unexpired lease; and (d) an Indenture Trustee Claim.

1.18 Allowed Claim or Allowed              Claim (with respect to a specific type of Claim, if specified) means: (a) any Claim (or a portion thereof) as to which no action to dispute, deny or otherwise limit recovery with respect thereto, or alter the priority thereof (including a claim objection), has been timely commenced within the applicable period of limitation fixed by this Plan or applicable law, or, if an action to dispute, deny, equitably subordinate or otherwise limit recovery with respect thereto, or alter priority thereof, has been timely commenced, to the extent such Claim has been allowed (whether in whole or in part) by a Final Order of a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter; or (b) any Claim or portion thereof that is allowed (i) in any contract, instrument, or other agreement entered into in connection with the Plan, (ii) pursuant to the terms of the Plan, (iii) by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, or (iv) with respect to an Administrative Expense Claim only (x) that was incurred by a Debtor in the ordinary course of business during the Reorganization Cases to the extent due and owing without defense, offset, recoupment or counterclaim of any kind, and (y) that is not otherwise disputed.

1.19 Amended By-Laws means the amended and restated by-laws for the applicable Reorganized Debtor, and the by-laws for Top HoldCo and Intermediate HoldCo, substantially final forms of which will be contained in the Plan Supplement.

1.20 Amended Certificates of Incorporation means the amended and restated certificates of incorporation (or articles of incorporation, as applicable) for the applicable Reorganized Debtor, substantially final forms of which will be contained in the Plan Supplement.

1.21 Amended Shared Services Agreement means (i) the amended and restated Shared Services Agreement or (ii) an amendment to the existing Shared Services Agreement.

1.22 Apollo means Apollo Global Management, LLC and its affiliates that are signatories to the RSA.

 

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1.23 Applicable Premium means (a) with respect to the First Lien Note Claims, “Applicable Premium” as defined in the First Lien Indenture, and (b) with respect to the 1.5 Lien Note Claims, “Applicable Premium” as defined in the 1.5 Lien Indenture.

1.24 Backstop Commitment means the commitment of the Backstop Parties to purchase Unsubscribed Shares as set forth in the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

1.25 Backstop Commitment Agreement means that certain Backstop Commitment Agreement, dated May 9, 2014, by and among the Backstop Parties, MPM and Holdings (on behalf of themselves and the other Debtors) (as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms therein).

1.26 Backstop Commitment Agreement Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing, approving and directing, without limitation, the Debtors’ (a) entry into the Backstop Commitment Agreement and performance of their obligations thereunder, (b) payment of the Commitment Premium (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Agreement) and the expense reimbursement obligations provided for in the Backstop Commitment Agreement, and (c) incurrence of the indemnification obligations provided for in the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

1.27 Backstop Parties means Apollo and the members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders and/or certain of their affiliates, in each case, who are signatories to the Backstop Commitment Agreement (and any Person to whom any Backstop Commitment is transferred in accordance with the terms of the Backstop Commitment Agreement or who otherwise becomes a party to the Backstop Commitment Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof).

1.28 Ballot means the form approved by the Bankruptcy Court and distributed to holders of impaired Claims entitled to vote on the Plan to be used to indicate their acceptance or rejection of the Plan.

1.29 Bankruptcy Code means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, as applicable to the Reorganization Cases.

1.30 Bankruptcy Court means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, or any other court exercising competent jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases or any proceeding therein.

1.31 Bankruptcy Rules means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, as promulgated by the United States Supreme Court under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, as applicable to the Reorganization Cases, and any Local Rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

1.32 Bar Date means any deadline for filing proofs of Claim, including, without limitation, Claims arising prior to the Petition Date (including 503(b)(9) Claims) and Administrative Expense Claims, as established by an order of the Bankruptcy Court or under the Plan.

 

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1.33 Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a “legal holiday,” as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a).

1.34 Cash means the legal currency of the United States and equivalents thereof.

1.35 Cash Flow Facility means that certain revolving credit facility with maximum aggregate availability of $75 million governed by the Cash Flow Facility Credit Agreement.

1.36 Cash Flow Facility Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., solely in its capacity as administrative agent under the Cash Flow Facility Credit Agreement.

1.37 Cash Flow Facility Claims means all Claims arising under the Cash Flow Facility Credit Agreement.

1.38 Cash Flow Facility Credit Agreement means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2013, among Holdings, MPM, Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as U.S. Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GMBH, as German Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian Borrower, General Electric Capital Corporation as Designated Lender, and the Cash Flow Facility Administrative Agent.

1.39 Causes of Action means any and all actions, causes of action (including causes of action under sections 510, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code), suits, accounts, controversies, obligations, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, agreements, promises, rights to legal remedies, rights to equitable remedies, rights to payment, and claims (as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code), whether known or unknown, reduced to judgment, not reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured, unsecured and whether asserted or assertable directly or derivatively, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or tort, arising in law, equity or otherwise.

1.40 Claim means any “claim” against any Debtor as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation, any Claim arising after the Petition Date.

1.41 Claims Agent means Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC, or any other entity approved by the Bankruptcy Court to act as the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §156(c).

1.42 Class means each category of Claims or Interests established under Article IV of the Plan pursuant to sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.43 Collateral means any property or interest in property of the estates of the Debtors subject to a Lien to secure the payment or performance of a Claim, which Lien is not subject to avoidance or otherwise invalid under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law.

1.44 Commitment Premium Shares means 1,475,652 shares of New Common Stock to be issued to and allocated among the Backstop Parties in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Agreement pursuant to and as consideration for the obligations under the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

 

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1.45 Competition Laws means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and any other competition or merger control law.

1.46 Confirmation Date means the date on which the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court.

1.47 Confirmation Hearing means a hearing to be held by the Bankruptcy Court regarding confirmation of this Plan, as such hearing may be adjourned or continued from time to time.

1.48 Confirmation Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming this Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.49 Creditors’ Committee means the statutory committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Reorganization Cases in accordance with section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may be constituted from time to time.

1.50 Creditors’ Committee Parties means (i) the Creditors’ Committee, (ii) each of the Creditors’ Committee’s members acting in their respective capacities as members thereof, and (iii) each of the foregoing parties’ current officers, affiliates, partners, directors, employees, agents, members, representatives, advisors and professionals (including any attorneys, consultants, financial advisors, investment bankers and other professionals retained by the Creditors’ Committee or by any member thereof), together with their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that such attorneys and professional advisors shall only include those that provided services related to the Reorganization Cases.

1.51 Cure Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3 of this Plan.

1.52 Cure Dispute has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3 of this Plan.

1.53 Cure Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3 of this Plan.

1.54 Debtor(s) means, individually or collectively, as the context requires: (a) Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC; (b) Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC; (c) Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC; (d) Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC; (e) Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc.; (f) Holdings; (g) MPM; (h) Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc.; (i) Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc.; (j) Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc.; (k) Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide Inc.; and (l) MPM Silicones, LLC.

1.55 DIP ABL Claims means all Claims or obligations held by the DIP Agent and/or the DIP Lenders arising under or pursuant to the DIP ABL Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, reasonable and documented expenses, costs and other charges of the DIP Agent and the DIP Lenders.

1.56 DIP ABL Credit Agreement means that certain senior secured debtor in possession and exit amended and restated asset-based revolving credit agreement, dated April 15, 2014, by and

 

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among Holdings, MPM, Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as U.S. Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GMBH, as Germany Silicone Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GMBH, as Germany Quartz Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian Borrower, certain of the other Debtors, as guarantors, the DIP Agent, and the DIP Lenders, including any and all documents and instruments executed in connection therewith (in each case, as it or they may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time on the terms and conditions set forth therein).

1.57 DIP ABL Facility means the debtor in possession asset-based revolving loan facility provided under the DIP ABL Credit Agreement.

1.58 DIP Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., solely in its capacity as administrative agent under the DIP Credit Agreements, and any of its successors or assigns.

1.59 DIP Claims means the DIP ABL Claims and the DIP Term Loan Claims.

1.60 DIP Credit Agreements means the DIP ABL Credit Agreement and the DIP Term Loan Credit Agreement.

1.61 DIP Lenders means the lenders party to the DIP Credit Agreements from time to time.

1.62 DIP Term Loan Claims means all Claims or obligations held by the DIP Agent and/or the DIP Lenders arising under or pursuant to the DIP Term Loan Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, reasonable and documented expenses, costs and other charges of the DIP Agent and the DIP Lenders.

1.63 DIP Term Loan Credit Agreement means that certain senior secured debtor in possession term loan agreement, dated April 15, 2014, by and among Holdings, MPM, and Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as borrower, certain of the other Debtors, as guarantors, the DIP Agent, and the DIP Lenders, including any and all documents and instruments executed in connection therewith (in each case, as it or they may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time on the terms and conditions set forth therein).

1.64 Disallowed means a finding of the Bankruptcy Court in a Final Order, or provision in the Plan providing, that a Disputed Claim shall not be an Allowed Claim.

1.65 Disbursing Agent means the entity or entities, which may be a Reorganized Debtor, designated by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, to distribute the Plan Consideration, the Commitment Premium Shares, the Rights Offering Stock and, to the extent applicable, the Replacement First Lien Notes and/or Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) the First Lien Indenture Trustee and the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee shall serve as Disbursing Agent for holders of Allowed Claims under the First Lien Indenture and the 1.5 Lien Indenture, respectively, and (b) Reorganized MPM shall serve as Disbursing Agent for holders of Allowed Claims under the Second Lien Indenture.

1.66 Disclosure Statement means the disclosure statement that relates to this Plan, including all exhibits and schedules annexed thereto or referred to therein (in each case, as it or they may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time), provided , that the Disclosure Statement shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors.

 

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1.67 Disclosure Statement Hearing means a hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court to consider approval of the Disclosure Statement as containing adequate information as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may be adjourned or continued from time to time.

1.68 Disclosure Statement Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement as having adequate information in accordance with section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.69 Disputed means, with respect to a Claim or Interest, that portion (including, when appropriate, the whole) of such Claim or Interest that: (a) (i) has not been scheduled by the Debtors in their Schedules, or has been scheduled in a lesser amount or priority than the amount or priority asserted by the holder of such Claim or Interest or (ii) has been scheduled as contingent, unliquidated or disputed and for which no proof of claim has been timely filed; (b) is the subject of an objection or request for estimation filed in the Bankruptcy Court which has not been withdrawn or overruled by a Final Order; and/or (c) is otherwise disputed by any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors in accordance with applicable law or contract, which dispute has not been withdrawn, resolved, or overruled by Final Order.

1.70 Distribution Date means: (a) with respect to Cash Flow Facility Claims, DIP Claims and Second Lien Note Claims, the Effective Date, (b) with respect to First Lien Note Claims, 1.5 Lien Note Claims and Holdings PIK Note Claims, the Effective Date (or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable), (c) with respect to Administrative Expense Claims, Priority Non-Tax Claims, U.S. Trustee Fees, Priority Tax Claims, Other Secured Claims, and General Unsecured Claims, the date that is the latest of: (i) the Effective Date (or any date within fifteen (15) days thereafter); (ii) the date such Claim would be due and payable in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) the date that is fifteen (15) days after such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim or otherwise becomes payable under the Plan (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day thereafter), and (d) with respect to Fee Claims, the date (or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable) that such Claims are allowed by Final Order.

1.71 Distribution Record Date means, with respect to all Classes for which Plan Distributions are to be made, the Effective Date.

1.72 DTC means The Depository Trust Company.

1.73 Effective Date means the date specified by the Debtors in a notice filed with the Bankruptcy Court as the date on which the Plan shall take effect, which date shall be the first Business Day on which all of the conditions set forth in Section 11.1 hereof have been satisfied or waived and no stay of the Confirmation Order is in effect.

1.74 ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

1.75 Estate means each estate created in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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1.76 Estimation Order means an order or orders of the Bankruptcy Court estimating for voting and/or distribution purposes (under section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code) the allowed amount of any Claim. The defined term Estimation Order includes the Confirmation Order if the Confirmation Order grants the same relief that would have been granted in a separate Estimation Order.

1.77 Existing Holdings Interests means the Interests in Holdings outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date.

1.78 Existing Interests means the Existing Holdings Interests and the Existing MPM Interests.

1.79 Existing Management Agreement means that certain Management Fee Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006, by and among Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc. and certain affiliates of Apollo.

1.80 Existing MPM Interests means the Interests in MPM outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date.

1.81 Existing Securities Law Claim means any Claim, whether or not the subject of an existing lawsuit: (a) arising from rescission of a purchase or sale of any debt or equity securities of any Debtor or an affiliate of any Debtor; (b) for damages arising from the purchase or sale of any such security; (c) for violations of the securities laws, misrepresentations, or any similar Claims, including, to the extent related to the foregoing or otherwise subject to subordination under section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, any attorneys’ fees, other charges, or costs incurred on account of the foregoing Claims; or (d) reimbursement, contribution, or indemnification on account of any such Claim.

1.82 Exit Facilities means the New ABL Facility and the New First Lien Term Loan Facility.

1.83 Federal Judgment Rate means the interest rate applicable to a judgment entered on the Petition Date that is subject to 28 U.S.C. § 1961, as determined in accordance with that statute.

1.84 Fee Claim means a Claim by a Professional Person for compensation, indemnification or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b) or 1103(a) of the Bankruptcy Code in connection with the Reorganization Cases, including, without limitation, in connection with final fee applications of such Professional Persons.

1.85 Final DIP Order means that certain Final Order Under 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363(c), 363(d), 364(c), 364(d), 364(e) and 507 and Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 4001 and 9014 (I) Authorizing the Debtors to Obtain Postpetition Financing, (II) Authorizing the Debtors to Use Cash Collateral, (III) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition Secured Lenders and (IV) Scheduling a Final Hearing Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 4001(b) and 4001(c) [Docket No. 253], as amended, modified or supplemented by the Bankruptcy Court from time to time.

1.86 Final Order means an order, ruling or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court (or other court of competent jurisdiction) entered by the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court on the docket in the Reorganization Cases (or by the clerk of such other court of competent jurisdiction on the docket of such court), which has not been reversed, vacated, or stayed and as to which (i) the time to

 

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appeal, petition for certiorari, or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari, or other proceeding for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall then be pending or (ii) if an appeal, writ of certiorari, new trial, reargument, or rehearing thereof has been sought, such order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such order was appealed, or certiorari shall have been denied, or a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied or resulted in no modification of such order, and the time to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari, or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have expired; provided , that no order or judgment shall fail to be a Final Order solely because of the possibility that a motion under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has been or may be filed with respect to such order or judgment; provided , further , that the susceptibility of a Claim to a challenge under section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code shall not render a Final Order not a Final Order.

1.87 First Lien Cash Pool means an amount of cash equal to the aggregate Allowed amount of First Lien Note Claims (excluding any make-whole claim, prepayment penalty, “Applicable Premium” or similar claim) set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Plan.

1.88 First Lien Note Claims means all Claims (excluding Existing Securities Law Claims) against MPM, as issuer, or any other Debtor as guarantor, arising under the First Lien Notes and the First Lien Indenture.

1.89 First Lien Notes mean the 8.875% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020, issued pursuant to the First Lien Indenture, in the original aggregate principal amount of $1.1 billion.

1.90 First Lien Indenture means that certain indenture, dated as of October 25, 2012 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time), between MPM, as issuer, and the First Lien Indenture Trustee, related to the First Lien Notes, including all agreements, documents, notes, instruments and any other agreements delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith (in each case, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

1.91 First Lien Indenture Trustee means BOKF, N.A., solely in its capacity as successor indenture trustee under the First Lien Indenture.

1.92 First Lien Indenture Trustee Claim means all Claims of the First Lien Indenture Trustee for reasonable and documented fees and expenses under the terms of the First Lien Indenture to the extent provided for in the Final DIP Order (including, but not limited to, the reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses incurred by the First Lien Indenture Trustee’s professionals).

1.93 General Unsecured Claim means any Claim other than: (a) a Secured Claim, including DIP Claims, Other Secured Claims, Cash Flow Facility Claims, First Lien Note Claims, and 1.5 Lien Note Claims; (b) an Administrative Expense Claim; (c) a Fee Claim; (d) a Priority Tax Claim; (e) a Priority Non-Tax Claim; (f) a Senior Subordinated Note Claim; (g) a Holdings PIK Note Claim; (h) an Intercompany Claim; (i) an Existing Securities Law Claim; (j) a Second Lien Note Claim; and (k) U.S. Trustee Fees.

1.94 Holdings means Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc.

 

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1.95 Holdings PIK Note means that certain pay-in-kind unsecured 11% Senior Discount Note, dated December 4, 2006, due June 4, 2017, with an original principal amount of $400 million.

1.96 Holdings PIK Note Claims means all Claims arising under the Holdings PIK Note.

1.97 Incremental Facility means either (a) a new second lien secured bridge loan facility of no less than $250 million, or (b) senior second-priority secured notes issued by Reorganized MPM in a Rule 144A or other private placement yielding $250 million in aggregate gross cash proceeds, which the Debtors shall enter into or issue as of the Effective Date to the extent that the 1.5 Lien Note Claims are paid in Cash pursuant to Section 5.5(b)(i) hereof.

1.98 Indebtedness of a Person means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) liabilities evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments or debt securities; (c) liabilities under or in connection with interest rate swaps, collars, caps and similar hedging arrangements; (d) liabilities under or in connection with off balance sheet financing arrangements or synthetic leases; (e) the amount of all capitalized lease obligations of such Person that are required to appear on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; and (f) any amounts guaranteed in any manner by such Person (including guarantees in the form of an agreement to repurchase or reimburse) or other amounts for which such Person is indirectly liable as guarantor, surety or otherwise.

1.99 Indenture Trustee Claims means, collectively, all 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee Claims, First Lien Indenture Trustee Claims, and Second Lien Indenture Trustee Claims.

1.100 Indenture Trustees means collectively, the First Lien Indenture Trustee, the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee and the Second Lien Indenture Trustee.

1.101 Indentures means collectively, the First Lien Indenture, the 1.5 Lien Indenture and the Second Lien Indenture.

1.102 Insurance Contracts has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b) of this Plan.

1.103 Insured Claims has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b) of this Plan.

1.104 Intercompany Claim means any Claim (including an Administrative Expense Claim), Cause of Action, or remedy asserted against a Debtor by (a) another Debtor, or (b) a non-Debtor direct or indirect subsidiary of a Debtor.

1.105 Intercompany Interest means any Interest held by a Debtor in another Debtor, other than an Existing Interest.

1.106 Intercreditor Actions mean the following cases: (i)  BOKF, NA v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re MPM Silicones, LLC) , Adv. Pro. No. 14-08247 (RDD) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) and (ii)  Wilmington Trust, N.A. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re MPM Silicones, LLC), Adv. Pro. No. 14-08248 (RDD) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.).

1.107 Intermediate HoldCo means a newly formed Delaware corporation which shall be the direct parent of Reorganized MPM following the transactions effectuated pursuant to this Plan.

 

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1.108 Intermediate HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation means the certificate of incorporation of Intermediate HoldCo.

1.109 Intermediate HoldCo Common Stock means shares of common stock in Intermediate HoldCo.

1.110 Interest means the interest (whether legal, equitable, contractual or otherwise) of any holders of any class of equity securities of any of the Debtors represented by shares of common or preferred stock or other instruments evidencing an ownership interest in any of the Debtors, whether or not certificated, transferable, voting or denominated “stock” or a similar security, or any option, warrant or right, contractual or otherwise, to acquire any such interest.

1.111 Lien has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.112 Management Incentive Plan means the management equity incentive plan to be established by the Board of Reorganized MPM, with terms and conditions (including amount) satisfactory to the Requisite Investors, to be established by the Board of Top HoldCo, pursuant to which an amount of up to 7.5% of the Top HoldCo Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis, shall be reserved for issuance.

1.113 Management Incentive Plan Securities means the Top HoldCo Common Stock, or any options, warrants, or other securities convertible into Top HoldCo Common Stock, issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan.

1.114 MPM means Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation.

1.115 MSC means Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., a New Jersey corporation.

1.116 Net Debt Amount means the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Reorganized MPM and its subsidiaries, less the aggregate amount of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (other than cash classified as restricted cash in accordance with GAAP) of Reorganized MPM and its subsidiaries, in each case, that are projected to exist as of the time immediately following the Effective Date, calculated within five (5) days prior to the Effective Date.

1.117 New ABL Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., solely in its capacity as administrative agent under the New ABL Credit Agreement, and any of its successors or assigns.

1.118 New ABL Credit Agreement means, on and after the Effective Date, that certain senior secured debtor in possession and exit amended and restated asset-based revolving credit agreement, dated April 15, 2014, by and among Holdings, MPM, Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as U.S. Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GMBH, as Germany Silicone Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GMBH, as Germany Quartz Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian Borrower, certain of the other Debtors, as guarantors, the DIP Agent, and the DIP Lenders, including any and all documents and instruments executed in connection therewith (in each case, as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time on the terms and conditions set forth therein).

 

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1.119 New ABL Facility means the exit asset-based revolving loan facility provided under the New ABL Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date.

1.120 New ABL Facility Arrangers means the joint lead arrangers of the New ABL Facility.

1.121 New ABL Lenders means the lenders party to the New ABL Credit Agreement.

1.122 New Common Stock means, collectively, 70,000,000 shares of authorized common stock of Reorganized MPM, par value $0.01, of which an amount equaling the Total Outstanding Shares will be issued by Reorganized MPM in connection with the implementation of, and as authorized by, this Plan, and which will automatically be exchanged for Top HoldCo Common Stock pursuant to Section 7.8(a) of this Plan.

1.123 New First Lien Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., solely in its capacity as the administrative agent under the New First Lien Term Loan Agreement, and any of its successors or assigns.

1.124 New First Lien Lenders means the lenders party to the New First Lien Term Loan Agreement.

1.125 New First Lien Term Loan Agreement means that certain first lien term loan agreement, by and among reorganized Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as borrower, those entities identified as “guarantors” in the New First Lien Term Loan Agreement, the New First Lien Agent, and the New First Lien Lenders, including any and all documents and instruments executed in connection therewith, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the New First Lien Term Loan Facility Arrangers and the New First Lien Agent (in each case, as it or they may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time on the terms and conditions set forth therein), to be dated as of the Effective Date, the principal terms of which shall be contained in the Plan Supplement.

1.126 New First Lien Term Loan Facility means the first lien term loan facility, the terms of which shall be set forth in the New First Lien Term Loan Agreement, which shall be in the original principal amount of $1,000,000,000 and shall be funded by the New First Lien Lenders on the Effective Date.

1.127 New First Lien Term Facility Arrangers means the joint lead arrangers of the New First Lien Term Loan Facility.

1.128 Other Secured Claim means any Secured Claim against a Debtor other than DIP Claims, Cash Flow Facility Claims, First Lien Note Claims, 1.5 Lien Note Claims, and Second Lien Note Claims.

1.129 Pension Plan means the Momentive Performance Materials Pension Plan.

1.130 Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, indenture trustee, limited liability company, organization, joint stock company, joint venture, estate, trust, governmental unit or any political subdivision thereof, or any other entity or organization of whatever nature.

 

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1.131 Petition Date means April 13, 2014, the date on which the Debtors commenced the Reorganization Cases.

1.132 PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

1.133 Plan means this joint chapter 11 plan proposed by the Debtors, including, without limitation, all applicable exhibits, supplements, appendices and schedules hereto, either in its present form or as the same may be altered, amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the terms hereof; provided , that the Plan shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors.

1.134 Plan Consideration means Cash, New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, or, to the extent applicable, Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes or Replacement First Lien Notes, as the context requires.

1.135 Plan Distribution means the distribution under the Plan of Plan Consideration.

1.136 Plan Documents means the documents, other than the Plan, to be executed, delivered, assumed, and/or performed in connection with the consummation of the Plan, including, without limitation, the documents to be included in the Plan Supplement, the Backstop Commitment Agreement, any and all exhibits to the Plan and the Disclosure Statement; provided , that each of the Plan Documents shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors.

1.137 Plan Enterprise Value means $2,200,000,000.

1.138 Plan Equity Value means the Plan Enterprise Value minus the Net Debt Amount.

1.139 Plan Supplement means the supplemental appendix to this Plan (as may be amended, modified and/or supplemented), to be filed no later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the deadline for Ballots to be received in connection with voting to accept or reject the Plan, which may contain, among other things, draft forms, signed copies, or summaries of material terms, as the case may be, of (i) the New First Lien Term Loan Agreement, (ii) the New ABL Credit Agreement, (iii) the Registration Rights Agreement, (iv) the Amended Certificates of Incorporation, the Top HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation and the Intermediate HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation, (v) the Amended By-laws, (vi) Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes, (vii) the Replacement First Lien Notes, (viii) the list of proposed officers and directors of the Reorganized Debtors, Intermediate HoldCo and Top HoldCo, (ix) the Post-Emergence Incentive Plan and (x) the Schedule of Rejected Contracts and Leases, and additional documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court before the Effective Date as amendments to the Plan Supplement; provided , that each of the documents in the Plan Supplement (whether or not set forth above) shall be in form and substance consistent with the RSA and satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors.

1.140 Post-Emergence Incentive Plan means the bonus plan, acceptable to the Requisite Investors, which provides for the payment of certain incentive bonuses to certain employees of the Reorganized Debtors, a description of which will be filed in the Plan Supplement.

 

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1.141 Prepetition Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or any successor, in its respective capacities as administrative agent (including as the Cash Flow Facility Administrative Agent), collateral agent, intercreditor agent, designated or authorized representative, or other agent or representative under (i) the Cash Flow Facility Credit Agreement, (ii) the Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2013 (the “ Prepetition ABL Credit Agreement ”), among Holdings, MPM, Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc., as U.S. Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GMBH, as a German Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GMBH, as a German Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian Borrower, the lenders party thereto (the “ Prepetition ABL Lenders ”) and the Prepetition Administrative Agent and (iii) any loan or collateral document or intercreditor agreement related to the Cash Flow Facility Credit Agreement, the Prepetition ABL Credit Agreement, or any other indebtedness of the Debtors as applicable.

1.142 Priority Non-Tax Claim means any Claim, other than an Administrative Expense Claim, a Fee Claim or a Priority Tax Claim, entitled to priority in payment as specified in section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.143 Priority Tax Claim means any Claim of a governmental unit (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code) of the kind entitled to priority in payment under sections 502(i) and 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.144 Professional Person(s) means all Persons retained by order of the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the Reorganization Cases, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code, excluding any ordinary course professionals retained pursuant to order of the Bankruptcy Court.

1.145 Pro Rata Share means with respect to any distribution on account of an Allowed Claim, a distribution equal in amount to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) that the amount of such Allowed Claim bears to the aggregate amount of all Allowed Claims in its Class.

1.146 Registration Rights Agreement means the registration rights agreement with respect to the Top HoldCo Common Stock, substantially in the form contained in the Plan Supplement.

1.147 Reinstated or Reinstatement means (a) leaving unaltered the legal, equitable, and contractual rights to which a Claim entitles the holder of such Claim in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b) if applicable under section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code: (i) curing all prepetition and postpetition defaults other than defaults relating to the insolvency or financial condition of the applicable Debtor or its status as a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) reinstating the maturity date of the Claim; (iii) compensating the holder of such Claim for damages incurred as a result of its reasonable reliance on a provision allowing the Claim’s acceleration; and (iv) not otherwise altering the legal, equitable or contractual rights to which the Claim entitles the holder thereof.

1.148 Released Parties means, collectively, and each solely in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors and their respective non-Debtor subsidiaries; (b) the DIP Agent; (c) the DIP Lenders; (d) the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders and each current and former member

 

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thereof; (e) each current and former party to the RSA; (f) each current and former Backstop Party; (g) Apollo; (h) MSC; (i) Momentive Performance Materials Holdings LLC; (j) the New ABL Facility Arrangers, the New ABL Agent and the New ABL Lenders; (k) the New First Lien Term Loan Facility Arrangers, the New First Lien Agent and the New First Lien Lenders; (l) the Second Lien Indenture Trustee; (m) the Creditors’ Committee Parties; (n) the Prepetition Administrative Agent and the Prepetition ABL Lenders; and (o) each of the foregoing parties’ current officers, affiliates, partners, directors, employees, agents, managers, members, advisors and professionals (including any attorneys, consultants, financial advisors, investment bankers and other professionals retained by such Persons and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders Advisors), together with their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that such attorneys and professional advisors shall only include those that provided services related to the Reorganization Cases and the transactions contemplated by the Plan; provided, further, that no Person shall be a Released Party if it objects to and/or opts out of the releases provided for in Article XII of this Plan. A non-exclusive list of certain Released Parties not identified by name in this Section 1.147 is annexed hereto as Schedule 1 , which Schedule 1 may be supplemented with additional Released Parties in an amendment or addendum to the Plan Supplement or otherwise prior to the Effective Date.

1.149 Reorganization Cases means the jointly-administered cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code commenced by the Debtors on the Petition Date in the Bankruptcy Court and captioned In re MPM Silicones, LLC, et al. , No. 14-22503 (RDD) (Jointly Administered).

1.150 Reorganized Debtor means the applicable reorganized Debtor or any successors thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise, on and after the Effective Date, after giving effect to the restructuring transactions occurring on the Effective Date in accordance with this Plan.

1.151 Reorganized MPM means MPM on and after the Effective Date.

1.152 Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes means notes bearing interest at a fixed rate equal to the Treasury Rate (as defined in the term sheet for the Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes, which is Exhibit 8 to the Disclosure Statement) plus 2.75% that may be issued by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to the holders of the 1.5 Lien Note Claims on terms, to be disclosed in the Plan Supplement and otherwise acceptable to the Requisite Investors.

1.153 Replacement First Lien Notes means notes bearing interest at a fixed rate equal to the Treasury Rate (as defined in the term sheet for the Replacement First Lien Notes, which is Exhibit 7 to the Disclosure Statement) plus 2.00% that may be issued by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to the holders of the First Lien Note Claims on terms, to be disclosed in the Plan Supplement and otherwise acceptable to the Requisite Investors.

1.154 Requisite Investors means (a) members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders holding at least a majority of the aggregate Backstop Commitments provided by all members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders as of the date on which the consent of such members is solicited; and (b) Apollo; provided that in the case of a consent to changes in respect of Selected Economic Terms (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Agreement), “Requisite Investors” means solely members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders holding a majority of the aggregate of the Backstop Commitments provided by

 

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all members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders as of the date on which the consent of such members is solicited; provided further, that for the purposes of this definition, each Backstop Party shall be deemed to hold the Backstop Commitments held by such Backstop Party’s Related Purchasers (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Agreement).

1.155 Rights Exercise Price means the purchase price for each share of Rights Offering Stock, as set forth in the applicable Rights Offering Procedures and approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The Rights Exercise Price for the Rights Offering Stock will be set at $17.28 per share of New Common Stock.

1.156 Rights Offerings means the Section 1145 Rights Offering and the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering.

1.157 Rights Offering Amount means $600 million, consisting of $132,304,682.88, as the Section 1145 Rights Offering Amount, and $467,695,313.28, as the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Amount.

1.158 Rights Offering Procedures means the Section 1145 Rights Offering Procedures and the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Procedures.

1.159 Rights Offering Stock means the Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock and the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock.

1.160 RSA means that certain Restructuring Support Agreement dated April 13, 2014, inclusive of all exhibits thereto, by and among the Debtors, Apollo and the members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders and any other Person that may become a party to such agreement pursuant to its terms.

1.161 RSA Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and directing the Debtors to assume the RSA.

1.162 Schedule of Rejected Contracts and Leases means a schedule of the contracts and leases to be rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section 10.1 hereof, which shall be contained in the Plan Supplement.

1.163 Schedules means the schedules of assets and liabilities filed in the Reorganization Cases, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

1.164 Second Lien Indenture means that certain indenture dated as of November 5, 2010 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time), between MPM, as issuer, and the Second Lien Indenture Trustee, related to the Second Lien Notes, including all agreements, documents, notes, instruments and any other agreements delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith (in each case, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

1.165 Second Lien Indenture Trustee means Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Second Lien Indenture.

 

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1.166 Second Lien Indenture Trustee Claim means all Claims of the Second Lien Indenture Trustee for reasonable and documented fees and expenses under the terms of the Second Lien Indenture (including, but not limited to, the reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Second Lien Indenture Trustee’s professionals).

1.167 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement means that certain intercreditor agreement dated November 16, 2012, to which JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any successor agent), and MPM are party.

1.168 Second Lien Note Claims means all Claims (excluding Existing Securities Law Claims) against MPM, as issuer, or any other Debtor as guarantor, arising under the Second Lien Notes and the Second Lien Indenture (and related documents).

1.169 Second Lien Notes mean the $1,161,000,000 of 9% Second-Priority Springing Lien Notes due 2021 and €133,000,000 9.5% Second-Priority Springing Lien Notes due 2021, issued pursuant to the Second Lien Indenture, plus any accrued and unpaid interest arising prior to the Petition Date.

1.170 Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution means New Common Stock to be issued by Reorganized MPM on the Effective Date to the holders of Allowed Second Lien Note Claims pursuant to the Plan, equaling the Total Outstanding Shares, minus the total number of shares constituting the Rights Offering Stock and the Commitment Premium Shares, subject to dilution by the Management Incentive Plan Securities.

1.171 Section 1145 Eligible Holder has the meaning set forth in the Section 1145 Rights Offering Procedures and the corresponding subscription agreement and subscription form.

1.172 Section 1145 Rights Offering means the offering of Section 1145 Subscription Rights to Section 1145 Eligible Holders to purchase 7,656,521 shares of New Common Stock to be issued by Reorganized MPM pursuant to the Plan at a price per share of $17.28, for an aggregate purchase price of the Section 1145 Rights Offering Amount, to be conducted in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided in section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

1.173 Section 1145 Rights Offering Amount means $132,304,682.88.

1.174 Section 1145 Rights Offering Procedures means the procedures governing the Section 1145 Rights Offering, which procedures are attached as an exhibit to the Disclosure Statement, and shall be satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors.

1.175 Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock means the 7,656,521 shares of New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Section 1145 Rights Offering, including shares issued on account of the Backstop Commitment. The Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock shall be subject to dilution from the Management Incentive Plan Securities.

1.176 Section 1145 Subscription Rights means the non-transferable, non-certificated subscription rights of Section 1145 Eligible Holders to purchase shares of Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock in connection with the Section 1145 Rights Offering on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and the Section 1145 Rights Offering Procedures.

 

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1.177 Secured Claim means a Claim: (a) that is secured by a valid, perfected and enforceable Lien on Collateral, to the extent of the value of the Claim holder’s interest in such Collateral as of the Confirmation Date; or (b) to the extent that the holder thereof has a valid right of setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code.

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

1.179 Senior Subordinated Indenture means that certain indenture dated as of December 4, 2006 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time), between MPM, as issuer, and the Senior Subordinated Indenture Trustee, related to the Senior Subordinated Notes, including all agreements, documents, notes, instruments and any other agreements delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith (in each case, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

1.180 Senior Subordinated Indenture Trustee means U.S. Bank National Association, solely in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

1.181 Senior Subordinated Note Claims means all Claims (excluding Existing Securities Law Claims) against MPM, as issuer, or any other Debtor as guarantor, arising under the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Indenture (and related documents).

1.182 Senior Subordinated Notes mean the 11.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $382 million, issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

1.183 Shared Services Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2011, between MPM and MSC.

1.184 SIR Claim means the unsatisfied portion of any self-insured retention as of the date a Claim is Allowed to the extent the Debtors have insurance with respect to such Claim.

1.185 Subscription Rights means Section 1145 Subscription Rights and the 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights.

1.186 Subsidiary means any corporation, association or other business entity of which at least the majority of the securities or other ownership interest is owned or controlled by a Debtor and/or one or more subsidiaries of the Debtor.

1.187 Top HoldCo means a newly formed Delaware corporation which shall be the direct parent of Intermediate HoldCo following the transactions effectuated pursuant to this Plan.

1.188 Top HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation means the certification of incorporation of Top HoldCo.

 

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1.189 Top HoldCo Common Stock means, collectively, 70,000,000 shares of authorized common stock of Top HoldCo, par value $0.01, of which an amount equaling the Total Outstanding Shares will be issued by Top HoldCo in connection with the implementation of, and as authorized by, this Plan, including Section 7.8(a).

1.190 Total Outstanding Shares means a number of shares, which shall equal the Plan Equity Value, divided by $20.33, rounded to the nearest whole share.

1.191 U.S. Trustee means the United States Trustee for the Southern District of New York.

1.192 U.S. Trustee Fees means fees arising under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(6) and, to the extent applicable, accrued interest thereon arising under 31 U.S.C. § 3717.

1.193 Unsubscribed Shares means shares of Rights Offering Stock that are not timely, duly and validly subscribed and paid for by the holders of Allowed Second Lien Note Claims in accordance with the applicable Rights Offering Procedures.

 

  B. Interpretation; Application of Definitions and Rules of Construction.

Unless otherwise specified, all section or exhibit references in this Plan are to the respective section in, or exhibit to, this Plan. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereunder,” and other words of similar import refer to this Plan as a whole and not to any particular section, subsection, or clause contained therein. Whenever from the context it is appropriate, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, will include both the singular and the plural. Any term that is not otherwise defined herein, but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, shall have the meaning given to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as applicable. The rules of construction contained in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply to the construction of this Plan. The captions and headings in this Plan are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the provisions hereof. Any reference to an entity as a holder of a Claim or Interest includes that entity’s successors and assigns.

 

  C. Appendices and Plan Documents.

All Plan Documents and appendices to the Plan are incorporated into the Plan by reference and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full herein. The documents contained in the exhibits and Plan Supplement shall be approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order. Holders of Claims and Interests may inspect a copy of the Plan Documents, once filed, in the Office of the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court during normal business hours, or via the Claims Agent’s website at www.kccllc.net/MPM, or obtain a copy of the Plan Documents by a written request sent to the Claims Agent at the following address:

Kurtzman Carson Consultants

2335 Alaska Avenue

El Segundo, CA 90245

Telephone: 888-249-2792

 

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ARTICLE II.

CERTAIN INTER-CREDITOR AND INTER-DEBTOR ISSUES

2.1. Settlement of Certain Inter-Creditor Issues.

The treatment of Claims and Interests under this Plan represents, among other things, the settlement and compromise of certain potential inter-creditor disputes.

2.2. Formation of Debtor Groups for Convenience Purposes.

The Plan groups the Debtors together solely for purposes of describing treatment under the Plan, confirmation of the Plan and making Plan Distributions in respect of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors under the Plan. Such groupings shall not affect any Debtor’s status as a separate legal entity, change the organizational structure of the Debtors’ business enterprise, constitute a change of control of any Debtor for any purpose, cause a merger or consolidation of any legal entities, nor cause the transfer of any assets; and, except as otherwise provided by or permitted in the Plan, all Debtors shall continue to exist as separate legal entities.

2.3. Intercompany Claims.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, on the Effective Date, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, or after the Effective Date, any and all Intercompany Claims will be reinstated, adjusted (including by contribution, distribution in exchange for new debt or equity, or otherwise), paid, continued, cancelled or discharged to the extent reasonably determined appropriate by the Reorganized Debtors, subject to the terms of the Exit Facilities. Any such transaction may be effected on the Effective Date, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, or subsequent to the Effective Date without any further action by the Bankruptcy Court or by the stockholders of any of the Reorganized Debtors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims of Holdings against any other Debtors shall only be released, cancelled or discharged following payment by Holdings of all amounts required by Section 5.9 of this Plan.

ARTICLE III.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIMS,

FEE CLAIMS, U.S. TRUSTEE FEES AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS

The Plan constitutes a joint plan of reorganization for all of the Debtors. All Claims and Interests, except DIP Claims, Administrative Expense Claims, Fee Claims, U.S. Trustee Fees and Priority Tax Claims, are placed in the Classes set forth in Article IV below. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, DIP Claims, Administrative Expense Claims, Fee Claims, U.S. Trustee Fees and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified, and the holders thereof are not entitled to vote on this Plan. A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class only to the extent that such Claim or Interest falls within the description of that Class and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any portion of the Claim or Interest falls within the description of such other Classes.

 

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A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for all purposes, including voting, confirmation and distribution under this Plan and under sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. However, a Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for the purpose of receiving Plan Distributions only to the extent that such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest and has not been paid, released or otherwise settled prior to the Effective Date.

3.1. DIP Claims.

(a) DIP Term Loan Claims.

The DIP Term Loan Claims shall be deemed to be Allowed Claims under the Plan. In full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of the Allowed DIP Term Loan Claims, on the Effective Date, all Allowed DIP Term Loan Claims shall be paid in full in Cash. Upon payment and satisfaction in full of all Allowed DIP Term Loan Claims, all Liens and security interests granted to secure such obligations, whether Claims in the Reorganization Cases or otherwise, shall be terminated and of no further force or effect. All of the Debtors’ contingent or unliquidated obligations under the DIP Term Loan Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, under Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05, to the extent any such obligation has not been paid in full in Cash on the Effective Date, shall survive the Effective Date and shall not be released or discharged pursuant to the Plan or Confirmation Order, notwithstanding any provision hereof or thereof to the contrary.

(b) DIP ABL Claims.

The DIP ABL Claims shall be deemed to be Allowed Claims under the Plan. The DIP ABL Claims shall be satisfied in full by either: (a) the conversion on the Effective Date of the DIP ABL Facility into the New ABL Facility in accordance with the terms and conditions of the DIP ABL Credit Agreement; or (b) the termination of all commitments, payment in full in Cash of all outstanding obligations and cash collateralization, return or backstopping of all letters of credit issued thereunder in a manner satisfactory to the DIP Agent. If the DIP ABL Claims are satisfied in full pursuant to clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence, (i) all Liens and security interests granted to secure such obligations, whether Claims in the Reorganization Cases or otherwise, shall be terminated and of no further force or effect and (ii) all of the Debtors’ contingent or unliquidated obligations under the DIP ABL Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, under Section 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05, to the extent any such obligation has not been paid in full in Cash on the Effective Date, shall survive the Effective Date and shall not be released or discharged pursuant to the Plan or Confirmation Order, notwithstanding any provision hereof or thereof to the contrary.

3.2. Administrative Expense Claims.

(a) Time for Filing Administrative Expense Claims.

The holder of an Administrative Expense Claim, other than the holder of:

 

  (i) a DIP Claim;

 

  (ii) a Fee Claim;

 

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  (iii) a 503(b)(9) Claim;

 

  (iv) an Administrative Expense Claim that has been Allowed on or before the Effective Date;

 

  (v) an Administrative Expense Claim for an expense or liability incurred and payable in the ordinary course of business by a Debtor;

 

  (vi) an Administrative Expense Claim on account of fees and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date by ordinary course professionals retained by the Debtors pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court;

 

  (vii) an Administrative Expense Claim arising, in the ordinary course of business, out of the employment by one or more Debtors of an individual from and after the Petition Date, but only to the extent that such Administrative Expense Claim is solely for outstanding wages, commissions, accrued benefits, or reimbursement of business expenses;

 

  (viii) a claim for adequate protection arising under the Final DIP Order; or

 

  (ix) an Indenture Trustee Claim

must file with the Bankruptcy Court and serve on the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors (as the case may be), the Claims Agent, and the Office of the U.S. Trustee, proof of such Administrative Expense Claim within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date (the “ Administrative Bar Date ”). Such proof of Administrative Expense Claim must include at a minimum: (i) the name of the applicable Debtor that is purported to be liable for the Administrative Expense Claim and if the Administrative Expense Claim is asserted against more than one Debtor, the exact amount asserted to be owed by each such Debtor; (ii) the name of the holder of the Administrative Expense Claim; (iii) the asserted amount of the Administrative Expense Claim; (iv) the basis of the Administrative Expense Claim; and (v) supporting documentation for the Administrative Expense Claim. FAILURE TO FILE AND SERVE SUCH PROOF OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIM TIMELY AND PROPERLY SHALL RESULT IN SUCH CLAIM BEING FOREVER BARRED AND DISCHARGED.

(b) Treatment of Administrative Expense Claims.

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim agrees to a different treatment, on, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the later of the Effective Date and the first Business Day after the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the date an Administrative Expense Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, the holder of such Allowed Administrative Expense Claim shall receive from the applicable Reorganized Debtor Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Claim; provided , however , that Allowed Administrative Expense Claims representing liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of

 

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business by any of the Debtors, as debtors in possession, shall be paid by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of any orders or agreements governing, instruments evidencing, or other documents relating to, such liabilities.

Any Claim related to fees and expenses, contribution or indemnification obligations, payable or owing by the Debtors to Apollo or the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders, its members or the Backstop Parties under the RSA and Backstop Commitment Agreement shall constitute an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim and shall be paid in Cash on the Effective Date without the need to file a proof of such Claim with the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with Section 3.2(a) hereof and without further order of the Bankruptcy Court.

In the case of Indenture Trustee Claims, such Claims will be paid in the ordinary course of business (subject to the Debtors’ prior receipt of invoices and reasonable documentation in connection therewith and without the requirement to file a fee application with the Bankruptcy Court, with copies to be provided to the Backstop Parties) but no later than the Effective Date; provided , that such fees, costs and expenses must be reimbursable under the terms of the applicable indenture; and provided , further , that the applicable indenture trustee will receive payment in the ordinary course of business (subject to the Reorganized Debtors’ prior receipt of invoices and reasonable documentation in connection therewith) for all reasonable fees, costs, and expenses incurred after the Effective Date only in connection with the implementation of any provisions of this Plan, and for no other purpose. In the event of a dispute with respect to all or a portion of an Indenture Trustee Claim, the Debtors shall pay the undisputed amount of such Indenture Trustee Claim, and segregate Cash in the amount of the remaining portion of such Claim until such dispute is resolved by the parties or by the Bankruptcy Court.

3.3. Fee Claims.

(a) Time for Filing Fee Claims.

Any Professional Person seeking allowance of a Fee Claim shall file, with the Bankruptcy Court, its final application for allowance of compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the Effective Date and in connection with the preparation and prosecution of such final application no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Effective Date. Objections to such Fee Claims, if any, must be filed and served pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Confirmation Order no later than sixty-five (65) calendar days after the Effective Date or such other date as established by the Bankruptcy Court.

(b) Treatment of Fee Claims.

All Professional Persons seeking allowance by the Bankruptcy Court of a Fee Claim shall be paid in full in Cash in such amounts as are approved by the Bankruptcy Court: (i) upon the later of (x) the Effective Date, and (y) fourteen (14) calendar days after the date upon which the order relating to the allowance of any such Fee Claim is entered, or (ii) upon such other terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the holder of such Fee Claim and the

 

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Reorganized Debtors. On the Effective Date, to the extent known, the Reorganized Debtors shall reserve and hold in a segregated account Cash in an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Fee Claims as of the Effective Date, which Cash shall be disbursed solely to the holders of Allowed Fee Claims with the remainder to be reserved until all Fee Claims have been either Allowed and paid in full or Disallowed by Final Order, at which time any remaining Cash in the segregated account shall become the sole and exclusive property of the Reorganized Debtors.

3.4. U.S. Trustee Fees.

The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay all outstanding U.S. Trustee Fees of a Debtor on an ongoing basis on the date such U.S. Trustee Fees become due, until such time as a final decree is entered closing the applicable Reorganization Case, the applicable Reorganization Case is converted or dismissed, or the Bankruptcy Court orders otherwise.

3.5. Priority Tax Claims .

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to different treatment, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, in the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ discretion, either: (a) on, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the later of the Effective Date and the first Business Day after the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the date a Priority Tax Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, Cash in an amount equal to such Claim; or (b) deferred Cash payments following the Effective Date, over a period ending not later than five (5) years after the Petition Date, in an aggregate amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Priority Tax Claim (with any interest to which the holder of such Priority Tax Claim may be entitled calculated in accordance with section 511 of the Bankruptcy Code); provided , however , that all Allowed Priority Tax Claims that are not due and payable on or before the Effective Date shall be paid in the ordinary course of business as they become due.

ARTICLE IV.

CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

4.1. Classification of Claims and Interests.

The following table designates the Classes of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors, and specifies which Classes are: (a) impaired or unimpaired by this Plan; (b) entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan in accordance with section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (c) deemed to accept or reject this Plan.

 

Class

 

Designation

 

Impairment

 

Entitled to Vote

Class 1   Priority Non-Tax Claims   No   No (Deemed to accept)
Class 2   Other Secured Claims   No   No (Deemed to accept)

 

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Class

 

Designation

 

Impairment

 

Entitled to Vote

Class 3   Cash Flow Facility Claims   No   No (Deemed to accept)
Class 4   First Lien Note Claims   Yes 3   Yes
Class 5   1.5 Lien Note Claims   Yes 4   Yes
Class 6   Second Lien Note Claims   Yes   Yes
Class 7   General Unsecured Claims   No   No (Deemed to accept)
Class 8   Senior Subordinated Note Claims   Yes   No (Deemed to reject)
Class 9   Holdings PIK Note Claims   Yes   Yes
Class 10   Existing Securities Law Claims   Yes   No (Deemed to reject)
Class 11   Existing Interests   Yes   No (Deemed to reject)

4.2. Unimpaired Classes of Claims.

The following Classes of Claims are unimpaired and, therefore, deemed to have accepted this Plan and are not entitled to vote on this Plan under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code:

(a) Class 1: Class 1 consists of all Priority Non-Tax Claims.

(b) Class 2: Class 2 consists of all Other Secured Claims.

(c) Class 3: Class 3 consists of all Cash Flow Facility Claims.

(d) Class 7: Class 7 consists of all General Unsecured Claims.

4.3. Impaired Classes of Claims.

(a) The following Classes of Claims are impaired and entitled to vote on this Plan:

 

  (i) Class 4: Class 4 consists of all First Lien Note Claims.

 

  (ii) Class 5: Class 5 consists of all 1.5 Lien Note Claims.

 

  (iii) Class 6: Class 6 consists of all Second Lien Note Claims.

 

  (iv) Class 9: Class 9 consists of all Holdings PIK Note Claims.

(b) The following Classes of Claims and Interests are impaired and deemed to have rejected this Plan and, therefore, are not entitled to vote on this Plan under section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code:

 

  (i) Class 8: Class 8 consists of all Senior Subordinated Note Claims.

 

3   The Debtors reserve the right to assert that the treatment provided to holders of First Lien Note Claims and 1.5 Lien Note Claims pursuant to Sections 5.4 and 5.5 of the Plan renders such holders unimpaired.
4   See footnote 3.

 

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  (ii) Class 10: Class 10 consists of all Existing Securities Law Claims.

 

  (iii) Class 11: Class 11 consists of all Existing Interests.

4.4. Separate Classification of Other Secured Claims.

Although all Other Secured Claims have been placed in one Class for purposes of nomenclature, each Other Secured Claim, to the extent secured by a Lien on Collateral different than that securing any additional Other Secured Claims, shall be treated as being in a separate sub-Class for the purpose of receiving Plan Distributions.

ARTICLE V.

TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

5.1. Priority Non-Tax Claims (Class 1).

(a) Treatment : The legal, equitable and contractual rights of the holders of Priority Non-Tax Claims are unaltered by this Plan. Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim agrees to a different treatment, on the applicable Distribution Date, each holder of an Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim shall receive Cash from the applicable Reorganized Debtor in an amount equal to such Allowed Claim.

(b) Voting : The Priority Non-Tax Claims are not impaired Claims. In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Priority Non-Tax Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claims.

5.2. Other Secured Claims (Class 2).

(a) Treatment : The legal, equitable and contractual rights of the holders of Other Secured Claims are unaltered by this Plan. Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim agrees to a different treatment, on the applicable Distribution Date each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall receive, at the election of the Reorganized Debtors: (i) Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Claim; or (ii) such other treatment that will render such Other Secured Claim unimpaired pursuant to section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , however , that Other Secured Claims incurred by a Debtor in the ordinary course of business may be paid in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreements relating thereto, in the discretion of the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, without further notice to or order of the Bankruptcy Court. Each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall retain the Liens securing its Allowed Other Secured Claim as of the Effective Date until full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Other Secured Claim is made as provided herein. On the full payment or other satisfaction of each Allowed Other Secured Claim in accordance with the Plan, the Liens securing such Allowed Other Secured Claim shall be deemed released, terminated and extinguished, in each case without further notice to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, act or action under applicable law, regulation, order or rule or the vote, consent, authorization or approval of any Person.

 

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(b) Voting : The Other Secured Claims are not impaired Claims. In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Other Secured Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Other Secured Claims.

(c) Deficiency Claims : To the extent that the value of the Collateral securing any Other Secured Claim is less than the Allowed amount of such Other Secured Claim, the undersecured portion of such Allowed Claim shall be treated for all purposes under this Plan as an Allowed General Unsecured Claim and shall be classified in Class 7.

5.3. Cash Flow Facility Claims (Class 3).

(a) Allowance : On the Effective Date, the Cash Flow Facility Claims shall be deemed Allowed Claims in the amount of $20,700,000, plus any accrued and unpaid counsel or advisors’ fees or accrued and unpaid interest from the Petition Date through the Effective Date at the non-default interest rate provided under the Cash Flow Credit Agreement, and shall not be subject to any avoidance, reductions, setoff, offset, recoupment, recharacterization, subordination (whether equitable, contractual, or otherwise), counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, disallowance, impairment, objection, or any other challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any Person.

(b) Treatment : On the Effective Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, each holder of an Allowed Cash Flow Facility Claim shall receive, subject to the terms of this Plan, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Claim, its Pro Rata Share of Cash in an aggregate amount equal to the Allowed Cash Flow Facility Claims.

(c) Voting : The Cash Flow Facility Claims are unimpaired Claims. In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Cash Flow Facility Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Cash Flow Facility Claims.

5.4. First Lien Note Claims (Class 4).

(a) On the Effective Date, the First Lien Note Claims shall be deemed Allowed Claims in the amount of $1,100,000,000, plus any accrued and unpaid interest from the Petition Date through the Effective Date at the non-default interest rate provided under the First Lien Indenture, and shall not be subject to any avoidance, reductions, setoff, offset, recoupment, recharacterization, subordination (whether equitable, contractual, or otherwise), counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, disallowance, impairment, objection, or any other challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any Person. No Applicable Premium, prepayment penalty, “make-whole” or similar claim shall be Allowed with respect to the First Lien Note Claims pursuant to this Section 5.4(a) of the Plan.

 

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(b) Treatment : On the Effective Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, each holder of an Allowed First Lien Note Claim shall receive, subject to the terms of this Plan, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Claim, its Pro Rata Share of:

 

  (i) If Class 4 votes to accept the Plan or is presumed to have accepted the Plan : Cash in an aggregate amount equal to such holder’s Pro Rata portion of the First Lien Cash Pool.

 

  (ii) If Class 4 votes to reject the Plan : Replacement First Lien Notes with a present value equal to the Allowed amount of such holder’s First Lien Note Claim (which may include, in addition to the First Lien Note Claims Allowed pursuant to Section 5.4(a) hereof, any applicable make-whole claim, prepayment penalty, or Applicable Premium to the extent Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court).

(c) Voting : The First Lien Note Claims are impaired Claims. Holders of such Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will be solicited with respect to such Allowed First Lien Note Claims; provided that the Debtors reserve the right to assert that the treatment provided to the First Lien Note Claims pursuant to this Section 5.4 renders such Claims unimpaired.

5.5. 1.5 Lien Note Claims (Class 5)

(a) On the Effective Date, the 1.5 Lien Note Claims shall be deemed Allowed Claims in the amount of $250,000,000, plus any accrued and unpaid interest from the Petition Date through the Effective Date at the non-default interest rate provided under the 1.5 Lien Indenture, and shall not be subject to any avoidance, reductions, setoff, offset, recoupment, recharacterization, subordination (whether equitable, contractual, or otherwise), counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, disallowance, impairment, objection, or any other challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any Person. No Applicable Premium, prepayment penalty, “make-whole” or similar claim shall be Allowed with respect to the 1.5 Lien Note Claims pursuant to this Section 5.5(a) of the Plan.

(b) Treatment : On the Effective Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, each holder of an Allowed 1.5 Lien Note Claim shall receive, subject to the terms of this Plan, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Claim, its Pro Rata Share of:

 

  (i) If Class 5 votes to accept the Plan or is presumed to have accepted the Plan : Cash in an aggregate amount equal to such holder’s Pro Rata portion of the 1.5 Lien Cash Pool.

 

  (ii) If Class 5 votes to reject the Plan : Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes with a present value equal to the Allowed amount of such holder’s 1.5 Lien Note Claim (which may include, in addition to the 1.5 Lien Note Claims Allowed pursuant to Section 5.5(a) hereof, any applicable make-whole claim, prepayment penalty, or Applicable Premium to the extent Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court).

 

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(c) Voting : The 1.5 Lien Note Claims are impaired Claims. Holders of such Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will be solicited with respect to such Allowed 1.5 Lien Note Claims; provided that the Debtors reserve the right to assert that the treatment provided to the 1.5 Lien Note Claims pursuant to this Section 5.5 renders such Claims unimpaired.

5.6. Second Lien Note Claims (Class 6).

(a) Allowance : On the Effective Date, the Second Lien Note Claims shall be deemed Allowed Claims for all purposes in an amount of no less than $1,161,000,000 plus €133,000,000 (plus any accrued and unpaid interest arising prior to the Petition Date), and shall not be subject to any avoidance, reductions, setoff, offset, recoupment, recharacterization, subordination (whether equitable, contractual, or otherwise), counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, disallowance, impairment, objection, or any other challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any Person.

(b) Treatment : On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable, each holder of an Allowed Second Lien Note Claim shall receive, subject to the terms of the Plan and in full satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Claim its Pro Rata Share of:

 

  (i) the Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution; and

 

  (ii) the Subscription Rights; provided that only 4(a)(2) Eligible Holders shall be entitled to participate in the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering.

(c) Voting : The Second Lien Note Claims are impaired Claims. Holders of such Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will be solicited with respect to such Allowed Second Lien Note Claims.

(d) Unsecured Amount of Second Lien Note Claims and Turnover : As part of the settlements and compromises set forth in this Plan, the holders of Second Lien Note Claims shall forgo receiving certain value with respect to the unsecured amount of their Second Lien Note Claims, which unsecured amount shall be no less than $991 million. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the Plan shall effect, and the holders of Second Lien Note Claims shall not waive, the benefits of any and all subordination and “pay over” provisions set forth in the Senior Subordinated Indenture. In addition, the holders of Second Lien Notes shall retain their right to receive Plan Consideration payable or otherwise distributable as a result of any such subordination and “pay over” provisions and shall retain the right to be paid in full in Cash or otherwise prior to holders of Senior Subordinated Note Claims receiving any payments or distributions from the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors.

 

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5.7. General Unsecured Claims (Class 7).

(a) Treatment : Each Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall, at the discretion of the Reorganized Debtors, and to the extent that such Allowed General Unsecured Claim was not previously paid pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, be: (i) Reinstated as of the Effective Date as an obligation of the applicable Reorganized Debtor, and paid in accordance with the ordinary course terms for such Claim; (ii) paid in full in Cash on the applicable Distribution Date, plus postpetition interest at the rate of (x) the Federal Judgment Rate, computed daily from the Petition Date through the applicable Distribution Date and compounded annually, or (y) to the extent the holder of the General Unsecured Claim notifies the Debtors within five (5) business days prior to the Effective Date, and the Debtors agree or, in the absence of agreement, the Bankruptcy Court determines, that such holder is contractually entitled to an alternate interest rate, then such alternate rate, computed from the Petition Date through the applicable Distribution Date and compounded (if at all) in accordance with the applicable contract; or (iii) receive such other treatment as may be agreed between such holder and the Reorganized Debtors.

(b) Voting : The General Unsecured Claims are unimpaired Claims. In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of General Unsecured Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Allowed General Unsecured Claims.

(c) Preference Waiver : Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, neither the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, nor any other representative of or successor to the Debtors’ Estates shall retain, and each of them is hereby deemed to waive and release, any and all claims, causes of action and other rights against the holders of Class 7 Claims based on section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar law providing for the avoidance and/or recovery of preferences.

5.8. Senior Subordinated Note Claims (Class 8).

(a) Treatment : Pursuant to section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code and the provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, holders of Senior Subordinated Note Claims shall not receive any Plan Distributions on account of such Claims and any Plan Distribution to which they would have otherwise been entitled on account of such Claims, if any, shall constitute a portion of the recovery of holders of Second Lien Note Claims, and be retained by the Reorganized Debtors, in order to augment the value of the New Common Stock to be received by holders of Second Lien Note Claims.

(b) Voting : The Senior Subordinated Note Claims are impaired Claims. In accordance with section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Senior Subordinated Note Claims are conclusively presumed to reject this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Senior Subordinated Note Claims.

 

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5.9. Holdings PIK Note Claims (Class 9).

(a) Treatment : On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable, each holder of an Allowed Holdings PIK Note Claim shall receive, subject to the terms of the Plan and in full satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Claim its Pro Rata Share of $8.938 million, minus any amounts attributable to Holdings’ share of Administrative Expense Claims or U.S. Trustee Fees; which amounts shall include 100% of amounts owed by Holdings to advisors of the holders of the Holdings PIK Note Claims (as such amount may be agreed upon by such advisors and the applicable holders of the Holdings PIK Note Claims).

(b) Voting : The Holdings PIK Note Claims are impaired Claims. Holders of such Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will be solicited with respect to such Allowed Holdings PIK Note Claims.

5.10. Existing Securities Law Claims (Class 10).

(a) Treatment : Holders of Existing Securities Law Claims shall not receive or retain any distribution under the Plan on account of such Existing Securities Law Claims.

(b) Voting : The Existing Securities Law Claims are impaired Claims. In accordance with section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Existing Securities Law Claims are conclusively presumed to reject this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Existing Securities Law Claims.

5.11. Existing Interests (Class 11).

(a) Treatment : Existing Interests shall be cancelled and holders thereof shall not receive or retain any distribution under the Plan on account of such Existing Interests.

(b) Voting : The Existing Interests are impaired Interests. In accordance with section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Existing Interests are conclusively presumed to reject this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such holders will not be solicited with respect to such Existing Interests.

ARTICLE VI.

ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF

THE PLAN; EFFECT OF REJECTION BY ONE

OR MORE CLASSES OF CLAIMS OR INTERESTS

6.1. Class Acceptance Requirement.

A Class of Claims shall have accepted the Plan if it is accepted by at least two-thirds (2/3) in dollar amount and more than one-half (1/2) in number of holders of the Allowed Claims in such Class that have voted on the Plan.

 

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6.2. Tabulation of Votes on a Non-Consolidated Basis.

All votes on the Plan shall be tabulated on a non-consolidated basis by Class and by Debtor for the purpose of determining whether the Plan satisfies sections 1129(a)(8) and/or (10) of the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, reserve the right to seek to substantively consolidate any two or more Debtors, provided that, such substantive consolidation does not materially and adversely impact the amount of the Plan Distributions to any Person.

6.3. Confirmation Pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or “Cramdown.”

Because certain Classes are deemed to have rejected this Plan, the Debtors will request confirmation of this Plan, as it may be modified and amended from time to time, under section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to such Classes. Subject to Section 14.6 of the Plan, the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify, revoke or withdraw this Plan or any Plan Document in order to satisfy the requirements of section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, if necessary. Subject to Sections 14.6 and 14.7 of the Plan (including the consent of the Requisite Investors), the Debtors also reserve the right to request confirmation of the Plan, as it may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, with respect to any Class that affirmatively votes to reject the Plan.

6.4. Elimination of Vacant Classes.

Any Class of Claims or Interests that does not have a holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest or a Claim or Interest temporarily Allowed as of the date of the Confirmation Hearing shall be deemed eliminated from the Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Plan and for purposes of determining acceptance or rejection of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

6.5. Voting Classes; Deemed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes.

If a Class contains Claims or Interests eligible to vote and no holders of Claims or Interests eligible to vote in such Class vote to accept or reject the Plan, the Plan shall be deemed accepted by such Class.

6.6. Confirmation of All Cases.

Except as otherwise specified herein, the Plan shall not be deemed to have been confirmed unless and until the Plan has been confirmed as to each of the Debtors; provided , however , that, the Debtors may at any time waive this Section 6.6 with the consent of the Requisite Investors.

 

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ARTICLE VII.

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION

7.1. Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets in Reorganized Debtors.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the Debtors shall continue to exist after the Effective Date as Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the applicable laws of the respective jurisdictions in which they are incorporated or organized and pursuant to the Amended Certificates of Incorporation and Amended By-Laws, for the purposes of satisfying their obligations under the Plan and the continuation of their businesses. On or after the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor, in its discretion, may take such action as permitted by applicable law and such Reorganized Debtor’s organizational documents, as such Reorganized Debtor may determine is reasonable and appropriate, including, but not limited to, causing: (i) a Reorganized Debtor to be merged into another Reorganized Debtor, or its Subsidiary and/or affiliate; (ii) a Reorganized Debtor to be dissolved; (iii) the legal name of a Reorganized Debtor to be changed; or (iv) the closure of a Reorganized Debtor’s case on the Effective Date or any time thereafter. For the avoidance of doubt, the Amended Certificates of Incorporation, Intermediate HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation and Top HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation shall, among other things, prohibit the issuance of non-voting equity securities to the extent required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, on and after the Effective Date, all property of the Estates, including all claims, rights and Causes of Action and any property acquired by the Debtors under or in connection with this Plan, shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor free and clear of all Claims, Liens, charges, other encumbrances and Interests. Subject to Section 7.1(a) hereof, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their businesses and may use, acquire and dispose of property and prosecute, compromise or settle any Claims (including any Administrative Expense Claims) and Causes of Action without supervision of or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free and clear of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules other than restrictions expressly imposed by this Plan or the Confirmation Order. Without limiting the foregoing, the Reorganized Debtors may pay the charges that they incur on or after the Effective Date for Professional Persons’ fees, disbursements, expenses or related support services without application to the Bankruptcy Court.

(c) On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors may take all actions that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including: (1) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable entities may agree; (2) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having other terms for which the applicable parties agree; (3) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, reincorporation, merger, consolidation,

 

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conversion or dissolution pursuant to applicable state law; and (4) all other actions that the applicable entities determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law.

7.2. Plan Funding .

The Plan Distributions to be made in Cash under the terms of this Plan shall be funded from: (a) the Debtors’ Cash on hand as of the Effective Date; (b) the proceeds of the New First Lien Term Loan Facility; (c) the proceeds of the Rights Offerings; (d) the proceeds of the New ABL Facility and (e) the proceeds of the Incremental Facility, to the extent necessary.

7.3. Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements .

Except for the purpose of evidencing a right to distribution under this Plan, including the enforcement of any subordination and “pay over” provisions in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, and except as otherwise set forth herein, on the Effective Date all agreements, instruments, and other documents evidencing, related to or connected with any Claim or Interest (excluding the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), other than Intercompany Interests, and any rights of any holder in respect thereof, shall be deemed cancelled, discharged and of no force or effect. The holders of or parties to such cancelled instruments, securities and other documentation will have no rights arising from or relating to such instruments, securities and other documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the rights provided for pursuant to this Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each of the First Lien Indenture, 1.5 Lien Indenture, Second Lien Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Indenture shall continue in effect solely to the extent necessary to: (a) permit holders of Allowed First Lien Note Claims, Allowed 1.5 Lien Note Claims and Allowed Second Lien Note Claims, respectively, to receive Plan Distributions in accordance with the terms of this Plan; (b) effectuate and preserve any subordination and “pay over” provisions set forth in the Senior Subordinated Indenture; (c) permit the Reorganized Debtors, the First Lien Indenture Trustee, the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee and the Second Lien Indenture Trustee to make Plan Distributions on account of the Allowed First Lien Note Claims, Allowed 1.5 Lien Note Claims and Allowed Second Lien Note Claims, respectively, and deduct therefrom such compensation, fees, and expenses due thereunder or incurred in making such distributions, including by effectuating any charging liens permitted under the First Lien Indenture, 1.5 Lien Indenture and the Second Lien Indenture, respectively; and (d) permit the First Lien Indenture Trustee, the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee, and the Second Lien Indenture Trustee, respectively, to seek compensation and/or reimbursement of fees and expenses in accordance with the terms of this Plan. Except as provided pursuant to this Plan, upon the satisfaction of the Allowed First Lien Note Claims, Allowed 1.5 Lien Note Claims and Allowed Second Lien Note Claims, each of the First Lien Indenture Trustee, 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee, the Second Lien Indenture Trustee and the Senior Subordinated Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, successors and assigns shall be discharged of all of their obligations associated with the First Lien Notes, 1.5 Lien Notes, Second Lien Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes, respectively. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, nothing herein shall be deemed to impair or negatively impact any charging lien permitted under the Indentures.

 

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7.4. Boards of Directors .

(a) On the Effective Date, the initial board of directors of each of the Reorganized Debtors, Intermediate HoldCo and Top HoldCo shall consist of those individuals identified in the Plan Supplement, selected in accordance with the terms set forth in the RSA.

(b) Unless reappointed pursuant to Section 7.4(a) of the Plan, the members of the board of directors of each Debtor prior to the Effective Date shall have no continuing obligations to the Reorganized Debtors in their capacities as such on and after the Effective Date and each such member shall be deemed to have resigned or shall otherwise cease to be a director of the applicable Debtor on the Effective Date. Commencing on the Effective Date, each of the directors of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall serve pursuant to the terms of the applicable organizational documents of such Reorganized Debtor and may be replaced or removed in accordance with such organizational documents.

7.5. Management .

(a) New Management . As of the Effective Date, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and other management positions, if any, to be determined with the consent of the Requisite Investors, of the Reorganized Debtors shall consist of those individuals selected by and acceptable to the Requisite Investors, as set forth in the Plan Supplement. The compensation arrangement for any insider of the Debtors that shall become an officer of a Reorganized Debtor shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Requisite Investors and disclosed in the Plan Supplement to be filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before the date of the Confirmation Hearing.

(b) Management Incentive Plan . The board of directors of Top HoldCo will adopt the Management Incentive Plan as of the Effective Date. The Management Incentive Plan Securities shall dilute all other Top HoldCo Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Plan.

(c) Post-Emergence Incentive Plan . Top HoldCo and the Reorganized Debtors shall adopt the Post-Emergence Incentive Plan, effective as of the Effective Date.

7.6. Corporate Action.

(a) The Reorganized Debtors shall serve on the U.S. Trustee quarterly reports of the disbursements made by each Reorganized Debtor on an entity-by-entity basis until such time as a final decree is entered closing the applicable Reorganization Case or the applicable Reorganization Case is converted or dismissed, or the Bankruptcy Court orders otherwise. Any deadline for filing Administrative Expense Claims shall not apply to U.S. Trustee Fees.

(b) On the Effective Date, the Amended Certificates of Incorporation and Amended By-Laws, and any other applicable amended and restated corporate organizational documents of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be deemed authorized in all respects.

(c) On or prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors shall cause Intermediate HoldCo and Top HoldCo to be incorporated under the laws of Delaware.

 

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(d) Any action under the Plan to be taken by or required of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, Intermediate HoldCo or Top HoldCo, including, without limitation, the adoption or amendment of certificates of incorporation and by-laws, the issuance of securities and instruments, the implementation of the Management Incentive Plan, or the selection of officers or directors, shall be authorized and approved in all respects, without any requirement of further action by any of the Debtors’, Reorganized Debtors’, Intermediate HoldCo’s or Top HoldCo’s stockholders, sole members, boards of directors or boards of managers, or similar body, as applicable.

(e) The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, Intermediate HoldCo and Top HoldCo shall be authorized to execute, deliver, file, and record such documents (including the Plan Documents), contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements and take such other action as may be necessary to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan, without the necessity of any further Bankruptcy Court, corporate, board or shareholder approval or action. In addition, the selection of the Persons who will serve as the initial directors, officers and managers of the Reorganized Debtors, Intermediate HoldCo and Top HoldCo as of the Effective Date shall be deemed to have occurred and be effective on and after the Effective Date without any requirement of further action by the board of directors, board of managers, or stockholders of the applicable Reorganized Debtor, Intermediate HoldCo or Top HoldCo.

7.7. Registration Rights Agreement.

On and as of the Effective Date, Top HoldCo shall enter into and deliver the Registration Rights Agreement to each entity that is intended to be a party thereto and such agreement shall be deemed to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms, and each party thereto shall be bound thereby, in each case without the need for execution by any party thereto other than Top HoldCo.

7.8. Authorization, Issuance and Delivery of Top HoldCo Common Stock.

(a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, but effective as of the Effective Date, and without any further action or consent required by any holder of New Common Stock or any other Person (i) each share of New Common Stock will automatically be exchanged for one share of Top HoldCo Common Stock and (ii) Top HoldCo, as the resulting holder of the shares of New Common Stock, will contribute such shares of New Common Stock to Intermediate HoldCo for Intermediate HoldCo Common Stock.

(b) As of the Effective Date, after the automatic exchange of New Common Stock for Top HoldCo Common Stock, but subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Top HoldCo Common Stock shall not be registered under the Securities Act, and shall not be listed for public trading on any securities exchange. Distribution of Top HoldCo Common Stock may be made by delivery of one or more certificates representing such shares as described herein, by means of book-entry registration on the books of the transfer agent for shares of Top HoldCo Common Stock or by means of book-entry exchange through the facilities of DTC in accordance with the customary practices of DTC, as and to the extent practicable, as provided in Section 8.5 hereof.

 

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(c) In the period following the Effective Date and pending distribution of the Top HoldCo Common Stock to any holder entitled pursuant to this Plan to receive Top HoldCo Common Stock, such holder shall be entitled to exercise any voting rights and receive any dividends or other distributions payable in respect of such holder’s Top HoldCo Common Stock (including receiving any proceeds of permitted transfers of such Top HoldCo Common Stock) and to exercise all other rights in respect of the Top HoldCo Common Stock (so that such holder shall be deemed for tax purposes to be the owner of the Top HoldCo Common Stock).

(d) On the Effective Date, each of Reorganized MPM, Intermediate HoldCo and Top HoldCo is authorized to issue or cause to be issued the equity securities contemplated by this Plan, including the New Common Stock, the Top HoldCo Common Stock and any equity interests in Intermediate HoldCo, for distribution in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Reorganized MPM, the Top HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation and the Intermediate HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation, as applicable, without the need for any further corporate, judicial or shareholder action.

(e) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date and, in any event, within seventy-five (75) days of the Effective Date, Top HoldCo shall file, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, a registration statement registering for resale all of the shares of Top HoldCo Common Stock issued to the Backstop Parties and holders of Second Lien Notes pursuant to this Plan and the Rights Offerings.

(f) The receipt by holders of Second Lien Notes pursuant to the Plan of New Common Stock and the right to participate in the Rights Offerings is intended to be treated as a recapitalization pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and that the transfer of the New Common Stock to Top HoldCo in exchange for Top HoldCo Common Stock is intended to be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It is intended that this Plan be treated as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3 in respect of both transactions.

7.9. New First Lien Term Loan Facility, New ABL Facility and Incremental Facility.

On the Effective Date, without any requirement of further action by stockholders or directors of the Debtors, each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to enter into the New First Lien Term Loan Facility, the New ABL Facility, and, to the extent necessary, the Incremental Facility, as well as any notes, documents or agreements in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any documents required in connection with the creation or perfection of the Liens on any Collateral securing the New First Lien Term Loan Facility, New ABL Facility and the Incremental Facility.

7.10. Rights Offerings.

(a) Purpose . The proceeds of the sale of the Rights Offering Stock shall be used to provide an aggregate of $600 million in capital to the Reorganized Debtors, which shall

 

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be available to fund payments required under this Plan and for ordinary course operations and general corporate purposes of the Reorganized Debtors. The Rights Offering Stock will be issued pursuant to the Section 1145 Rights Offering and the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering.

(b) Rights Offerings.

 

  (i) Section 1145 Rights Offering . In accordance with the Section 1145 Rights Offering Procedures and the Backstop Commitment Agreement, each Section 1145 Eligible Holder shall receive Section 1145 Subscription Rights to acquire its respective Pro Rata Share of Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock pursuant to the terms set forth in this Plan and in the Section 1145 Rights Offering Procedures. Each Section 1145 Subscription Right shall represent the right to acquire one share of Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock for the Rights Exercise Price. The total number of shares of Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock to be issued in connection with the Section 1145 Rights Offering (including shares issued on account of the Backstop Commitment) will be 7,656,521.

 

  (ii) 4(a)(2) Rights Offering . In accordance with the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Procedures and the Backstop Commitment Agreement, each 4(a)(2) Eligible Holder shall receive 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights to acquire its respective Pro Rata Share of 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock pursuant to the terms set forth in this Plan and in the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Procedures. Each 4(a)(2) Subscription Right shall represent the right to acquire one share of 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock for the Rights Exercise Price. The total number of shares of 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock to be issued in connection with the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering (including shares issued on account of the Backstop Commitment) will be 27,065,701.

(c) Backstop Commitment . Subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in the Backstop Commitment Agreement, and as further described below, upon exercise of its put option, Reorganized MPM will have the right to require the Backstop Parties, severally and not jointly, to purchase their applicable portion of the Unsubscribed Shares (as set forth in the Backstop Commitment Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or Confirmation Order, (i) the Debtors’ obligations under the Backstop Commitment Agreement shall remain unaffected and shall survive following the Effective Date in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) any such obligations shall not be discharged under the Plan, and (iii) none of the Reorganized Debtors shall terminate any such obligations.

(d) In the event that eligible holders have not subscribed to purchase Rights Offering Stock representing the entire Rights Offering Amount, upon exercise of its put option, Reorganized MPM will have the right to require to each Backstop Party to purchase up to the amount of Rights Offering Stock representing its Backstop Commitment, allocated pro rata among all Backstop Parties based upon their respective Backstop Commitments.

 

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(e) Commitment Premium . In consideration for the obligations described in Section 7.10(c) above, on the Effective Date, Reorganized MPM shall issue to the Backstop Parties the Commitment Premium Shares (without payment of any additional consideration therefor) pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Commitment Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Premium shall be payable in Cash under certain circumstances set forth in Section 9.4 of the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

(f) Securities Law . The Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. The 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Only 4(a)(2) Eligible Holders that are “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under Regulation D under the Securities Act) will receive 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights and be eligible to participate in the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering. The 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock will be “restricted securities” (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act), subject to the transfer restrictions applicable thereto.

7.11. Intercompany Interests.

No Intercompany Interests shall be cancelled pursuant to this Plan, and all Intercompany Interests shall be unaffected by the Plan and continue in place following the Effective Date, solely for the administrative convenience of maintaining the existing corporate structure of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors.

7.12. Insured Claims.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent the Debtors have insurance with respect to any Allowed General Unsecured Claim or Allowed Existing Securities Law Claim, the holder of such Allowed Claim shall (i) have an Allowed Claim in its applicable Class for any SIR Claim, (ii) be paid any amount in excess of any SIR Claim from the proceeds of insurance to the extent that the Claim is insured, and (iii) to the extent not duplicative of (i), receive the treatment provided for in this Plan to the extent the applicable insurance policy does not provide coverage with respect to any portion of the Claim.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Documents, the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Order, any other document related to any of the foregoing or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court (including, without limitation, any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening or grants an injunction or release, including, but not limited to, the injunctions set forth in Article XII of the Plan): (i) on the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall assume all insurance policies issued at any time to the Debtors, their affiliates or predecessors of any of the foregoing and all agreements related thereto (collectively, the “ Insurance Contracts ”); (ii) nothing in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Documents, the Plan Supplement or the Confirmation Order alters, modifies or otherwise amends the terms and conditions of (or the coverage provided by) any of the Insurance Contracts, except that as of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall become and remain liable for all of the Debtors’ obligations and liabilities thereunder regardless of whether such obligations and liabilities arise before or after the Effective Date; (iii)

 

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nothing in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Documents, Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Order, any prepetition or administrative claim bar date order (or notice) or claim objection order alters or modifies the duty, if any, that the insurers or third party administrators have to pay claims covered by the Insurance Contracts and their right to seek payment or reimbursement from the Debtors (or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors) or draw on any collateral or security therefor; (iv) insurers and third party administrators shall not need to nor be required to file or serve a Cure Dispute or a request, application, claim, proof of claim or motion for payment and shall not be subject to the any Bar Date or similar deadline governing Cure Amounts or Claims; and (v) the automatic stay of section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and the injunctions set forth in Article XII of the Plan, if and to the extent applicable, shall be deemed lifted without further order of the Bankruptcy Court, solely to permit: (A) claimants with valid claims covered by any of the Insurance Contracts (“ Insured Claims ”) to proceed with their claims; (B) insurers and/or third party administrators to administer, handle, defend, settle, and/or pay, in the ordinary course of business and without further order of the Bankruptcy Court, (1) all Insured Claims, and (2) all costs in relation to each of the foregoing; (C) the insurers and/or third party administrators to draw against any or all of any collateral or security provided by or on behalf of the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) at any time and to hold the proceeds thereof as security for the obligations of the Debtors (and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) to the applicable insurers and/or third party administrators and/or apply such proceeds to the obligations of the Debtors (and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) under the Insurance Contracts, in such order as the applicable insurers and/or third party administrators may determine, but solely in accordance with the terms of such Insurance Contracts; and (D) the insurers and/or third party administrators to (1) cancel any policies under the Insurance Contracts, and (2) take other actions relating thereto, to the extent permissible under applicable non-bankruptcy law, each in accordance with the terms of the Insurance Contracts. For the avoidance of doubt, no holder of an Insured Claim that did not file a proof of claim prior to the applicable Bar Date (unless otherwise subject to an exception in the order governing Bar Dates) shall be deemed to have an Allowed Claim, including a SIR Claim, against the Debtors arising from this provision.

7.13. Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies.

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the Plan Distributions and other benefits provided under this Plan, the provisions of this Plan will constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims and controversies relating to the rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest or any Plan Distribution on account thereof. The entry of the Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or controversies and the Bankruptcy Court’s finding that all such compromises or settlements are: (a) in the best interest of the Debtors, the Estates, the Reorganized Debtors, and their respective property and stakeholders; and (b) fair, equitable and reasonable.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

DISTRIBUTIONS

8.1. Distributions.

The Disbursing Agent shall make all Plan Distributions to the appropriate holders of Allowed Claims in accordance with the terms of this Plan. Distributions to holders of Allowed First Lien Note Claims and Allowed 1.5 Lien Note Claims shall be made by the First Lien Indenture Trustee and 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee, respectively, and, with the consent of the Reorganized Debtors and the Requisite Investors, deemed completed when made to the applicable Indenture Trustee as Disbursing Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, distributions made by the Indenture Trustees to the record holders of First Lien Note Claims and 1.5 Lien Note Claims shall be made (as it relates to the identity of recipients) in accordance with the applicable Indenture and the policies and procedures of DTC, to the extent applicable. Distributions to holders of Allowed Second Lien Note Claims shall be made by Reorganized MPM in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the policies and procedures of DTC, to the extent applicable.

8.2. No Postpetition Interest on Claims.

Other than as specifically provided in the Plan for DIP Claims, Cash Flow Facility Claims, First Lien Note Claims, 1.5 Lien Note Claims and General Unsecured Claims, or as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, Confirmation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court, or required by applicable bankruptcy or non-bankruptcy law, postpetition interest shall not accrue or be paid on any prepetition Claim, and no holder of a prepetition Claim shall be entitled to interest accruing on such Claim on or after the Petition Date.

8.3. Date of Distributions.

Unless otherwise provided herein, any Plan Distributions and deliveries to be made hereunder shall be made on the applicable Distribution Date, provided that the Reorganized Debtors may utilize periodic distribution dates to the extent that use of a periodic distribution date does not delay payment of the Allowed Claim more than thirty (30) days. In the event that any payment or act under this Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date.

8.4. Distribution Record Date.

As of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, the various lists of holders of Claims in each of the Classes, as maintained by the Debtors, or their agents, shall be deemed closed and there shall be no further changes in the record holders of any of the Claims after the Distribution Record Date. Neither the Debtors nor the Disbursing Agent shall have any obligation to recognize any transfer of Claims occurring after the close of business on the Distribution Record Date. Additionally, with respect to payment of any Cure Amounts or any Cure Disputes in connection with the assumption and/or assignment of the Debtors’ executory

 

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contracts and unexpired leases, neither the Debtors nor the Disbursing Agent shall have any obligation to recognize or deal with any party other than the non-Debtor party to the applicable executory contract or unexpired lease, even if such non-Debtor party has sold, assigned or otherwise transferred its Claim for a Cure Amount.

8.5. Disbursing Agent.

(a) Powers of Disbursing Agent.

The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to: (i) effectuate all actions and execute all agreements, instruments, and other documents necessary to perform its duties under this Plan; (ii) make all applicable Plan Distributions or payments contemplated hereby; (iii) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (iv) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court (including any order issued after the Effective Date), pursuant to this Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

(b) Expenses Incurred on or After the Effective Date.

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, and subject to the written agreement of the Reorganized Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, the amount of any reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent on or after the Effective Date (including, without limitation, taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement Claims (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney and other professional fees and expenses) of the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors and will not be deducted from Plan Distributions made to holders of Allowed Claims by the applicable Disbursing Agent. The foregoing fees and expenses shall be paid in the ordinary course, upon presentation of invoices to the Reorganized Debtors and the Backstop Parties and without the need for approval by the Bankruptcy Court, as set forth in Section 3.2(b) of this Plan. In the event that the applicable Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized Debtors and the Backstop Parties are unable to resolve a dispute with respect to the payment of the applicable Disbursing Agent’s fees, costs and expenses, the applicable Disbursing Agent may elect to submit any such dispute to the Bankruptcy Court for resolution.

(c) Bond.

The Disbursing Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of its duties unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court and, in the event that the Disbursing Agent is so otherwise ordered, all costs and expenses of procuring any such bond or surety shall be borne by the Reorganized Debtors. Furthermore, any such entity required to give a bond shall notify the Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. Trustee in writing before terminating any such bond that is obtained.

(d) Cooperation with Disbursing Agent.

The Reorganized Debtors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Disbursing Agent with the amount of Claims and the identity and addresses of holders of Claims, in each case, as set forth in the Debtors’ and/or Reorganized Debtors’ books and records. The Reorganized Debtors will cooperate in good faith with the Disbursing Agent to comply with the reporting and withholding requirements outlined in Section 8.14 hereof.

 

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8.6. Delivery of Distribution.

Subject to the provisions contained in this Article VIII, the applicable Disbursing Agent will issue, or cause to be issued, and authenticate, as applicable, all Plan Consideration, and subject to Bankruptcy Rule 9010, make all Plan Distributions or payments to any holder of an Allowed Claim as and when required by this Plan at: (a) the address of such holder on the books and records of the Debtors or their agents; or (b) at the address in any written notice of address change delivered to the Debtors or the applicable Disbursing Agent, including any addresses included on any filed proofs of Claim or transfers of Claim filed with the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that any Plan Distribution to any holder is returned as undeliverable, no distribution or payment to such holder shall be made unless and until the applicable Disbursing Agent has been notified of the then current address of such holder, at which time or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter such Plan Distribution shall be made to such holder without interest, provided , however , such Plan Distributions or payments shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code at the expiration of the later of one year from: (i) the Effective Date; and (ii) the first Distribution Date after such holder’s Claim is first Allowed.

With respect to the New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, to be distributed to holders of Allowed Second Lien Note Claims, all of the shares of the New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, shall, to the extent such shares are permitted to be held through DTC’s book-entry system, be issued in the name of such holder or its nominee(s) in accordance with DTC’s book-entry exchange procedures; provided that to the extent such shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, are not eligible for distribution in accordance with DTC’s customary practices, Reorganized MPM or Top HoldCo, as applicable, will take all such reasonable actions as may be required to cause distributions of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, to holders of Allowed Second Lien Note Claims, such distributions to be made by delivery of one or more certificates representing such shares as described herein or by means of book-entry registration on the books of the transfer agent for shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable.

8.7. Unclaimed Property.

One year from the later of: (i) the Effective Date, and (ii) the date that a Claim is first Allowed, all unclaimed property or interests in property distributable hereunder on account of such Claim shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors or the successors or assigns of the Reorganized Debtors, and any claim or right of the holder of such Claim to such property or interest in property shall be discharged and forever barred. The Reorganized Debtors and the Disbursing Agent shall have no obligation to attempt to locate any holder of an Allowed Claim other than by reviewing the Debtors’ books and records, and the proofs of Claim filed against the Debtors, as reflected on the claims register maintained by the Claims Agent.

 

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8.8. Satisfaction of Claims.

Unless otherwise provided herein, any Plan Distributions and deliveries to be made on account of Allowed Claims hereunder shall be in complete settlement, satisfaction and discharge of such Allowed Claims.

8.9. Manner of Payment Under Plan.

Except as specifically provided herein, at the option of the Reorganized Debtors, any Cash payment to be made hereunder may be made by a check or wire transfer or as otherwise required or provided in applicable agreements or customary practices of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors.

8.10. Fractional Shares/De Minimis Cash Distributions.

Neither the Reorganized Debtors, Top HoldCo nor the Disbursing Agent shall have any obligation to make a Plan Distribution that is less than one (1) share of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, or $50.00 in Cash. No fractional shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, shall be distributed. When any Plan Distribution would otherwise result in the issuance of a number of shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, that is not a whole number, the shares of the New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, subject to such Plan Distribution will be rounded to the next higher or lower whole number as follows: (i) fractions equal to or greater than  1 2 will be rounded to the next higher whole number; and (ii) fractions less than  1 2 will be rounded to the next lower whole number; provided , that the foregoing shall not apply to any rounding of the Rights Offering Stock, the distribution of which shall be governed by the applicable Rights Offering Procedures and Section 7.10 of this Plan. The total number of shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, to be distributed on account of Allowed Claims will be adjusted as necessary to account for the rounding provided for in this Plan. No consideration will be provided in lieu of fractional shares that are rounded down. Fractional shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, that are not distributed in accordance with this Section 8.10 shall be cancelled.

8.11. No Distribution in Excess of Amount of Allowed Claim.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no holder of an Allowed Claim shall, on account of such Allowed Claim, receive a Plan Distribution of a value in excess of the Allowed amount of such Claim plus any postpetition interest on such Claim, to the extent such interest is permitted by Section 8.2 of this Plan.

8.12. Exemption from Securities Laws.

The issuance of and the distribution under the Plan of the New Common Stock and Top HoldCo Common Stock and the exchange of New Common Stock for Top HoldCo Common Stock (a) with respect to the Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution, the Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock and the Section 1145 Subscription Rights will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws pursuant to section 1145 of the

 

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Bankruptcy Code and (b) with respect to the 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights, the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock and the Commitment Premium Shares will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Subject to any transfer restrictions contained in the Top HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation, (a) the Top HoldCo Common Stock issued in exchange for (i) Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock and (ii) New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution may be resold by the holders thereof without restriction, except to the extent that any such holder is deemed to be an “underwriter” as defined in section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code (in which case, such Top HoldCo Common Stock may be resold by the holders thereof pursuant to registration under, or applicable exemptions from registration under, the Securities Act), and (b) the Top HoldCo Common Stock issued in exchange for the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock and the Commitment Premium Shares may be resold by the holders thereof pursuant to registration under, or applicable exemptions from registration under, the Securities Act.

8.13. Setoffs and Recoupments.

Except as expressly provided in this Plan, each Reorganized Debtor may, pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code set off and/or recoup against any Plan Distributions to be made on account of any Allowed Claim, any and all claims, rights and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor may hold against the holder of such Allowed Claim to the extent such setoff or recoupment is either (a) agreed in amount among the relevant Reorganized Debtor(s) and holder of Allowed Clam or (b) otherwise adjudicated by the Bankruptcy Court or another court of competent jurisdiction; provided , however , that neither the failure to effectuate a setoff or recoupment nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by a Reorganized Debtor or its successor of any and all claims, rights and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor or its successor may possess against the applicable holder; provided , further that the Reorganized Debtors shall be deemed to waive and shall have no right of setoff or recoupment against the holders of the Second Lien Note Claims.

8.14. Withholding and Reporting Requirements.

In connection with this Plan and all Plan Distributions hereunder, the Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all withholding and reporting requirements imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority, and all Plan Distributions hereunder shall be subject to any such withholding and reporting requirements. The Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to take any and all actions that may be necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including, without limitation, liquidating a portion of any Plan Distribution to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding taxes or establishing any other mechanisms the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or the Disbursing Agent believe are reasonable and appropriate, including requiring a holder of a Claim to submit appropriate tax and withholding certifications. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan: (a) each holder of an Allowed Claim that is to receive a Plan Distribution under this Plan shall have sole and exclusive responsibility for the satisfaction and payment of any tax obligations imposed by any governmental unit, including income, withholding and other tax obligations on account of such distribution; and (b) no Plan Distributions shall be required to be made to or on behalf of such

 

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holder pursuant to this Plan unless and until such holder has made arrangements satisfactory to the Reorganized Debtors for the payment and satisfaction of such tax obligations or has, to the Reorganized Debtors’ satisfaction, established an exemption therefrom.

8.15. Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

Any New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, to be distributed under the Plan to an entity required to file a Premerger Notification and Report Form under the Competition Laws shall not be distributed until the notification and waiting periods applicable under such Competition Laws to such entity shall have expired or been terminated or any applicable authorizations, approvals, clearances or consents have been obtained. In the event any applicable notification or filing is made and any authorization, approval, clearance, consent or expiration of any applicable waiting period is not obtained, their agent shall, in their sole discretion, be entitled to sell such entity’s shares of New Common Stock or Top HoldCo Common Stock, as applicable, that were to be distributed under the Plan to such entity, and thereafter shall distribute the proceeds of the sale to such entity.

ARTICLE IX.

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CLAIMS

9.1. Objections to Claims.

Other than with respect to Fee Claims, only the Reorganized Debtors shall be entitled to object to Claims after the Effective Date. Any objections to those Claims (other than Administrative Expense Claims), shall be served and filed on or before the later of: (a) the date that is 180 days after the Effective Date; and (b) such other date as may be fixed by the Bankruptcy Court, whether fixed before or after the date specified in clause (a) hereof. Any Claims filed after the Bar Date or Administrative Bar Date, as applicable, shall be deemed disallowed and expunged in their entirety without further order of the Bankruptcy Court or any action being required on the part of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, unless the Person wishing to file such untimely Claim has received the Bankruptcy Court’s authorization to do so. Notwithstanding any authority to the contrary, an objection to a Claim shall be deemed properly served on the claimant if the objecting party effects service in any of the following manners: (a) in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4, as modified and made applicable by Bankruptcy Rule 7004; (b) by first class mail, postage prepaid, on the signatory on the proof of claim as well as all other representatives identified in the proof of claim or any attachment thereto; or (c) if counsel has agreed to or is otherwise deemed to accept service, by first class mail, postage prepaid, on any counsel that has appeared on the claimant’s behalf in the Reorganization Cases (so long as such appearance has not been subsequently withdrawn). From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

9.2. Amendment to Claims.

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on the applicable Debtor’s Schedules, unless superseded by a filed Claim), and any such Claim shall be deemed disallowed and expunged in its entirety without further order of the Bankruptcy Court or any action being required on the part of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors unless the claimant has obtained the Bankruptcy Court’s prior approval to file such amended or increased Claim.

9.3. Disputed Claims.

Disputed Claims shall not be entitled to any Plan Distributions unless and until they become Allowed Claims.

9.4. Estimation of Claims.

The Debtors and/or Reorganized Debtors may request that the Bankruptcy Court enter an Estimation Order with respect to any Claim, pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, for purposes of determining the Allowed amount of such Claim regardless of whether any Person has previously objected to such Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any Claim at any time (including during the pendency of any appeal with respect to the allowance or disallowance of such Claims). In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any contingent or unliquidated Claim for allowance purposes, that estimated amount will constitute either the Allowed amount of such Claim or a maximum limitation on such Claim, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court. If the estimated amount constitutes a maximum limitation on such Claim, the objecting party may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate allowance of such Claim. All of the objection, estimation, settlement, and resolution procedures set forth in the Plan are cumulative and not exclusive of one another. Claims may be estimated and subsequently compromised, settled, resolved or withdrawn by any mechanism approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

9.5. Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date.

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, and subject to the written agreement of the Reorganized Debtors, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by any Professional Person or the Claims Agent on or after the Effective Date in connection with implementation of this Plan, including without limitation, reconciliation of, objection to, and settlement of Claims, shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors.

ARTICLE X.

EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

10.1. General Treatment.

As of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the payment of any applicable Cure Amount, all executory contracts and unexpired leases of the Debtors shall be deemed assumed, except that: (a) any executory contracts and unexpired leases that previously have been assumed or rejected pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be treated as provided in such Final Order; (b) any executory contracts and unexpired leases listed on the

 

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Schedule of Rejected Contracts and Leases, shall be deemed rejected as of the Effective Date; and (c) all executory contracts and unexpired leases that are the subject of a separate motion to assume or reject under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code pending on the Effective Date shall be treated as provided for in the Final Order resolving such motion. Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, entry of the Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy Court shall constitute approval of the assumptions and rejections described in this Section 10.1 pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each executory contract and unexpired lease assumed pursuant to this Section 10.1 shall revest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as modified by the provisions of the Plan, or any order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption, or applicable federal law.

10.2. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.

Except as otherwise explicitly set forth in the Plan, all Claims arising from the rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases, if evidenced by a timely filed proof of claim, will be treated as General Unsecured Claims. Upon receipt of the Plan Distribution provided in Section 5.7 of the Plan, all such Claims shall be discharged as of the Effective Date, and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Estates, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective properties or interests in property. In the event that the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan results in damages to the other party or parties to such contract or lease, a Claim for such damages, if not evidenced by a timely filed proof of claim, shall be forever barred and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or their respective properties or interests in property as agents, successors or assigns, unless a proof of claim is filed with the Bankruptcy Court and served upon counsel for the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors on or before the date that is thirty (30) days after the effective date of such rejection (which may be the Effective Date, the date on which the Debtors reject the applicable contract or lease as provided in Section 10.3(c) below, or pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court).

10.3. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

(a) Except to the extent that less favorable treatment has been agreed to by the non-Debtor party or parties to each such executory contract or unexpired lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan, any monetary defaults arising under such executory contract or unexpired lease shall be satisfied, pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by payment of the appropriate amount (the “ Cure Amount ”) in full in Cash on the later of thirty (30) days after: (i) the Effective Date; or (ii) the date on which any Cure Dispute relating to such Cure Amount has been resolved (either consensually or through judicial decision).

(b) No later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing, the Debtors shall file a schedule (the “ Cure Schedule ”) setting forth the Cure Amount, if any, for each executory contract and unexpired lease to be assumed pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Plan, and serve such Cure Schedule on each applicable counterparty. Any party that fails to object to the applicable Cure Amount listed on the Cure Schedule within fifteen (15) calendar days of the filing thereof, shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from disputing the Cure Amount set forth on the Cure Schedule (including a Cure Amount of $0.00) and/or from asserting any Claim against the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor arising under section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code except as set forth on the Cure Schedule.

 

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(c) In the event of a dispute (each, a “Cure Dispute”) regarding: (i) the Cure Amount; (ii) the ability of the applicable Reorganized Debtor to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the contract or lease to be assumed; or (iii) any other matter pertaining to the proposed assumption, the cure payments required by section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be made following the entry of a Final Order resolving such Cure Dispute and approving the assumption. To the extent a Cure Dispute relates solely to the Cure Amount, the applicable Debtor may assume and/or assume and assign the applicable contract or lease prior to the resolution of the Cure Dispute provided that such Debtor reserves Cash in an amount sufficient to pay the full amount asserted as the required cure payment by the non-Debtor party to such contract or lease (or such smaller amount as may be fixed or estimated by the Bankruptcy Court). To the extent the Cure Dispute is resolved or determined against the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, may reject the applicable executory contract or unexpired lease after such determination, and the counterparty may thereafter file a proof of claim in the manner set forth in Section 10.2 hereof.

10.4. Compensation and Benefit Programs.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder, in a prior order of the Bankruptcy Court or to the extent subject to a motion pending before the Bankruptcy Court as of the Effective Date, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, all employment and severance policies, and all compensation and benefit plans, policies, and programs of the Debtors applicable to their respective employees, retirees and non-employee directors including, without limitation, all savings plans, unfunded retirement plans, healthcare plans, disability plans, severance benefit plans, incentive plans, and life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans are treated as executory contracts under the Plan and on the Effective Date will be assumed pursuant to the provisions of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Reorganized Debtors may, prior to the Effective Date and with the consent of the Requisite Investors, enter into employment agreements with employees that become effective on or prior to the Effective Date and survive consummation of this Plan. Any such agreements (or a summary of the material terms thereof) shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Requisite Investors and be included in the Plan Supplement or otherwise filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before the date of the Confirmation Hearing. For the avoidance of doubt, all workers’ compensation policies issued at any time to the Debtors, their affiliates or predecessors of any of the foregoing and all agreements related thereto shall be treated in accordance with Section 7.12 of the Plan.

(b) All collective bargaining agreements to which one or more of the Debtors is a party shall be treated as executory contracts under this Plan and on the Effective Date will be assumed by the applicable Reorganized Debtors pursuant to the provisions of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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10.5. Amended Shared Services Agreement.

The Shared Services Agreement, as amended, shall be assumed pursuant to this Plan, with such assumption being deemed effective upon and contingent on the occurrence of the Effective Date. On the Effective Date, Reorganized MPM and MSC shall enter into the Amended Shared Services Agreement.

10.6. Existing Management Agreement.

The Existing Management Agreement shall be terminated as of the Petition Date or as soon thereafter as practicable by mutual agreement of the parties thereto. Any Claims thereunder shall be waived and no payments or distributions shall be made on account of such Claims.

10.7. Warranty Obligations.

All obligations of a Debtor to its customers pursuant to ordinary course written warranty agreements with such customers shall be expressly assumed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor as of the Effective Date, regardless of whether such customer filed a proof of claim form against the Debtors by the relevant Bar Date.

ARTICLE XI.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO

CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

11.1. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date.

The occurrence of the Effective Date is subject to:

(a) the RSA having not been terminated and remaining in full force and effect and the RSA Order, in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, having become a Final Order and remaining in full force and effect;

(b) the Backstop Commitment Agreement having not been terminated and remaining in full force and effect and the Backstop Commitment Agreement Order, in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, having become a Final Order;

(c) the Disclosure Statement Order, in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, having been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and remaining in full force and effect;

(d) the Confirmation Order, in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, having become a Final Order and remaining in full force and effect;

(e) the Allowed amount of the 1.5 Lien Note Claims having been determined by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court and any settlement with respect to the Allowed amount or treatment of the 1.5 Lien Note Claims pursuant to the Plan being satisfactory in form and substance to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors;

 

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(f) the Allowed amount of the First Lien Note Claims having been determined by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court and any settlement with respect to the Allowed amount or treatment of the First Lien Note Claims pursuant to the Plan being satisfactory in form and substance to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors;

(g) the Plan Documents, including the Plan Supplement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, being executed and delivered, and any conditions (other than the occurrence of the Effective Date or certification by a Debtor that the Effective Date has occurred) contained therein, including the conditions precedent set forth in the Backstop Commitment Agreement, having been satisfied or waived in accordance therewith;

(h) an Event of Default under the DIP ABL Facility or DIP Term Loan Facility (that has not otherwise been cured or waived in accordance with the terms thereof) having not occurred;

(i) an acceleration of the obligations or termination of commitments under the DIP ABL Facility and DIP Term Loan Facility having not occurred;

(j) a chapter 11 trustee, a responsible officer, or an examiner with enlarged powers relating to the operation of the businesses of any of the Debtors (powers beyond those set forth in section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code) not having been appointed in any of the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases;

(k) all fees and expenses payable or owed by the Debtors under the RSA and Backstop Commitment Agreement having been paid;

(l) all material governmental, regulatory and third party approvals, authorizations, certifications, rulings, no-action letters, opinions, waivers and/or consents required in connection with the Plan, if any, having been obtained and remaining in full force and effect, and there existing no claim, action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental instrumentality, which would prohibit the consummation of the Plan;

(m) the New First Lien Term Loan Agreement (to the extent the Replacement First Lien Notes are not issued), the Incremental Facility (to the extent the Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes are not issued) and the New ABL Credit Agreement and all related documents provided for therein or contemplated thereby, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, having been duly and validly executed and delivered by all parties thereto and consummated, and being in full force and effect (with all conditions precedent to such agreement having occurred or otherwise been satisfied or waived);

(n) the Amended Certificates of Incorporation, in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, shall have been filed with the applicable authorities of the relevant jurisdictions of incorporation and shall have become effective in accordance with such jurisdictions’ corporation laws;

 

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(o) the global certificate representing the Top HoldCo Common Stock having been delivered to DTC;

(p) the transactions that are contemplated by the Backstop Commitment Agreement and Rights Offerings having been consummated; and

(q) the Shared Services Agreement having been assumed pursuant to this Plan and the Amended Shared Services Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Investors, having been duly and validly executed and delivered by all parties thereto and consummated, and being in full force and effect (with all conditions precedent to such agreement having occurred or otherwise been satisfied or waived); and

(r) the Debtors’ good faith estimate (in consultation with the Backstop Parties and the Creditors’ Committee) of the ultimate amount of interest payable pursuant to Section 5.7(a) of the Plan to holders of General Unsecured Claims which will ultimately be Allowed equaling no more than $400,000.

11.2. Satisfaction and Waiver of Conditions Precedent.

Except as otherwise provided herein, any actions taken on the Effective Date shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously and no such action shall be deemed to have occurred prior to the taking of any other such action. Any of the conditions set forth in Sections 11.1, other than 11.1(p) may be waived in whole or part by the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, without notice and a hearing, and the Debtors’ benefits under the “mootness doctrine” shall be unaffected by any provision hereof. The failure to satisfy or waive any condition may be asserted by the Debtors regardless of the circumstances giving rise to the failure of such condition to be satisfied (including, without limitation, any act, action, failure to act or inaction by the Debtors). The failure of the Debtors to assert the non-satisfaction of any such conditions shall not be deemed a waiver of any other rights hereunder, and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted or waived (as set forth herein) at any time or from time to time.

11.3. Effect of Failure of Conditions.

If all of the conditions to effectiveness have not been satisfied or duly waived (as provided in Section 11.2 above) and the Effective Date has not occurred on or before the first Business Day that is more than 60 days after the Confirmation Date, or by such later date as set forth by the Debtors in a notice filed with the Bankruptcy Court prior to the expiration of such period, then the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, may file a motion to vacate the Confirmation Order. Notwithstanding the filing of such a motion, the Confirmation Order shall not be vacated if all of the conditions to consummation set forth in Section 11.1 hereof are either satisfied or duly waived before the Bankruptcy Court enters an order granting the relief requested in such motion. If the Confirmation Order is vacated pursuant to this Section 11.3, this Plan shall be null and void in all respects, the Confirmation Order shall be of no further force or effect, no Plan Distributions shall be made, the Debtors and all holders of Claims and Interests shall be restored to the status quo ante as of the day immediately preceding the Confirmation Date as though the Confirmation Date had never occurred, and upon such occurrence, nothing

 

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contained in this Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims against or Interests in the Debtors; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the holder of any Claim against or Interest in the Debtors; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer or undertaking by any Debtor or any other Person with respect to any matter set forth in the Plan.

ARTICLE XII.

EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION

12.1. Binding Effect.

Except as otherwise provided in section 1141(d)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Confirmation Date, the provisions of this Plan shall bind any holder of a Claim against, or Interest in, the Debtors and inure to the benefit of and be binding on such holder’s respective successors and assigns, whether or not the Claim or Interest of such holder is impaired under this Plan and whether or not such holder has accepted this Plan.

12.2. Discharge of Claims Against and Interests in the Debtors.

Upon the Effective Date and in consideration of the Plan Distributions, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Confirmation Order, each Person that is a holder (as well as any trustees and agents on behalf of such Person) of a Claim or Interest shall be deemed to have forever waived, released, and discharged the Debtors, to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, of and from any and all Claims, Interests, rights, and liabilities that arose prior to the Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, upon the Effective Date, all such holders of Claims and Interests shall be forever precluded and enjoined, pursuant to sections 105, 524, 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, from prosecuting or asserting any such discharged Claim against or terminated Interest in any Debtor or any Reorganized Debtor.

12.3. Term of Pre-Confirmation Injunctions or Stays.

Unless otherwise provided herein, all injunctions or stays arising prior to the Confirmation Date in accordance with sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation Date, shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date.

12.4. Injunction.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Plan or the Confirmation Order, as of the Confirmation Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Persons who have held, hold or may hold Claims against or Interests in the Debtors or the Estates are, with respect to any such Claims or Interests, permanently enjoined after the Confirmation Date from: (i) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind (including, without limitation, any proceeding in a judicial, arbitral, administrative or other forum) against or affecting the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates or any of their property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or direct or indirect successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons or any property of any such

 

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transferee or successor; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching (including, without limitation, any pre-judgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any manner or means, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Estates or any of their property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or direct or indirect successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons, or any property of any such transferee or successor; (iii) creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any encumbrance of any kind against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Estates or any of their property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons (iv) acting or proceeding in any manner, in any place whatsoever, that does not conform to or comply with the provisions of this Plan to the full extent permitted by applicable law; and (v) commencing or continuing, in any manner or in any place, any action that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan; provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall preclude such Persons from exercising their rights, or obtaining benefits, pursuant to and consistent with the terms of this Plan.

(b) By accepting Plan Distributions, each holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest will be deemed to have specifically consented to the Injunctions set forth in this Section.

12.5. Releases.

(a) Releases by the Debtors . For good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, and except as otherwise provided in this Plan or the Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, in their individual capacities and as debtor in possession, shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action and liabilities (other than the rights of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to enforce this Plan and the contracts, instruments, releases, indentures and other agreements or documents delivered thereunder) against the Released Parties, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction, event or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the parties released pursuant to this Section 12.5, the Reorganization Cases, or this Plan or the Disclosure Statement, and that could have been asserted by or on behalf of the Debtors or their Estates or Reorganized Debtors, whether directly, indirectly, derivatively or in any representative or any other capacity, other than claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action and liabilities arising out of or relating to any act or omission of a Released Party or a former officer or director of the Debtors that constitutes gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty (if any).

(b) Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests . Except as otherwise provided in this Plan or the Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date: (i) each of the Released Parties; (ii) each holder of a Claim or Interest entitled to vote on this Plan that did not “opt out” of the releases provided in Section 12.5 of the Plan in a timely submitted Ballot; and (iii) to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, as such law may be extended or interpreted subsequent to the Effective Date, all holders of Claims and Interests, in consideration for the obligations of

 

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the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors under this Plan, the Plan Consideration and other contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or documents executed and delivered in connection with this Plan, and each entity (other than the Debtors) that has held, holds or may hold a Claim or Interest, as applicable, will be deemed to have consented to this Plan for all purposes and the restructuring embodied herein and deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all claims, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities (other than the right to enforce the obligations of any party under this Plan and the contracts, instruments, releases, agreements and documents delivered under or in connection with this Plan) against the Released Parties, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise that are based in whole or in part on any act or omission, transaction, event or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Reorganization Cases, or this Plan or the Disclosure Statement; provided , however , that nothing in clause (iii) of this Section 12.5(b) of the Plan shall release, waive or discharge the Intercreditor Actions or the Causes of Action asserted therein.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (i) except to the extent permissible under applicable law, as such law may be extended or interpreted subsequent to the Effective Date, the releases provided for in this Section 12.5 of the Plan shall not release any non-Debtor entity from any liability arising under (x) the Internal Revenue Code or any state, city or municipal tax code, or (y) any criminal laws of the United States or any state, city or municipality; and (ii) the releases set forth in this Section 12.6 shall not release any (x) any claims against any Person to the extent such Person asserts a crossclaim, counterclaim and/or claim for setoff which seeks affirmative relief against a Debtor or any of its officers, directors, or representatives and (y) claims against any Person arising from or relating to such Person’s gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty (if any), each as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.

(d) As to any Governmental Unit (as defined by section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code), nothing in the Plan or Confirmation Order shall limit or expand the scope of discharge, release or injunction to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors are entitled under the Bankruptcy Code, if any. The discharge, release and injunction provisions contained in the Plan and Confirmation Order are not intended and shall not be construed to bar any Governmental Unit from, subsequent to the Confirmation Order, pursuing any police or regulatory action, except to the extent that such police or regulatory action involves pursuing a “claim” within the meaning of section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code that is discharged or enjoined by the Plan and Confirmation Order.

(e) Accordingly, notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan or Confirmation Order to the contrary, nothing in the Plan or Confirmation Order shall discharge, release, impair or otherwise preclude: (1) any liability to a Governmental Unit that is not a “claim” within the meaning of section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) any Claim of a Governmental Unit arising on or after the Confirmation Date; (3) any valid right of setoff or recoupment of a Governmental Unit against any of the Debtors; or (4) any liability of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors under applicable environmental law or the Americans With Disabilities Act to any Governmental Unit as the owner or operator of any property that such entity owns or operates after the Effective Date, but only to the same extent and subject to the

 

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same limitations as an entity that purchased such property on the Effective Date. Nor shall anything in the Plan or Confirmation Order: (i) enjoin or otherwise bar any Governmental Unit from asserting or enforcing, outside the Bankruptcy Court, any liability described in the preceding sentence; or (ii) divest any court, commission, or tribunal of jurisdiction to determine whether any liabilities asserted by the United States or any Governmental Unit are discharged or otherwise barred by the Plan, Confirmation Order, or the Bankruptcy Code.

(f) Moreover, nothing in the Plan or Confirmation Order shall release or exculpate any non-debtor, including any Released Parties, from any liability to any Governmental Unit, including but not limited to any liabilities arising under the Internal Revenue Code, the environmental laws, or the criminal laws against the Released Parties, nor shall anything in the Plan or Confirmation Order enjoin any Governmental Unit from bringing any claim, suit, action or other proceeding against the Released Parties for any liability whatsoever; provided, however, that the foregoing sentence shall not limit the scope of discharge granted to the Debtors under sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code.

12.6. Exculpation and Limitation of Liability.

To the extent permissible under applicable law, none of the Released Parties shall have or incur any liability to any holder of any Claim or Interest or any other Person for any act or omission in connection with, or arising out of the Debtors’ restructuring, including without limitation, the negotiation, implementation and execution of this Plan, the Reorganization Cases, the Disclosure Statement, the solicitation of votes for and the pursuit of confirmation of this Plan, the consummation of this Plan, or the administration of this Plan or the property to be distributed under this Plan, including, without limitation, all documents ancillary thereto (including the RSA and the Backstop Commitment Agreement), all decisions, actions, inactions and alleged negligence or misconduct relating thereto and all activities leading to the promulgation and confirmation of this Plan except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, each as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.

12.7. Injunction Related to Releases and Exculpation.

The Confirmation Order shall permanently enjoin the commencement or prosecution by any Person or entity, whether directly, derivatively or otherwise, of any claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities released pursuant to this Plan, including but not limited to the claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities released in Sections 12.5 and 12.6 of this Plan.

12.8. Retention of Causes of Action/Reservation of Rights.

Subject to Section 12.5 of this Plan and except as expressly set forth herein (including Section 5.7(c) herein), nothing contained in this Plan or the Confirmation Order shall be deemed to be a waiver or relinquishment of any rights, claims or Causes of Action, rights of setoff, or other legal or equitable defenses that the Debtors had immediately prior to the Effective Date on behalf of the Estates or of themselves in accordance with any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Reorganized Debtors shall have,

 

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retain, reserve, and be entitled to assert all such claims, Causes of Action, rights of setoff, or other legal or equitable defenses as fully as if the Reorganization Cases had not been commenced, and all of the Debtors’ legal and/or equitable rights respecting any Claim left unimpaired, as set forth in Section 4.2 herein, may be asserted after the Confirmation Date to the same extent as if the Reorganization Cases had not been commenced.

12.9. Indemnification Obligations.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, including Section 10.1 of the Plan, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, the obligations of the Debtors to indemnify, defend, reimburse, exculpate, advance fees and expenses to, or limit the liability of directors or officers who were directors or officers of any of the Debtors at any time after the Petition Date, against any Causes of Action, remain unaffected thereby after the Effective Date and are not discharged. On and after the Effective Date, none of the Reorganized Debtors shall terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies in effect on the Petition Date, and all directors and officers of the Debtors at any time shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy, regardless of whether such directors and/or officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

ARTICLE XIII.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Pursuant to sections 105(c) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code and notwithstanding entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334 and 157, over all matters arising in, arising under, or related to the Reorganization Cases for, among other things, the following purposes:

(a) To hear and determine applications for the assumption or rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases and the Cure Disputes resulting therefrom;

(b) To hear and determine the Intercreditor Actions, the Causes of Action asserted therein, and any other similar Causes of Action arising under or in connection with, or otherwise related to, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, whether asserted against a Released Party or any other Person;

(c) To determine any motion, adversary proceeding, application, contested matter, and other litigated matter pending on or commenced after the Confirmation Date;

(d) To hear and resolve any disputes arising from or relating to (i) any orders of the Bankruptcy Court granting relief under Bankruptcy Rule 2004, or (ii) any protective orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the foregoing;

(e) To ensure that Plan Distributions to holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished as provided herein;

 

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(f) To consider Claims or the allowance, classification, priority, compromise, estimation, or payment of any Claim, including any Administrative Expense Claim;

(g) To enter, implement, or enforce such orders as may be appropriate in the event the Confirmation Order is for any reason stayed, reversed, revoked, modified, or vacated;

(h) To issue and enforce injunctions, enter and implement other orders, and take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Person with the consummation, implementation, or enforcement of this Plan, the Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court;

(i) To hear and determine any application to modify this Plan in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, to remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Confirmation Order, in such a manner as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and effects thereof;

(j) To hear and determine all Fee Claims;

(k) To resolve disputes concerning any reserves with respect to Disputed Claims or the administration thereof;

(l) To hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of this Plan, the Confirmation Order, any transactions or payments contemplated hereby, or any agreement, instrument, or other document governing or relating to any of the foregoing;

(m) To take any action and issue such orders, including any such action or orders as may be necessary after occurrence of the Effective Date and/or consummation of the Plan, as may be necessary to construe, enforce, implement, execute, and consummate this Plan, including any release or injunction provisions set forth herein, or to maintain the integrity of this Plan following consummation;

(n) To determine such other matters and for such other purposes as may be provided in the Confirmation Order;

(o) To hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(p) To hear and determine any other matters related hereto and not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code and title 28 of the United States Code;

(q) To resolve any disputes concerning whether a Person had sufficient notice of the Reorganization Cases, the Disclosure Statement Hearing, the Confirmation Hearing, any applicable Bar Date, or the deadline for responding or objecting to a Cure Amount, for the purpose of determining whether a Claim or Interest is discharged hereunder, or for any other purpose;

 

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(r) To recover all assets of the Debtors and property of the Estates, wherever located; and

(s) To enter a final decree closing each of the Reorganization Cases.

As of the Effective Date, notwithstanding anything in this Article XIII to the contrary, the Exit Facilities shall be governed by the respective jurisdictional provisions therein.

ARTICLE XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

14.1. Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all sale transactions consummated by the Debtors and approved by the Bankruptcy Court on and after the Confirmation Date through and including the Effective Date, including any transfers effectuated under this Plan, the sale by the Debtors of any owned property pursuant to section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and any assumption, assignment, and/or sale by the Debtors of their interests in unexpired leases of non-residential real property or executory contracts pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall constitute a “transfer under a plan” within the purview of section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, and shall not be subject to any stamp, real estate transfer, mortgage recording, or other similar tax.

14.2. Retiree Benefits.

On and after the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to pay all retiree benefits (within the meaning of, and subject to the limitations of, section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code), if any, at the level established in accordance with section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code, at any time prior to the Confirmation Date, for the duration of the period for which either Debtor had obligated itself to provide such benefits. Nothing herein shall: (a) restrict the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ right to modify the terms and conditions of the retiree benefits, if any, as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of the applicable plans, non-bankruptcy law, or section 1114(m) of the Bankruptcy Code; or (b) be construed as an admission that any such retiree benefits are owed by the Debtors.

14.3. Defined Benefit Pension Plan.

(a) The Pension Plan shall not be modified (absent consent) or affected by any provision of the Plan and shall be continued by Reorganized MPM after the Effective Date in accordance with its terms. Nothing herein or in the Confirmation Order shall relieve or discharge any requirement that MPM or Reorganized MPM (i) satisfy the minimum funding standards pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 412, 430, and 29 U.S.C. § 1082, 1083, (ii) is liable for the payment of PBGC premiums in accordance with 29 U.S.C. §§ 1306 and 1307 subject to any and all applicable rights and defenses of MPM, and (iii) administer the Pension Plan in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. In the event that the Pension Plan terminates after the Effective Date, Reorganized MPM and each of its controlled group members will be responsible, subject to any and all applicable rights and defenses, for the liabilities imposed by Title IV of ERISA to the extent set forth therein.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or the Confirmation Order to the contrary, including but not limited to the releases set forth in Article XII of the Plan, neither the Plan nor the Confirmation Order will release, discharge or exculpate the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any Person, in any capacity, from any liability or responsibility with respect to the Pension Plan, subject to any and all applicable rights and defenses of such parties, under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code. Subsequent to the Effective Date, the PBGC and the Pension Plan shall not be enjoined or precluded from enforcing such liability or responsibility by any of the provisions of the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

14.4. Dissolution of Creditors’ Committee .

The Creditors’ Committee shall be automatically dissolved on the Effective Date and, on the Effective Date, each member of the Creditors’ Committee (including each officer, director, employee, agent, consultant or representative thereof) and each Professional Person retained by the Creditors’ Committee shall be released and discharged from all rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations arising from, or related to, the Debtors, their membership on the Creditors’ Committee, the Plan or the Reorganization Cases, except with respect to any matters concerning any Fee Claims held or asserted by any Professional Persons retained by the Creditors’ Committee.

14.5. Termination of Professionals.

On the Effective Date, the engagement of each Professional Person retained by the Debtors and the Creditors’ Committee, if any, shall be terminated without further order of the Bankruptcy Court or act of the parties; provided , however , such Professional Persons shall be entitled to prosecute their respective Fee Claims and represent their respective constituents with respect to applications for allowance and payment of such Fee Claims and the Reorganized Debtors shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses associated with the prosecution of such Fee Claims. Nothing herein shall preclude any Reorganized Debtor from engaging a former Professional Person on and after the Effective Date in the same capacity as such Professional Person was engaged prior to the Effective Date.

14.6. Amendments.

This Plan may be amended, modified, or supplemented by the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, in the manner provided for by section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code or as otherwise permitted by law, without additional disclosure pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In addition, after the Confirmation Date, so long as such action does not materially and adversely affect the treatment of holders of Allowed Claims pursuant to this Plan, the Debtors may, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, make appropriate technical adjustments, remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistencies in this Plan, the Plan Documents and/or the Confirmation Order, with respect to such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and effects of this Plan, and any holder of a Claim or Interest that has accepted this Plan shall be deemed to have accepted this Plan as amended, modified, or supplemented.

 

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14.7. Revocation or Withdrawal of this Plan.

The Debtors reserve the right, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, to revoke or withdraw this Plan prior to the Effective Date. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw this Plan, in accordance with the preceding sentence, prior to the Effective Date as to any or all of the Debtors, or if confirmation or consummation as to any or all of the Debtors does not occur, then, with respect to such Debtors: (a) this Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (b) any settlement or compromise embodied in this Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of executory contracts or leases affected by this Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to this Plan shall be deemed null and void; and (c) nothing contained in this Plan shall (i) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by or against, or any Interests in, such Debtors or any other Person, (ii) prejudice in any manner the rights of such Debtors or any other Person or (iii) constitute an admission of any sort by the Debtors or any other Person.

14.8. Allocation of Plan Distributions Between Principal and Interest.

To the extent that any Allowed Claim entitled to a distribution under the Plan consists of indebtedness and other amounts (such as accrued but unpaid interest thereon), such distribution shall be allocated first to the principal amount of the Claim (as determined for federal income tax purposes) and then, to the extent the consideration exceeds the principal amount of the Claim, to such other amounts.

14.9. Severability.

If, prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, any term or provision of this Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court, at the request of the Debtors (and subject to the consent of the Requisite Investors) shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration, or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of this Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration, or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of this Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms.

14.10. Governing Law.

Except to the extent that the Bankruptcy Code or other U.S. federal law is applicable, or to the extent a Plan Document or exhibit or schedule to the Plan provides otherwise, the rights, duties, and obligations arising under this Plan and the Plan Documents shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof to the extent such principles would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

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14.11. Section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

The Debtors have, and upon confirmation of this Plan shall be deemed to have, solicited acceptances of this Plan in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and the Debtors and the Backstop Parties (and each of their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors, and attorneys) participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale, solicitation and/or purchase of the securities offered and sold under this Plan, and therefore are not, and on account of such offer, issuance, sale, solicitation, and/or purchase will not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of this Plan or offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of the securities offered and sold under this Plan.

14.12. Inconsistency.

In the event of any inconsistency among the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Documents, any exhibit to the Plan or any other instrument or document created or executed pursuant to the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.

14.13. Time.

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Plan, unless otherwise set forth herein or determined by the Bankruptcy Court, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006 shall apply.

14.14. Exhibits.

All exhibits to this Plan are incorporated and are a part of this Plan as if set forth in full herein.

 

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14.15. Notices.

In order to be effective, all notices, requests, and demands to or upon the Debtors shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission) and, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made only when actually delivered or, in the case of notice by facsimile transmission, when received and telephonically confirmed, addressed as follows:

Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

260 Hudson River Road

Waterford, New York 12188

Attn:    Douglas A. Johns, Esq.
Telephone:     (518) 233-3933
Facsimile:     (614) 225-4127

-and-

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019-6099

Attn:    Matthew A. Feldman, Esq.
   Jennifer J. Hardy, Esq.
Telephone:     (212) 728-8000
Facsimile:     (212) 728-8111

Counsel to the Debtors

14.16. Filing of Additional Documents.

On or before substantial consummation of the Plan, the Debtors shall file with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan.

14.17. Reservation of Rights.

Except as expressly set forth herein, the Plan shall have no force or effect unless the Bankruptcy Court shall enter the Confirmation Order. None of the filing of this Plan, any statement or provision contained herein, or the taking of any action by the Backstop Parties or the Debtors with respect to this Plan shall be or shall be deemed to be, an admission or waiver of any rights of the Backstop Parties or the Debtors with respect to any Claims or Interests prior to the Effective Date.

 

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Dated:   September 24, 2014
  Waterford, New York

 

Respectfully submitted,

Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

on behalf of itself and its affiliated Debtors

By:  

/s/ William H. Carter

  William H. Carter
  Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Momentive Performance Holdings Inc.

 

Counsel:
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
Matthew A. Feldman, Esq.
Rachel C. Strickland, Esq.
Jennifer J. Hardy, Esq.
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(212) 728-8000
Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

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Schedule 1

Ares Management LLC

Ares SSF Riopelle, L.P.

Ares Special Situations Fund III, L.P.

Ares Senior Loan Trust

Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund V (H), L.P.

ASIP (Holdco) IV S.A.R.L.

Aristeia Capital, LLC

Aristeia Horizons L.P.

Black Diamond Offshore Ltd.

Carlson Capital, L.P.

Compass ESMA LP

Compass TSMA LP

Double Black Diamond Offshore Ltd.

D.E. Shaw Galvanic Portfolios, L.L.C.

Fortress Investment Group LLC

Fortress Credit Advisors LLC

FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund

GSO Aiguille Des Grands Montets Fund I LP

GSO Aiguille Des Grands Montets Fund II LP

GSO Aiguille Des Grands Montets Fund III LP

GSO Capital Partners LP

GSO Coastline Credit Partners LP

GSO Credit – A Partners LP

GSO Palmetto Opportunistic Investment Partners LP

GSO Special Situations Fund LP

GSO Special Situations Overseas Master Fund Ltd.

Jura Limited

LMA SPC - MAP 98 Segregated Portfolio

Manulife Global Focused Balance Fund

Napier Park Global Capital US L.P. and those funds it manages that hold Second Lien Notes

Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Oceana Master Fund Ltd.

OCM OPPS MTIV Holdings, LLC

Ontario Public Service Employees Union Pension Plan Trust Fund

Pentwater Capital Management, LP

Pentwater Credit Opportunities Master Fund Ltd.

Pentwater Equity Opportunities Master Fund Ltd

Pentwater Event Driven Cayman Fund Limited

Pentwater Event Equity Reflection Fund

Pentwater Merger Aritage Master Fund Ltd

PPF Nominee 1 B.V.

PWCM Master Fund Ltd

RSUI Indemnity Company

Steamboat Credit Opportunities Master Fund LP


Third Avenue Management LLC

Third Avenue High Yield Credit Fund

Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund

Third Avenue Value Income Fund,LP

Transatlantic Reinsurance Company

Wellpoint, Inc.

Windermere Ireland Fund PLC

 

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Exhibit 2.2

 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT       
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK       

 

 

  x     
  :     
In re   :      Chapter 11
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MPM SILICONES, LLC, et al. , 1   :      Case No. 14-22503 (RDD)
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Debtors.

  :      (Jointly Administered)
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MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS INC., MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS   :     
WORLDWIDE INC., MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA INC.,   :     
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC,   :      Chapter 11
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC,   :      Adversary Proceeding
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC,   :      No. 14-08227 (RDD)
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC,   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC., MPM   :     
SILICONES, LLC, MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH   :     
AMERICA INC., MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA   :     
SPV INC.   :     
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Plaintiffs,

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v.   :     
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BOKF, NA, solely as Trustee for the MPM   :     
Escrow LLC and MPM Finance Escrow   :     
Corp. 8.875% First Priority Senior Secured   :     
Notes due 2020,   :     
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Defendant.

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1   The Debtors, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC (9631), Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC (9692), Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC (9765), Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC (9836), Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc. (8469), Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc. (8246), Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (8297), Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc. (9929), Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc. (4895), Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc. (8388), Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide Inc. (8357), and MPM Silicones, LLC (5481). The Debtors’ executive headquarters are located at 260 Hudson River Road, Waterford, NY 12188.


 

 

 

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MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS INC., MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS   :     
WORLDWIDE INC., MOMENTIVE   :      Chapter 11
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA INC. ,   :      Adversary Proceeding
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC,   :      No. 14-08228 (RDD)
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC,   :     
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC,   :     
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC,   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC., MPM       
SILICONES, LLC, MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH   :     
AMERICA INC., MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA   :     
SPV INC.   :     
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Plaintiffs,

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v.   :     
WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A., solely as   :     
Trustee for the Momentive Performance   :     
Materials Inc. 10% Senior Secured Notes due   :     
2020,   :     

Defendant.

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,   :     
AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE   :     
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  :      Chapter 11

Plaintiff,

  :      Adversary Proceeding
  :      No. 14-08238 (RDD)
v.   :     
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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND   :     
SOCIETY, FSB, AS INDENTURE   :     
TRUSTEE; MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.;       

 

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JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC;   :     
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC;   :     
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC;   :     
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC;   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.;   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC.;   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.;   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.;   :     
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE   :     
MATERIALS USA INC.; MOMENTIVE   :     
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS   :     
WORLDWIDE INC.; AND MPM   :     
SILICONES, LLC   :     
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Defendants.

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FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND

ORDER (I) CONFIRMING JOINT CHAPTER 11

PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR MOMENTIVE

PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS;

AND (II) ADJUDICATING CERTAIN ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS

This Order is entered to effectuate the bench decisions issued on August 26, 2014, as corrected and modified on September 9, 2014 [Docket No. 979] 2 (as so corrected and modified, the “ Bench Decisions ”), by this Court on the record at the hearing on confirmation of the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Its Affiliated Debtors, dated August 18, 2014 [Docket No. 858] (as amended, modified, and/or supplemented from time to time, including the Plan Supplement, the “ Plan ”). 3 The Bench Decisions are

 

2   The Bench Decisions are also reflected as Docket No. 65 in the First Lien Adversary (as defined herein), Docket No. 73 in the 1.5 Lien Adversary (as defined herein) and Docket No. 51 in the Senior Subordinated Notes Adversary (as defined herein).
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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement Order or the Confirmation Brief (each, as defined herein), as applicable. The rules of interpretation set forth in Article I.B of the Plan shall apply to this Order.

 

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incorporated herein by reference. The Bench Decisions constitute this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law for purposes of this Order. The Court having considered (i) the Plan; (ii) the Disclosure Statement for the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Its Affiliated Debtors, dated June 23, 2014 [Docket No. 516] (including all exhibits thereto and as amended, modified, and/or supplemented from time to time, the “ Disclosure Statement ”); (iii) that certain Order: (I) Approving Disclosure Statement; (II) Establishing Date of Confirmation Hearing; (III) Establishing Procedures for Solicitation and Tabulation of Votes to Accept or Reject Plan, Including (A) Approving Form and Manner of Solicitation Packages, (B) Approving Form and Manner of Notice of the Confirmation Hearing, (C) Establishing Record Date and Approving Procedures for Distribution of Solicitation Packages, (D) Approving Forms of Ballots, (E) Establishing Deadline for Receipt of Ballots, and (F) Approving Procedures for Vote Tabulations; (IV) Establishing Deadline and Procedures for Filing Objections to Confirmation of Plan; (V) Approving Rights Offering Procedures and (VI) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 508], entered on June 23, 2014 (as supplemented by the Order Approving a Supplement to the Disclosure Statement With Respect to Rights Offering Procedures [Docket No. 704] entered on July 18, 2014, the “ Disclosure Statement Order ”); (iv) that Certain Order Approving a Supplement to the Disclosure Statement With Respect to Rights Offering Procedures [Docket No. 704], entered on July 18, 2014; (v) the declarations, certifications and related supplements filed by (a) Kurtzman Carson Consultants, LLC dated July 2, 1014 [Docket No. 589] and July 7, 2014 [Docket No. 613] and dated August 5, 2014 [Docket No. 789] (the “ Voting Declaration ”), (b) William H. Carter, Chief Financial Officer of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. [Docket No. 824], (c) William Q. Derrough of Moelis & Company, the Debtors’ investment banker and financial advisor dated August 12, 2014 [Docket

 

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No. 819] and dated August 15, 2014 [Docket No. 888], and (d) Eric Thaler, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Basics of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. dated August 12, 2014 [Docket No. 867]; (vi) the affidavits, declarations, witness testimony and exhibits admitted into evidence at the hearing commenced on August 18, 2014, to consider confirmation of the Plan (the “ Confirmation Hearing ”); (vii) arguments of counsel presented at the Confirmation Hearing; (viii) objections filed with respect to confirmation of the Plan by the Dow Chemical Company [Docket No. 727], BOKF, NA, as First Lien Successor Trustee [Docket Nos. 729 and 774], Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Indenture Trustee [Docket Nos. 730 and 773], United States of America [Docket No. 744], New York State Department of Environmental Conservation [Docket No. 745] and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee [Docket No. 770] (collectively, the “ Objections ”); (ix) the Debtors’ memorandum of law filed in support of confirmation and in reply to the Objections [Docket No. 814] (the “ Confirmation Brief ”); (x) the Protective Motion (I) for Relief from the Automatic Stay to Permit Rescission of Acceleration or, Alternatively, (II) for Adequate Protection, dated June 18, 2014 [Docket No. 463] (the “ Lift Stay Motion ”) and the joinder thereto [Docket No. 467]; and (xi) other pleadings filed in support of confirmation of the Plan; and upon the Court having taken judicial notice of the docket of the Debtors’ Reorganization Cases maintained by the Clerk of the Court and/or its duly appointed agent, and all pleadings and other documents filed, all orders entered, and evidence and arguments made, proffered or adduced at, and the hearings held before the Court during the pendency of these Reorganization Cases, including the Order Setting Bar Dates to File Proofs of Claim and Approving the Form and Manner of Notice thereof [Docket No. 329], entered on June 6, 2014; and the Court having found that the Rights Offerings have been properly implemented pursuant to the Disclosure

 

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Statement Order; and the Court having found that due and proper notice has been given with respect to the Confirmation Hearing and the deadlines and procedures for filing objections to the Plan; and the appearance of all interested parties having been duly noted in the record of the Confirmation Hearing; and upon the record of the Confirmation Hearing and these Reorganization Cases, and after due deliberation thereon, and sufficient cause appearing therefor;

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: 4

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

A. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter and these Reorganization Cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334. Venue is proper before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409.

B. Confirmation of the Plan is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b). This Court has jurisdiction to enter a final order with respect to confirmation of the Plan, and all matters related thereto (including resolution of the Adversary Proceedings (as defined below)), and this Court’s exercise of such jurisdiction is proper in all respects. The Debtors are proper debtors under section 109 of title 11 of the United States Code (as amended, the “ Bankruptcy Code ”), and the Debtors are proper proponents of the Plan under section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

C. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(a), (b) and (d) with respect to the Intercreditor Actions and the Causes of Action asserted therein.

 

4   The findings and conclusions set forth herein constitute the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as made applicable herein by Rules 7052 and 9014 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedures. To the extent any of the following findings of fact constitute conclusions of law, they are adopted as such. To the extent any of the following conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, they are adopted as such.

 

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VOTING ON PLAN

D. As evidenced by the Voting Declaration, votes to accept or reject the Plan have been solicited and tabulated fairly, in good faith, and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, the Disclosure Statement Order and all applicable non-bankruptcy laws, rules or regulations.

E. On August 5, 2014, the Debtors filed the Voting Declaration, (i) certifying that 100% in amount and 100% in number of holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 6 and 9 that cast ballots voted to accept the Plan; (ii) certifying that 8.09% in amount and 11.44% in number of holders of Allowed Claims in Class 4 that cast ballots voted to accept the Plan; and (iii) certifying that 19.88% in amount and 19.32% in number of holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5 that cast ballots voted to accept the Plan. All procedures used to tabulate the Ballots were fair, reasonable and complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules and all other applicable rules, laws and regulations.

F. The Debtors have solicited acceptances of the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Disclosure Statement Order and applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules. The Debtors and the Backstop Parties (and each of their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors and attorneys, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders Advisors and the advisors to Apollo) participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance sale, solicitation and/or purchase of the securities offered and sold under the Plan, and therefore are entitled to the protections of section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. Based on the foregoing, the Debtors and the Backstop Parties (and each of their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors and attorneys, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders

 

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Advisors and the advisors to Apollo) shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of the securities offered and sold under and in accordance with the Plan.

PLAN COMPLIES WITH STANDARDS FOR CONFIRMATION

UNDER SECTION 1129 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

G. Section 1129(a)(1) . The Plan complies with each applicable provision of the Bankruptcy Code. In particular, the Plan complies with the requirements of sections 1122 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code as follows:

 

  1. In accordance with section 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4.1 of the Plan classifies each Claim against and Interest in the Debtors into a Class containing only substantially similar Claims or Interests;

 

  2. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4.1 of the Plan properly classifies all Claims and Interests that require classification;

 

  3. In accordance with section 1123(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4.2 of the Plan properly specifies each Class of Claims that is not impaired under the Plan;

 

  4. In accordance with section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11 of the Plan properly specify the treatment of each Class of Claims or Interests that is impaired under the Plan;

 

  5. In accordance with section 1123(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan provides the same treatment for each Claim or Interest in a particular Class unless the holder of such a Claim or Interest agrees to less favorable treatment;

 

  6.

In accordance with section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan provides adequate means for its implementation, including the provisions regarding Effective Date transactions and transfers, the post-Effective Date corporate management, governance and actions set forth in Article VII of the Plan, and the funding for the Plan, including from the proceeds of (a) the New First Lien Term Loan Facility (unless the Replacement First Lien Notes are issued);

 

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  (b) the Rights Offerings; (c) the New ABL Facility and (d) the Incremental Facility (unless the Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes are issued);

 

  7. In accordance with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors’ amended certificates of incorporation contain provisions prohibiting the issuance of non-voting equity securities and providing for the appropriate distribution of voting power among all classes of equity securities authorized for issuance;

 

  8. In accordance with section 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, the provisions of the Plan and the Reorganized Debtors’ amended certificates of incorporation and bylaws regarding the manner of selection of officers and directors of the Reorganized Debtors, including the provisions of Section 7.6 of the Plan, are consistent with the interests of creditors and equity security holders and with public policy;

 

  9. In accordance with section 1123(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article V of the Plan impairs or leaves unimpaired, as the case may be, each Class of Claims and Interests;

 

  10. In accordance with section 1123(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article X of the Plan provides for the assumption or rejection of the Debtors’ executory contracts and unexpired leases that have not been previously assumed, assumed and assigned, or rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Court;

 

  11. Pursuant to section 1123(b)(3)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, the settlements and compromises under the Plan of, among other things, causes of action subject to the releases and exculpations provided in Article XII of the Plan, are a valid exercise of the Debtors’ business judgment, are fair, reasonable and in the best interests of the Debtors’ estates;

 

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  12. In accordance with section 1123(b)(3)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 12.8 of the Plan provides that, subject to Section 12.5 of the Plan and except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Plan (including Section 5.7(c) of the Plan), the Reorganized Debtors shall (a) retain and may enforce any claims, demands, rights, defenses and causes of action that any Debtor may hold against any entity, to the extent not expressly released under the Plan; and (b) have the exclusive right, authority and discretion to determine and to initiate, file, prosecute, enforce, abandon, settle, compromise, release, withdraw or litigate to judgment any such Causes of Action or to decline to do any of the foregoing without further notice to or action, order or approval of the Court;

 

  13. In accordance with section 1123(b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article V of the Plan modifies or leaves unaffected, as the case may be, the rights of the holders of Claims and Interests in Classes 1 through 11;

 

  14. In accordance with section 1123(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan includes additional appropriate provisions that are not inconsistent with applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code; and

 

  15. In accordance with section 1123(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 10.3 of the Plan provides for the satisfaction of Claims related to Cure Amounts associated with each executory contract and unexpired lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan in accordance with section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. All Claims related to Cure Amounts shall be determined in accordance with the underlying agreements and applicable law.

H. Section 1129(a)(2) . The Debtors have complied with all applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Plan and the solicitation of acceptances or rejections thereof. In particular, the Plan complies with the requirements of sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code as follows:

 

  1. All persons entitled to receive notice of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and the Confirmation Hearing have received proper, timely and adequate notice in accordance with the Disclosure Statement Order, applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, and have had an opportunity to appear and be heard with respect thereto.

 

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  2. In transmitting the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Disclosure Statement Order, the Ballots, and related documents and notices in soliciting and tabulating the votes on the Plan, the Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1125 and 1126, the Bankruptcy Rules, applicable non-bankruptcy law, and the Disclosure Statement Order.

 

  3. Written notice of the Confirmation Hearing and the relevant deadlines for the submission of Ballots and objections to confirmation of the Plan has been provided substantially in the form, within the time, and in accordance with the Bankruptcy Rules and the procedures approved and prescribed by this Court in the Disclosure Statement Order. Such written notice is adequate and sufficient.

 

  4. Claims in Classes 1, 2, 3, and 7 under the Plan are unimpaired, and such Classes are deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  5. All Classes of impaired Claims that were entitled to vote pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Disclosure Statement Order were given the opportunity to vote on the Plan ( i.e. , Classes 4, 5, 6 and 9). Ballots were received from holders of Claims in all such Classes.

 

  6. The Debtors have made a final determination of the validity of, and tabulation with respect to, all acceptances and rejections of the Plan by holders of Claims entitled to vote on the Plan, including the amount and number of accepting and rejecting Claims in Classes 4, 5, 6 and 9 under the Plan.

 

  7. Each of Classes 6 and 9 have accepted the Plan by at least two-thirds in amount and a majority in number of the Claims in such Classes that actually voted.

I. Section 1129(a)(3) . The Plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law. In so finding, the Court has considered the totality of the circumstances of these Reorganization Cases. The Plan is the result of extensive, good faith, arm’s length negotiations among the Debtors and certain of their principal constituencies, such as the members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders, the Backstop Parties, the parties to the RSA (the “ RSA Parties ”) and Apollo, and achieves the goal of reorganization

 

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contemplated by the Bankruptcy Code. The Plan is based upon the RSA, the assumption of which was approved by the Court on June 23, 2014 [Docket No. 507], as being within the Debtors’ reasonable judgment. The Debtors filed the Reorganization Cases with an honest belief that they were in need of reorganization and that the reorganization contemplated in the RSA and the Plan was the best restructuring alternative available to them.

The Debtors’ good faith is evident from the record of the Reorganization Cases, including the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, and the record of the Confirmation Hearing. The Plan achieves a fair result, consistent with the objectives and purposes of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors and professionals (i) acted in good faith in negotiating, formulating, and proposing, where applicable, the Plan and the agreements, compromises, settlements, transactions, and transfers contemplated thereby, and (ii) will be acting in good faith in proceeding to (a) consummate the Plan and the agreements, compromises, settlements, transactions, transfers, and documentation contemplated by the Plan, including, but not limited to, the Plan Supplement documents, and (b) take any actions authorized, directed or contemplated by this Order. Thus, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.

J. Section 1129(a)(4) . Except as otherwise provided in the Final DIP Order, any payment made or to be made by the Debtors for services or for costs and expenses in, or in connection with, the Reorganization Cases, or in connection with the Plan and incident to the Reorganization Cases, has been approved by, or is subject to the approval of, this Court as reasonable, satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code. Pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Plan, and except as otherwise provided herein, in the Plan or in the Final DIP Order, all payments to be made to Professional Persons or other entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the Effective Date will be subject to review and approval by this Court.

 

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K. Section 1129(a)(5) . To the extent known, the Debtors have disclosed the identity and affiliations of the individuals proposed to serve, after confirmation of the Plan, as directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors; the appointment to, or continuance in, such offices of such individuals is consistent with the interests of the Debtors’ creditors and interest holders and with public policy; and the Debtors have disclosed the identity of any insiders who will be employed or retained by the Reorganized Debtors subsequent to the Effective Date and the nature of any compensation to be paid to such insiders. These disclosures satisfy the requirements of section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

L. Section 1129(a)(6) . The Plan does not provide for any changes in rates that require regulatory approval of any governmental agency.

M. Section 1129(a)(7) . The liquidation analysis set forth in Exhibit 2 to the Disclosure Statement and other evidence proffered or adduced at or prior to, or in declarations filed in connection with, the Confirmation Hearing (i) are reasonable, persuasive and credible, (ii) use reasonable and appropriate methodologies and assumptions, (iii) have not been controverted by any other evidence and (iv) establish that each holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest in an impaired Class that has not accepted the Plan will receive or retain under the Plan, on account of such Claim or Interest, property of a value, as of the Effective Date of the Plan, that is not less than the amount that it would have received if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on such date.

N. Each holder of an impaired Claim or Interest in each impaired Class of Claims or Interests that has not accepted the Plan will, on account of such Claim or Interest,

 

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receive or retain property under the Plan having a value, as of the Effective Date, that is not less than the amount that such holder would have received or retained if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on the Effective Date. See Disclosure Statement, Exhibit 2 .

O. Section 1129(a)(8) . The Plan has not been accepted by all impaired Classes of Claims and Interests. As of the Voting Deadline, pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, Classes 4 and 5 have voted to reject the Plan. Holders of Claims and Interests in Classes 8, 10 and 11 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan. Nevertheless, the Plan is confirmable because it satisfies section 1129(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to such non-accepting Classes of Claims and Interests.

P. Section 1129(a)(9) . Except to the extent that the holder of a particular Claim has agreed to different treatment, the Plan provides treatment for Administrative Expense Claims, Priority Tax Claims, Fee Claims and Priority Non-Tax Claims that is consistent with the requirements of section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Q. Section 1129(a)(10) . As evidenced by the Voting Declaration, the Plan has been accepted by Classes 6 and 9, which are Classes of impaired Claims that are entitled to vote on the Plan, determined without including any acceptance of the Plan by any insider (as that term is defined in section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code).

R. Section 1129(a)(11) . The Debtors’ projections of financial information of the Reorganized Debtors as of the Effective Date are reasonable, made in good faith, were the product of a rigorous, top-down and bottom-up process, and confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation or the need for the further financial reorganization of the Debtors.

 

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S. Section 1129(a)(12) . The Plan provides that all fees payable pursuant to section 1930 of title 28 of the United States Code, due and payable through the Effective Date shall be paid by the Debtors on or before the Effective Date and all such fees due thereafter shall be paid by the Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary course until the entry of a final decree closing the Reorganization Cases, or the conversion or dismissal of the Reorganization Cases.

T. Section 1129(a)(13) . Pursuant to Section 14.2 of the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to pay all retiree benefits (within the meaning of, and subject to the limitations of, section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code), at the level established in accordance with section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code, at any time prior to the Confirmation Date, for the duration of the period for which the Debtors had obligated themselves to provide such benefits.

U. Sections 1129(a)(14), 1129(a)(15) and 1129 (a)(16) . Sections 1129(a)(14), 1129(a)(15) and 1129(a)(16) of the Bankruptcy Code do not apply to the Reorganization Cases.

V. Section 1129(b) . The Plan does not “discriminate unfairly” and is “fair and equitable” with respect to Classes 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11 ( i.e. , the Classes that are impaired and rejected (or are deemed to reject) the Plan).

(1) Unfair Discrimination . The Plan does not discriminate unfairly with respect to holders of Claims in Classes 4 and 5 because such holders are receiving the same or more favorable treatment as holders of all similarly situated Claims against the Debtors. The Plan does not discriminate unfairly with respect to Classes 8, 10 and 11 because the Claims and Interests in such Classes either are subordinated to other Claims or have no value. The Plan does not discriminate unfairly against holders of Senior Subordinated Note Claims by providing for

 

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no recovery to such holders because pursuant to section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Article X of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, holders of Claims in Class 8 are not entitled to receive any payment of principal or interest unless holders of Second Lien Notes are paid in full.

(2) Fair and Equitable . The Plan is “fair and equitable” with respect to each rejecting Class. Specifically, for the reasons set forth in the Bench Decisions, the Plan is “fair and equitable” with respect to Classes 4 and 5. Further, the Plan is “fair and equitable” with respect to Classes 8, 10 and 11 as the Plan does not provide a recovery on account of any Claim or Interest that is junior to such Classes and no Class of Claims or Interests will receive or retain property under the Plan that has a value greater than 100% of such Class’s Allowed Claims or Interests. Thus, the Plan may be confirmed notwithstanding the rejection by Classes 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11.

W. Section 1129(c) . The Plan is the only plan that has been filed in these cases that has been found to satisfy the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the requirements of section 1129(c) of the Bankruptcy Code have been satisfied.

X. Section 1129(d) . No party in interest, including any Governmental Unit (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code), has requested that the Court deny confirmation of the Plan on grounds that the principal purpose of the Plan is the avoidance of taxes or the avoidance of the application of section 5 of the Securities Act; the principal purpose of the Plan is not such avoidance. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Y. Valuation . The valuation analysis contained in the Disclosure Statement and the evidence adduced at the Confirmation Hearing, including the estimated post-emergence

 

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enterprise value of the Reorganized Debtors, are reasonable and credible. All parties in interest have been given the opportunity to challenge the valuation analysis. The valuation analysis (i) is reasonable, persuasive, and credible as of the date such analysis was prepared, presented, or proffered, and (ii) uses reasonable and appropriate methodologies and assumptions.

Z. Modification of the Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1127(a)). Pursuant to and in compliance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, the Debtors proposed certain modifications to the Plan as reflected in the modified or amended versions of the Plan filed with the Court prior to entry of this Order (collectively, the “ Plan Modifications ”). In accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3019, the Plan Modifications do not (1) affect the classification of Claims or Interests, (2) constitute material modifications of the Plan under section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, (3) cause the Plan to fail to meet the requirements of sections 1122 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (4) materially and adversely change the treatment of any Claims or Interests (other than any Claims and Interests held by those who have accepted such Plan Modifications in writing or in open court), (5) require resolicitation of any holders of Claims or Interests, or (6) require that any such holders be afforded an opportunity to change previously cast acceptances or rejections of the Plan. Under these circumstances, the form and manner of notice of the Plan Modifications are adequate, and no other or further notice of the Plan Modifications is necessary or required.

AA. Satisfaction of Confirmation Requirements . Based on the foregoing, the Plan satisfies the requirements for confirmation set forth in section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

BB. Retention of Jurisdiction . This Court may properly, and shall, retain jurisdiction over, and shall hear and determine, (i) the Intercreditor Actions, the Causes of Action

 

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asserted therein, and any other similar Causes of Action arising under or in connection with, or otherwise related to, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, whether asserted against a Released Party or another Person, (ii) all adversary proceedings filed in the Reorganization Cases (including the Adversary Proceedings (as defined below)), and (iii) the matters set forth in section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code and all matters arising in, arising under, or related to the Reorganization Cases as set forth in Article XIII of the Plan.

DISCHARGE, INDEMNIFICATION,

INJUNCTIONS, RELEASES AND EXCULPATION

CC. The indemnification, injunction, discharge, release and exculpation provisions set forth in Article XII of the Plan constitute good faith compromises and settlements of the matters covered thereby. Such compromises and settlements are made in exchange for consideration and are in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates, are fair, equitable, reasonable, and are integral elements of the restructuring and resolution of the Reorganization Cases in accordance with the Plan. The failure to effect the discharge, release, indemnification, injunction and exculpation provisions described in Article XII of the Plan would seriously impair the Debtors’ ability to confirm the Plan. Each of the discharge, release, indemnification, injunction and exculpation provisions set forth in the Plan:

 

  (i) is within the jurisdiction of the Court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(a), (b) and (d);

 

  (ii) is an essential means of implementing the Plan pursuant to section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (iii) is an integral element of the settlements and transactions incorporated into the Plan;

 

  (iv) confers material benefit on, and is in the best interests of, the Debtors and their estates;

 

  (v) is important to the overall objectives of the Plan to finally resolve all Claims among or against the parties in interest in the Reorganization Cases with respect to the Debtors, their organization, capitalization, operation and reorganization; and

 

  (vi) is consistent with sections 105, 1123, 1125(e) and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable law.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that:

1. The Plan is confirmed pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , however , that if there is any conflict between the terms of the Plan and/or the Bench Decisions and the terms of this Order, the terms of this Order shall control.

2. The Effective Date of the Plan shall occur on the first Business Day on which all conditions set forth in Section 11.1 of the Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.2 of the Plan.

3. Any objections or responses to confirmation of the Plan and any reservation of rights contained therein that (a) have not been withdrawn, waived or settled prior to the entry of this Order or (b) are not cured by the relief granted herein, are hereby OVERRULED in their entirety and on their merits, and all withdrawn objections or responses are deemed withdrawn with prejudice.

4. The business and assets of the Debtors shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of this Court until the Effective Date.

5. On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their businesses and may use, acquire and dispose of property and prosecute, compromise or settle any Claims (including any Administrative Expense Claims) and Causes of Action without supervision of or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free and clear of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules other than restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan or this Order. Without limiting the foregoing, the Reorganized Debtors may pay the charges that they incur on or after the Effective Date for Professional Persons’ fees, disbursements, expenses or related support services without application to the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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6. The Plan provides for the entry into, and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute, the (a) New ABL Facility and (b) all amendments and modifications to the New ABL Facility and any agreements, instruments, certificates or documents, including the Exit Financing Documents (as defined below), or transactions related thereto or contemplated thereby. The New ABL Facility was proposed in good faith, is fair, reasonable, and critical to the success and feasibility of the Plan and is necessary and appropriate for the consummation of the Plan, and entry into the New ABL Facility is in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates and their creditors and the Reorganized Debtors. The Debtors have disclosed all material facts regarding the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under the New ABL Facility and have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining to enter into the foregoing and have provided sufficient and adequate notice thereof. The terms of the New ABL Facility are hereby approved. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors and the Persons and entities granted Liens and security interests are hereby authorized, to the extent not already authorized by Order of this Court and without further approval of this Court or notice to any other party, to (u) enter into, execute, file, record, and deliver all notes, agreements, guarantees, security documents, mortgages, control agreements, certificates, insurance documents, opinions and all other documents, instruments, and certificates relating to or contemplated by the New ABL Facility (collectively, the “ Exit Financing Documents ”), including without limitation, any documents required in connection with the creation or perfection of the Liens securing the New ABL Facility, (v) grant such Liens and security interests as are contemplated by the New ABL Facility, (w) obtain any consents and government approvals necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interests relating to or contemplated by the Exit Financing Documents under the provisions of applicable

 

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state, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and this Order, (x) thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that are necessary or appropriate, (y) in the case of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, fully perform all of their obligations under the Exit Financing Documents, including without limitation, pay all fees and other costs contemplated by the Exit Financing Documents and (z) take all such other actions as the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may determine are necessary, appropriate or desirable in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New ABL Facility. The Exit Financing Documents (when and to the extent entered into) are approved and are or will be, and are hereby deemed to be, binding and enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their affiliates party thereto in accordance with their terms. The New ABL Facility (including, without limitation, any and all terms, conditions and covenants thereof) have been negotiated in good faith and at arm’s-length among the Debtors and the applicable agents and lenders under the New ABL Facility (the agent and the lenders for the New ABL Facility are collectively referred to herein as the “ Exit Financing Lenders ”), and any credit extended, letters of credit issued for the account of, or loans made to the Reorganized Debtors by the Exit Financing Lenders pursuant to the New ABL Facility shall be deemed to have been extended, issued, and made in good faith and for legitimate business purposes. The guarantees, mortgages, pledges, liens and other security interests granted pursuant to or in connection with the New ABL Facility are hereby approved in their entirety; such mortgages, pledges, Liens and security interests are valid, binding, perfected and enforceable Liens on or security interests in the collateral described in and subject to the relevant Exit Financing Documents; and are or will be (as the case may be) and are hereby deemed to be granted in good faith, for good and valuable consideration and for legitimate business purposes

 

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as an inducement to the lenders to extend credit thereunder and shall be, and hereby are, deemed not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer and shall not otherwise be subject to avoidance or recharacterization. The priorities of such Liens and security interests shall be as set forth in the intercreditor agreement(s) and other definitive documentation executed in connection with the New ABL Facility.

7. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are hereby authorized, without further approval of this Court or notice to any party, to execute and deliver all notes, agreements, guarantees, security documents, mortgages, control agreements, certificates, insurance documents, opinions and all other documents, instruments and certificates relating to the Replacement First Lien Notes and the Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes (combined, the “ Replacement Notes Documents ) and fully perform their obligations thereunder. The Replacement Notes Documents (when and to the extent entered into) are or will be, and are hereby deemed to be binding and enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their affiliates party thereto in accordance with their terms.

8. The settlement and compromise of certain potential inter-creditor disputes under Section 2.1 of the Plan is fair and equitable and in the best interests of the Debtors and creditors in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 9019. For the avoidance of doubt, the Causes of Action asserted in the Intercreditor Actions have not been settled or compromised.

9. The Distribution Record Date shall be the Effective Date.

 

A. Plan Implementation

10. In accordance with section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, section 303 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and any comparable provisions of the business corporation law of any other state (collectively, the “ Reorganization Effectuation Statutes ”), but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions precedent listed in Section 11.1 of the

 

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Plan (unless waived in accordance with section 11.2 of the Plan), without further action by the Court or the boards of directors or managers or security holders of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to: (a) take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan, this Order or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby, including those transactions identified in Article VII of the Plan, including performance under any agreement relating to the appointment of directors; (b) execute, deliver, file and record such documents (including the Plan Documents), contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements (collectively, the “ Effectuating Documents ”) and perform their obligations thereunder and take such other action as may be necessary to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan; and (c) take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the dissolution of Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc. The Effectuating Documents (when and to the extent entered into or adopted) shall constitute legal, valid, binding and authorized obligations of the respective parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms (without further action unless such Effectuating Document otherwise provides).

11. On the Effective Date, Reorganized MPM is authorized, as contemplated by Section 10.5 of the Plan, to enter into the Amended Shared Services Agreement, and such Amended Shared Services Agreement shall be binding on all parties thereto.

12. The First Lien Indenture Trustee and the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee are hereby directed to timely take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to effectuate the distribution of the Replacement First Lien Notes and the Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes, including, but not limited to, sending any required notices to DTC.

 

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13. This Order shall constitute all approvals and consents required, if any, by the laws, rules or regulations of any state or any other governmental authority with respect to the implementation or consummation of the Plan and any other acts that may be necessary or appropriate for the implementation or consummation of the Plan.

14. Each federal, state, commonwealth, local, foreign or other governmental agency is hereby directed and authorized to accept for filing and/or recording any and all documents, mortgages and instruments necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement or consummate the transactions contemplated by the Plan and this Order.

15. The consummation of the Plan, including the assumption of any executory contract or unexpired lease by a Reorganized Debtor, shall not constitute a change in ownership or change in control under any employee benefit plan or program, financial instrument, loan or financing agreement, executory contract or unexpired lease or contract, lease or agreement in existence on the Effective Date to which any Debtor is a party.

 

B. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

16. Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Debtors are authorized to assume and/or reject executory contracts or unexpired leases in accordance with Article X of the Plan and orders of this Court. Each executory contract and unexpired lease assumed pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Plan shall revest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as modified by the provisions of the Plan, or any order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption or applicable federal law.

17. As of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the payment of any applicable Cure Amount, all executory contracts and unexpired leases identified on the

 

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Schedule of Assumed Contracts and Leases shall be deemed assumed, and all other executory contracts and unexpired leases of the Debtors shall be deemed rejected, except that: (a) any executory contracts and unexpired leases that previously have been assumed or rejected pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be treated as provided in such Final Order; and (b) all executory contracts and unexpired leases that are the subject of a separate motion to assume or reject under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code pending on the Effective Date shall be treated as is determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court resolving such motion.

18. All Claims, if any, arising from the rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases, if any, will be treated as General Unsecured Claims. In the event that the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan results in damages to the other party or parties to such contract or lease, a Claim for such damages shall be forever barred and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or their respective properties or interests in property as agents, successors or assigns, unless a proof of claim is timely filed with the Bankruptcy Court and served upon counsel for the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors on or before the date that is thirty (30) days after service by the Debtors of individualized notice of the effective date of such rejection (which may be the Effective Date, the date on which the Debtors reject the applicable contract or lease as provided in Section 10.2) of the Plan, or pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court). Unless previously provided by the Debtors, the Debtors shall provide notice of the last date to file a Claim arising from the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease to the counterparties of such rejected contracts and leases.

19. Objections to Cure Amounts as filed on the Cure Schedule, timely filed on or before 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) on August 5, 2014 (or as extended by mutual

 

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agreement), that have not been resolved by the Debtors and the non-Debtor party (the “ Pending Cure Objections ”) are hereby preserved and this Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine the Pending Cure Objections to the extent the Debtors and the non-Debtor party are unable to consensually resolve such Pending Cure Objections. The Debtors may, in their discretion, resolve any Pending Cure Objection by mutual agreement with the non-Debtor party and without further order of the Court.

20. The Existing Management Agreement shall, pursuant to Section 10.6 of the Plan, be deemed terminated as of the Petition Date or as soon thereafter as practicable by mutual agreement of the parties thereto. Any Claims thereunder shall be waived and no payments or distributions shall be made on account of such Claims.

21. All contracts, agreements and leases that were entered into by any of the Debtors or assumed by any of the Debtors after the Petition Date shall be deemed assigned by the applicable Debtors to the applicable Reorganized Debtors on the Effective Date.

 

C. Vesting and Transfer of Assets

22. On the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Plan, all property of the Estates of the Debtors, including all claims, rights and Causes of Action and any property acquired by the Debtors under or in connection with the Plan, shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor free and clear of all Claims, Liens, charges, other encumbrances and Interests, except for Liens and security interests that are granted or retained to secure the New ABL Facility, the Replacement First Lien Notes, the Replacement 1.5 Lien Notes and Other Secured Claims, as applicable.

 

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D. Discharge

23. The Plan discharge provision set forth in Section 12.2 of the Plan is approved in all respects is incorporated herein in its entirety, and is so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further order or action on the part of the Court or any other party. Upon the Effective Date and in consideration of the Plan Distributions, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Plan, each Person that is a holder (as well as any trustees and agents on behalf of such Person) of a Claim or Interest shall be deemed to have forever waived, released, and discharged the Debtors, to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, of and from any and all Claims, Interests, rights, and liabilities that arose prior to the Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, upon the Effective Date, all such holders of Claims and Interests shall be forever precluded and enjoined, pursuant to sections 105, 524, 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section 12.4 of the Plan, from prosecuting or asserting any such discharged Claim against or terminated Interest in any Debtor or any Reorganized Debtor.

 

E. Approval of Injunction, Release and Exculpation Provisions

24. Injunction. The injunction provisions set forth in Article XII of the Plan are approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in their entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further order or action on the part of the Court or any other party.

25. In accordance with Section 12.3 of the Plan, as of the Confirmation Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Persons who have held, hold or may hold Claims against or Interests in the Debtors or the Estates are, with respect to any such Claims or Interests, permanently enjoined after the Confirmation Date from: (i) commencing, conducting

 

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or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind (including, without limitation, any proceeding in a judicial, arbitral, administrative or other forum) against or affecting the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates or any of their property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or direct or indirect successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons or any property of any such transferee or successor; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching (including, without limitation, any pre-judgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any manner or means, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Estates or any of their property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or direct or indirect successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons, or any property of any such transferee or successor; (iii) creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any encumbrance of any kind against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Estates or any of their property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons (iv) acting or proceeding in any manner, in any place whatsoever, that does not conform to or comply with the provisions of the Plan to the full extent permitted by applicable law; and (v) commencing or continuing, in any manner or in any place, any action that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan; provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall preclude such Persons from exercising their rights, or obtaining benefits, pursuant to and consistent with the terms of the Plan. By accepting Plan Distributions, each holder of an Allowed Claim shall be deemed to have specifically consented to the Injunctions set forth in this Section.

DD. In accordance with Section 12.7 of the Plan, as of the Confirmation Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Persons and Entities are permanently

 

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enjoined from prosecuting, whether directly, derivatively or otherwise, any claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities released pursuant to the Plan, including but not limited to the claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities released in Sections 12.5 and 12.6 of the Plan. All Persons are hereby enjoined from commencing any suit, proceeding or cause of action asserting the Causes of Action asserted in the Intercreditor Actions, or any other similar Causes of Action arising under or in connection with, or otherwise related to, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in any forum except in this Court (the “ Channeling Injunction ”); provided , however , that nothing herein shall enjoin any person or entity from pursuing any and all appeals arising out of the Causes of Action asserted in the Intercreditor Actions. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Order or the Plan shall constitute an injunction (other than the Channeling Injunction) of the Intercreditor Actions or the Causes of Action asserted therein, as may be amended to assert a claim or defense under the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement that arose out of the conduct, transactions, or occurrences set out, or attempted to be set out, in the original complaints.

26. Releases. The Releases set forth in Article XII of the Plan are approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in their entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further order or action on the part of the Court, any of the parties to such Releases or any other party.

(a) Releases by the Debtors . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Order, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall be deemed, pursuant to Section 12.5 of the Plan, to forever release, waive and discharge all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action and liabilities

 

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(other than the rights of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to enforce the Plan and the contracts, instruments, releases, indentures and other agreements or documents delivered thereunder) against the Released Parties, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction, event or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the parties released pursuant to Section 12.5 of the Plan, the Reorganization Cases, or the Plan or the Disclosure Statement, and that could have been asserted by or on behalf of the Debtors or their Estates or Reorganized Debtors, whether directly, indirectly, derivatively or in any representative or any other capacity, other than claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action and liabilities arising out of or relating to any act or omission of a Released Party or a former officer or director of the Debtors that constitutes gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty (if any).

(b) Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Order, on the Effective Date: (i) each of the Released Parties; (ii) each holder of a Claim or Interest entitled to vote on the Plan that did not “opt out” of the releases provided in Section 12.5 of the Plan in a timely submitted Ballot; and (iii) to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, as such law may be extended or interpreted subsequent to the Effective Date, all holders of Claims and Interests, in consideration for the obligations of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors under the Plan, the Plan Consideration and other contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or documents executed and delivered in connection with the Plan, and each entity (other than the Debtors) that has held, holds or may hold a Claim or

 

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Interest, as applicable, shall be deemed to have consented to the Plan for all purposes and the restructuring embodied herein and deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all claims, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities (other than the right to enforce the obligations of any party under the Plan and the contracts, instruments, releases, agreements and documents delivered under or in connection with the Plan) against the Released Parties, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise that are based in whole or in part on any act or omission, transaction, event or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Reorganization Cases, or the Plan or the Disclosure Statement.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Plan: (i) except to the extent permissible under applicable law, as such law may be extended or interpreted subsequent to the Effective Date, the releases provided for in this Section 12.5 of the Plan shall not release any non-Debtor entity from any liability arising under (x) the Internal Revenue Code or any state, city or municipal tax code, or (y) any criminal laws of the United States or any state, city or municipality; and (ii) the releases set forth in Section 12.6 of the Plan shall not release any (x) any claims against any Person to the extent such Person asserts a crossclaim, counterclaim and/or claim for setoff which seeks affirmative relief against a Debtor or any of its officers, directors, or representatives and (y) claims against any Person arising from or relating to such Person’s gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty (if any), each as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Order or the Plan shall constitute (x) an injunction (other than the Channeling Injunction) or (y) a non-consensual, third-party release of the Intercreditor Actions or the Causes of Action asserted therein.

 

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27. Exculpation. The exculpation provision set forth in Article XII of the Plan is approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in its entirety, is so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further order or action on the part of the Court.

28. To the extent permissible under applicable law and pursuant to Section 12.6 of the Plan, none of the Released Parties shall have or incur any liability to any holder of any Claim or Interest or any other Person for any act or omission in connection with, or arising out of the Debtors’ restructuring, including without limitation, the negotiation, implementation and execution of the Plan, the Reorganization Cases, the Disclosure Statement, the solicitation of votes for and the pursuit of confirmation of the Plan, the consummation of the Plan, or the administration of the Plan or the property to be distributed under the Plan, including, without limitation, all documents ancillary thereto, all decisions, actions, inactions and alleged negligence or misconduct relating thereto and all activities leading to the promulgation and confirmation of the Plan except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, each as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.

29. Intercreditor Actions. Nothing in the Plan or this Order shall constitute (x) an injunction (other than the Channeling Injunction) or (y) a non-consensual, third-party release of the Intercreditor Actions or the Causes of Action asserted therein.

30. Dow . Nothing in the Plan or this Order, however, shall (i) release, enjoin, waive or discharge any claims, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities held by The Dow Chemical Company and/or any of its affiliates including, but not limited to, Union

 

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Carbide Corporation (collectively, “ Dow ”) against the Debtors’ non-Debtor subsidiaries and affiliates solely to the extent such subsidiaries and affiliates are independently liable with respect to such claims, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities and/or (ii) enjoin or otherwise preclude Dow from asserting any rights of setoff, recoupment, contribution, indemnification and/or other defenses against the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors in response to any Claims or Causes of Action that have been or may be asserted by or on behalf of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors against Dow; provided , however , that nothing in the Plan, this Order or this paragraph shall entitle Dow to any affirmative recovery from the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors with respect to any such rights or defenses.

31. Debtors’ Obligations Under the Backstop Commitment Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Order, (i) the Debtors’ obligations under the Backstop Commitment Agreement, including their indemnification obligations to the Backstop Parties, shall remain unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect following the Effective Date, (ii) any such obligations, including such indemnification obligations, shall not be discharged under the Plan, and (iii) none of the Reorganized Debtors shall terminate any such obligations, including such indemnification obligations.

32. No Relinquishment of Rights. Subject to Sections 12.5 and 5.7(c) of the Plan, nothing contained in the Plan or this Order shall, as contemplated by Section 12.8 of the Plan, be deemed to be a waiver or relinquishment of any rights, claims or Causes of Action, rights of setoff, or other legal or equitable defenses that the Debtors had immediately prior to the Effective Date on behalf of the Estates or of themselves in accordance with any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Reorganized Debtors shall have, retain, reserve, and be entitled to assert all such claims, Causes of Action, rights of setoff, or

 

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other legal or equitable defenses as fully as if the Reorganization Cases had not been commenced, and all of the Debtors’ legal and/or equitable rights respecting any Claim left unimpaired, as set forth in Section 4.2 herein, may be asserted after the Confirmation Date to the same extent as if the Reorganization Cases had not been commenced.

33. No Person may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against such Person. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Person, in accordance with the Plan. From and after the Effective Date, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have the exclusive right, authority and discretion to determine and to initiate, file, prosecute, enforce, abandon, settle, compromise, release, withdraw or litigate to judgment any Cause of Action and to decline to do any of the foregoing without further notice to or action, order or approval of the Court. The Reorganized Debtors are deemed representatives of the Estates for the purpose of prosecuting any claim or Cause of Action and any objections to Claims pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(3)(B).

34. Liabilities to, and Rights of, Governmental Units. Nothing in the Plan or this Order shall, as contemplated by Section 12.5(d) of the Plan, limit or expand the scope of discharge, release or injunction to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors are entitled to under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Governmental Unit (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code). The discharge, release and injunction provisions contained in the Plan and this Order are not intended and shall not be construed to bar any Governmental Unit from, subsequent to entry of this Order, pursuing any police or regulatory action, except to the extent that such police or regulatory action involves pursuing a “claim” within the meaning of section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code that is discharged or enjoined by the Plan and this Order.

 

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35. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan or this Order to the contrary, nothing in the Plan or this Order shall, as contemplated by Section 12.5(e) of the Plan, discharge, release, impair or otherwise preclude: (1) any liability to a Governmental Unit that is not a Claim; (2) any Claim of a Governmental Unit arising on or after the Confirmation Date; (3) any valid right of set-off or recoupment of the United States against a Debtor; or (4) any liability of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors under environmental law to any Governmental Unit as the owner or operator of property that such Entity owns or operates after the Confirmation Date, except those obligations to reimburse costs expended or paid by a Governmental Unit before the Petition Date or to pay penalties owing to a Governmental Unit for violations of environmental laws or regulations that occurred before the Petition Date. Nor shall anything in the Plan or this Order: (i) enjoin or otherwise bar the United States or any Governmental Unit from asserting or enforcing, outside the Court, any liability described as not discharged in the preceding sentence; or (ii) divest any court of jurisdiction to determine whether any liabilities asserted by the United States or any Governmental Unit are discharged or otherwise barred by the Plan, this Order, or the Bankruptcy Code.

36. Moreover, nothing in the Plan or this Order shall, as contemplated by Section 12.5(f) of the Plan, release or exculpate any non-Debtor, including any Released Parties, from any liability to the United States, including but not limited to any liabilities arising under the Internal Revenue Code, the environmental laws, or the criminal laws against the Released Parties, nor shall anything in the Plan or this Order enjoin the United States from bringing any claim, suit, action or other proceeding against the Released Parties for any liability whatsoever; provided , however , that the foregoing sentence shall not limit the scope of discharge granted to the Debtors under sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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37. Indemnification Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Plan (including Section 10.1 thereof), subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, the obligations of the Debtors to indemnify, defend, reimburse, exculpate, advance fees and expenses to, or limit the liability of directors or officers who were directors or officers of any of the Debtors at any time after the Petition Date, against any Causes of Action, shall, as contemplated by Section 12.9 of the Plan, remain unaffected thereby after the Effective Date and are not discharged. On and after the Effective Date, none of the Reorganized Debtors shall terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies in effect on the Petition Date, and all directors and officers of the Debtors at any time shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy, regardless of whether such directors and/or officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

38. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Plan, after the Effective Date, the obligations of the Debtors contained in Article VIII of the Backstop Commitment Agreement and approved by the Backstop Commitment Agreement Order to indemnify the Backstop Parties for any fees, expenses, costs and liabilities incurred in connection with the Intercreditor Actions shall remain in full force and effect and are not discharged.

39. Preservation of Insurance. The provisions of Section 7.12 of the Plan relating to Insurance Contracts and Insured Claims are approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in their entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further order or action on the part of the Court, any of the parties to such Releases or any other party.

 

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40. The Debtors’ discharge and release from all Claims as provided herein and in the Plan shall not diminish or impair the enforceability of any insurance policy that may provide coverage for Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their current and former directors and officers, or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preservation of insurance shall not impair nor diminish any Releases under the Plan.

41. In the event, an insurer agrees, in its sole discretion, to offer new or renew existing insurance coverage (including any run-off policies), the Debtors (or if applicable, the Reorganized Debtors) are authorized, to the extent necessary and without further order of the Court, to execute all agreements and/or amendments to existing agreements related thereto and perform their obligations thereunder including, inter alia , the payment of premium and/or provision/delivery of collateral related thereto.

 

B. Order Binding on All Parties

42. Pursuant to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, effective as of the Confirmation Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, and except as expressly provided in the Plan or this Order, the provisions of the Plan (including the exhibits to, and all documents and agreements executed pursuant to, the Plan) and this Order shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the Debtors, all holders of Claims and Interests, and their respective successors and assigns.

 

C. Adversary Proceedings

43. For the reasons set forth in the Bench Decisions, the Court hereby enters a judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding No. 14-08227 (RDD) (the “ First

 

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Lien Adversary ”) and Adversary Proceeding No. 14-08228 (RDD) (the “ 1.5 Lien Adversary ”). For the avoidance of doubt, the dispute regarding whether fees and expenses incurred in connection with any review, analysis, dispute or litigation (including the request of the Plaintiffs in the First Lien Adversary and the 1.5 Lien Adversary for a declaration that the Debtors are not obligated to bear any costs or attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the First Lien Trustee or 1.5 Lien in such adversary proceedings) concerning whether any “make-whole” payment or other prepayment fees or premiums are a First Lien Obligation or a 1.5 Lien Obligation (as such terms are defined in the Final DIP Order) are allowed as part of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claim is hereby preserved and shall be determined at a subsequent time by this Court.

44. For the reasons set forth in the Bench Decisions, the Court hereby enters a judgment in favor of the Defendants in Adversary Proceeding No. 14-08238 (RDD) (the “ Senior Subordinated Notes Adversary ”).

45. For the reasons set forth in the Bench Decisions, the Lift Stay Motion is denied with prejudice.

 

D. Approval of Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

46. The discharge provision as set forth in Section 12.2 of the Plan is approved, is so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date without further order or action on the part of the Court or any other party.

47. Except as specifically set forth in the Plan or herein, as of the Effective Date, each Person that is a holder (as well as any trustees and agents on behalf of such Person) of a Claim or Interest and any affiliate of such holder shall be deemed to have forever waived, released, and discharged the Debtors, to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, of and from any and all Claims, Interests, rights, and liabilities that arose prior

 

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to the Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, upon the Effective Date, all such holders of Claims and Interests and their affiliates shall be forever precluded and enjoined, pursuant to sections 105, 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, from prosecuting or asserting any such discharged Claim against or terminated Interest in any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor.

 

E. Exemption From Securities Laws

48. The offering, issuance of and the distribution under the Plan and associated documents and any and all agreements incorporated therein of the New Common Stock and Top HoldCo Common Stock and the exchange of New Common Stock for Top HoldCo Common Stock (a) with respect to the Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution, the Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock and the Section 1145 Subscription Rights shall, as contemplated by Section 8.12 of the Plan, be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and (b) with respect to the 4(a)(2) Subscription Rights, the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock and the Commitment Premium Shares shall be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Subject to any transfer restrictions contained in the Top HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation, (a) the Top HoldCo Common Stock issued in exchange for (i) Section 1145 Rights Offering Stock and (ii) New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Equity Distribution may be resold by the holders thereof without restriction, except to the extent that any such holder is deemed to be an “underwriter” as defined in section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code (in which case, such Top HoldCo Common Stock may be resold by the holders thereof pursuant to registration under, or applicable exemptions from registration under, the Securities Act), and (b) the Top HoldCo Common Stock issued in

 

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exchange for the 4(a)(2) Rights Offering Stock and the Commitment Premium Shares may be resold by the holders thereof pursuant to registration under, or applicable exemptions from registration under, the Securities Act.

 

F. Exemption From Certain Transfer Taxes

49. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all sale transactions consummated by the Debtors and approved by the Bankruptcy Court on and after the Confirmation Date through and including the Effective Date, including any transfers effectuated under this Plan, the sale by the Debtors of any owned property pursuant to section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and any assumption, assignment, and/or sale by the Debtors of their interests in unexpired leases of non-residential real property or executory contracts pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall constitute a “transfer under a plan” within the purview of section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, and shall not be subject to any stamp, real estate transfer, mortgage recording, or other similar tax.

 

G. Administrative Bar Date

50. Except as otherwise provided in the Final DIP Order, the RSA Order, the Backstop Commitment Agreement Order or in Section 3.2(a) of the Plan, requests for payment of Administrative Expense Claims must be filed with the Bankruptcy Court and served on the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors (as the case may be), the Claims Agent, the Creditors’ Committee and the Office of the United States Trustee proof of such Administrative Expense Claim within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. Such proof of Administrative Expense Claim must include at a minimum: (i) the name of the applicable Debtor that is purported to be liable for the Administrative Expense Claim and if the Administrative Expense Claim is asserted against more than one Debtor, the exact amount asserted to be owed by each such Debtor; (ii) the

 

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name of the holder of the Administrative Expense Claim; (iii) the asserted amount of the Administrative Expense Claim; (iv) the basis of the Administrative Expense Claim; and (v) supporting documentation for the Administrative Expense Claim. FAILURE TO FILE AND SERVE SUCH PROOF OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIM TIMELY AND PROPERLY SHALL RESULT IN SUCH CLAIM BEING FOREVER BARRED AND DISCHARGED.

 

H. Fee Claims

51. Except as otherwise provided in the Final DIP Order, any Professional Person seeking allowance by the Bankruptcy Court of a Fee Claim shall file with the Bankruptcy Court and serve notice of same on the Reorganized Debtors and the Office of the United States Trustee its respective final application for allowance of compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the Effective Date no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Effective Date. Objections to such Fee Claims, if any, must be filed and served on the applicable Professional Person, the Reorganized Debtors and the Office of the United States Trustee by no later than sixty-five (65) calendar days after the Effective Date or such other date as established by the Bankruptcy Court.

52. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall, pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Plan, pay all outstanding U.S. Trustee Fees of a Debtor on an ongoing basis on the date such U.S. Trustee Fees become due, until such time as a final decree is entered closing the applicable Reorganization Case, the applicable Reorganization Case is converted or dismissed, or the Bankruptcy Court orders otherwise.

53. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in accordance with the RSA, the Backstop Commitment Agreement, and the Final DIP Order, the reasonable fees,

 

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expenses, costs, and other charges of the RSA Parties, the Backstop Parties, and the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders, shall, in each case, be allowed as Administrative Claims and shall be paid in full, in Cash on or before the Effective Date without application or approval by the Bankruptcy Court. For the avoidance of doubt, any engagement or fee letters entered into between the Debtors and the legal and financial advisors of the RSA Parties, the Backstop Parties, and the Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders are executory contracts, which the Reorganized Debtors shall assume on the Effective Date.

54. Notwithstanding anything in the Order Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a) and 331 Establishing Procedures for Monthly Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals entered May 16, 2014 [Docket No. 214], all Professional Persons are authorized to file only a single first and final fee application to this Court no later than 45 days after the Effective Date.

 

I. Senior Subordinated Indenture Trustee Claims

55. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Plan, all Claims of the Senior Subordinated Indenture Trustee for its reasonable and documented fees and expenses arising under Section 7.07 of the Senior Subordinated Indenture shall be treated as General Unsecured Claims under Class 7 of the Plan, and the Senior Subordinated Indenture shall continue to exist after the Effective Date solely to permit the Senior Subordinated Trustee to seek compensation and/or reimbursement of its fees and expenses in accordance with the Senior Subordinated Indenture to the extent permitted or available under applicable law following the cancellation of the Senior Subordinated Indenture on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan and this Order. The fees and expenses payable pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the reasonableness standard for expenses set forth in Section 7.07 of the Senior

 

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Subordinated Indenture and this Court shall resolve any disputes as to the reasonableness of any such fees and expenses and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors shall pay or file an objection to such fees and expenses within 65 days of the later of (x) the Effective Date or (y) the date of presentment of invoices to the Debtors.

 

J. Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements

56. Except for the purpose of evidencing a right to distribution under the Plan, including the enforcement of any subordination and “pay over” provisions in the Senior Subordinated Indenture, and except as otherwise set forth herein or in the Plan, on the Effective Date all agreements, instruments, and other documents evidencing, related to or connected with any Claim or Interest (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including the Second Lien Notes Intercreditor Agreement solely to the extent necessary to preserve the Intercreditor Actions), other than Intercompany Interests, and any rights of any holder in respect thereof, shall be deemed cancelled, discharged and of no force or effect. For the avoidance of doubt, the cancellation of the First Lien Indenture and the 1.5 Lien Indenture is without prejudice to the First Lien Indenture Trustee’s and the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee’s respective (i) appellate rights, (ii) ability to continue serving in the capacity as plaintiffs in connection with the Intercreditor Actions, as may be amended to assert a claim or defense under the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement that arose out of the conduct, transactions, or occurrences set out, or attempted to be set out, in the original complaints, as provided in this Order, and in connection with any appeals arising therefrom, and (iii) ability to enforce any rights they may have under the Final DIP Order or this Order. Further, for the avoidance of doubt, the cancellation of the Senior Subordinated Indenture is without prejudice to the Senior Subordinated Indenture Trustee’s appellate rights.

 

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K. Binding Effect of Prior Orders

57. Pursuant to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, effective as of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and subject to the terms of the Plan and this Order, all prior orders entered in the Reorganization Cases, all documents and agreements executed by the Debtors as authorized and directed thereunder and all motions or requests for relief by the Debtors pending before the Court as of the Effective Date that ultimately are granted shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their respective successors and assigns; provided, further, that the Final DIP Order shall remain in effect to the extent necessary to enable the First Lien Indenture Trustee and the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee to pursue any and all relief with respect to the adequate protection incurred prior to the Effective Date granted under the Final DIP Order.

 

L. Notice of Confirmation of the Plan

58. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 2002(f)(7) and 3020(c)(2), the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors are directed to serve a notice of the entry of this Order, substantially in the form of Appendix II attached hereto (the “ Effective Date Notice ”), on all parties that they served with notice of the Confirmation Hearing and parties to executory contracts or unexpired leases no later than ten (10) days after the Effective Date; provided , however , that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall be obligated to serve the Effective Date Notice only on the record holders of Claims or Interests as of the Distribution Record Date. As soon as practicable after the entry of this Order, the Debtors shall make copies of this Order available on their reorganization website at www.kccllc.net/mpm .

 

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M. Miscellaneous Provisions

59. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e), this Order shall be stayed until the expiration of 14 days after the entry of this Order.

60. Without the need for a further order or authorization of this Court, but subject to the express provisions of this Order, the Debtors shall be authorized and empowered as may be necessary to make non-material modifications to the documents filed with the Court, including the Plan Supplement, in their reasonable business judgment, but only in accordance with, and subject to Section 14.6 of the Plan, and upon notice to any affected parties. For the avoidance of doubt, the evidentiary record for the Confirmation Hearing was closed on August 21, 2014, and the evidentiary record shall not be amended, modified or supplemented.

61. The Creditors’ Committee shall be automatically dissolved on the Effective Date and, on the Effective Date, each member of the Creditors’ Committee (including each officer, director, employee, agent, consultant or representative thereof) and each Professional Person retained by the Creditors’ Committee shall be released and discharged from all rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations arising from, or related to, the Debtors, their membership on the Creditors’ Committee, the Plan or the Reorganization Cases, except with respect to any matters concerning any Fee Claims held or asserted by any professionals retained by the Creditors’ Committee.

62. On the Effective Date, the engagement of each Professional Person retained by the Debtors and the Creditors’ Committee shall be terminated without further order of the Bankruptcy Court or act of the parties; provided , however , such Professional Persons shall be entitled to prosecute and defend their respective Fee Claims and represent their respective constituents with respect to applications for payment of such Fee Claims and the Reorganized

 

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Debtors shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses associated with the prosecution and defense of such Fee Claims. Nothing herein or in the Plan shall preclude any Reorganized Debtor from engaging a former Professional Person on and after the Effective Date in the same capacity as such Professional Person was engaged prior to the Effective Date.

63. Except as permitted under applicable law, nothing in the Plan or this Order shall expand this Court’s jurisdiction with respect to tax liabilities or tax consequences arising from the Plan. In confirming the Plan, this Court has not made any determination as to the federal tax liabilities or tax consequences of the Plan. Nothing in Sections 7.8(f) or 8.14 of the Plan shall: (i) be deemed to be a determination of the federal tax liability of any person or entity, including but not limited to the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, or (ii) be deemed to be a determination of the federal tax treatment of any item, distribution or entity, including the federal tax consequences of the Plan. The fact that certain language was previously included in Section 12.5 of the Plan and then removed from subsequent drafts of the Plan is not intended, and shall not be construed, as evidence as to the federal tax consequences of the Plan.

64. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, are authorized to enter into and perform any and all agreements with Aetna Life Insurance Company (“ Aetna ”) necessary or appropriate to administer a self-funded health plan and other benefits programs as of the Effective Date of the Plan on substantially the same terms provided under the prepetition self-funded health plan administered by Aetna pursuant to that certain Administrative Services Agreement No. ASA-666985 between Aetna and Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (the “ Prepetition ASA ”). In addition to obligations arising under the self-funded plan on and after the Effective Date, the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall continue to pay in the ordinary course of business all obligations arising prior to the Effective Date under the Prepetition ASA to the extent such obligations relate to the Debtors.

 

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65. If all of the conditions to effectiveness have not been satisfied or duly waived (as provided in Section 11.2 of the Plan) and the Effective Date has not occurred on or before the first Business Day that is more than 60 days after the Confirmation Date, or by such later date as set forth by the Debtors (with the consent of Requisite Investors) in a notice filed with the Bankruptcy Court prior to the expiration of such period, then the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Investors, may, as contemplated by Section 11.3 of the Plan, file a motion to vacate this Order. Notwithstanding the filing of such a motion, this Order shall not be vacated if all of the conditions to consummation set forth in Section 11.1 hereof are either satisfied or duly waived before the Bankruptcy Court enters an order granting the relief requested in such motion. If this Order is vacated pursuant to Section 11.3 of the Plan, the Plan shall be null and void in all respects, this Order (including the findings with respect to valuation contained in Paragraph X hereof) shall be of no further force or effect, no Plan Distributions shall be made, the Debtors and all holders of Claims and Interests shall be restored to the status quo ante as of the day immediately preceding the Confirmation Date as though the Confirmation Date had never occurred, and upon such occurrence, nothing contained in the Plan or this Order shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims against or Interests in the Debtors; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the holder of any Claim against or Interest in the Debtors; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer or undertaking by any Debtor or any other Person with respect to any matter set forth in the Plan or this Order.

66. Failure specifically to include or reference particular sections or provisions of the Plan or any related agreement in this Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such sections or provisions, it being the intent of the Court that the Plan be confirmed and such related agreements be approved in their entirety.

 

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67. Any document related to the Plan that refers to a plan of reorganization of the Debtors other than the Plan confirmed by this Order shall be, and it hereby is, deemed to be modified such that the reference to a plan of reorganization of the Debtors in such document shall mean the Plan confirmed by this Order, as appropriate.

68. In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan, on the one hand, and any other agreement, instrument, or document intended to implement the provisions of the Plan, on the other, the provisions of the Plan shall govern (unless otherwise expressly provided for in such agreement, instrument, or document). In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan or any agreement, instrument, or document intended to implement the Plan, on the one hand, and this Order, on the other, the provisions of this Order shall govern.

69. Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in this Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of this Court and extant on the date of entry of this Order shall, as contemplated by Section 12.3 of the Plan, remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or this Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

70. On the Effective Date, the Plan shall be deemed to be substantially consummated under sections 1101 and 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code.

71. Except as otherwise may be provided in the Plan or herein, notice of all subsequent pleadings in the Reorganization Cases after the Effective Date shall be limited to the following parties: (a) the Reorganized Debtors and their counsel, (b) the United States Trustee, (c) the First Lien Indenture Trustee, (d) the 1.5 Lien Indenture Trustee and (e) any party known to be directly affected by the relief sought.

 

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72. If the Plan is revoked or withdrawn pursuant to Section 14.7 of the Plan prior to the Effective Date, the Plan shall be deemed null and void.

73. Notwithstanding the entry of this Order, this Court may properly, and from and after the Effective Date shall, to the fullest extent as is legally permissible, (i) retain jurisdiction over, and shall hear and determine, the Intercreditor Actions, the Causes of Action asserted therein, and any other similar Causes of Action arising under or in connection with, or otherwise related to, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, whether asserted against a Released Party or any other Person, (ii) retain exclusive jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases, and all matters arising under, arising out of, or related to, the Reorganization Cases and the Plan (a) as provided for in Article XIII of the Plan, (b) as provided for in this Order, and (c) for the purposes set forth in sections 1127 and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Order or the Plan in respect of the Court’s retention of jurisdiction, the Exit Financing Documents shall govern the enforcement thereof and any rights or remedies with respect thereto.

 

Dated:   September 11, 2014      
  White Plains, New York      
       

/s/Robert D. Drain

        THE HONORABLE ROBERT D. DRAIN
        UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
       

 

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APPENDIX I

PLAN OF REORGANIZATION


APPENDIX II

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTICE


Matthew A. Feldman

Rachel C. Strickland

Jennifer J. Hardy

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Telephone: (212) 728-8000

Facsimile: (212) 728-8111

Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

 

 

 

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In re   :      Chapter 11
  :     
MPM Silicones, LLC, et al. , 5   :      Case No. 14-22503 (RDD)
  :     

Debtors.

  :      (Jointly Administered)

 

 

 

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NOTICE OF: (I) ENTRY OF ORDER CONFIRMING JOINT CHAPTER 11

PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE

MATERIALS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS; (II) OCCURRENCE

OF EFFECTIVE DATE; AND (III) DEADLINE FOR FILING FEE CLAIMS AND

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIMS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT:

1. Confirmation of the Plan . On September [    ], 2014, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York entered an order [Docket No.     ] (the “ Confirmation Order ”) confirming the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. and Its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 3, 2014 [Docket No. 943] (as confirmed, the “ Plan ”). To obtain a copy of the Confirmation Order or the Plan, you may (a) visit the website of the Debtors’ balloting agent, Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (“ KCC ”) at http://www.kccllc.net/mpm , (b) contact KCC by calling (888) 249-2792, or (c) visit

 

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The last four digits of the taxpayer identification numbers of the Debtors follow in parentheses: (i) Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC (9631); (ii) Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC (9692); (iii) Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC (9765); (iv) Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC (9836); (v) Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc. (8469); (vi) Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc. (8246); (vii) Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (8297); (viii) Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc. (9929); (ix) Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc. (4895); (x) Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc. (8388); (xi) Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide Inc. (8357); and (xii) MPM Silicones, LLC (5481). The Debtors’ executive headquarters are located at 260 Hudson River Road, Waterford, NY 12188.


the Bankruptcy Court’s website: www.nysb.uscourts.gov (a PACER password is required). In addition, copies of the Plan and Confirmation Order are on file with the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, New York 10601. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Plan.

2. Effective Date . On September [    ], 2014, the “Effective Date” occurred with respect to the Plan.

3. Bar Date for Filing Administrative Expense Claims . Pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Plan, any Person asserting an Administrative Expense Claim other than the holder of (a) a DIP Claim, (b) a Fee Claim, (c) a 503(b)(9) Claim, (d) an Administrative Expense Claim that has been Allowed on or before the Effective Date, (e) an Administrative Expense Claim for an expense or liability incurred and payable in the ordinary course of business by a Debtor, (f) an Administrative Expense Claim on account of fees and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date by ordinary course professionals retained by the Debtors pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, (g) an Administrative Expense Claim arising, in the ordinary course of business, out of the employment by one or more Debtors of an individual from and after the Petition Date, but only to the extent that such Administrative Expense Claim is solely for outstanding wages, commissions, accrued benefits, or reimbursement of business expenses; (h) a claim for adequate protection arising under the Final DIP Order; or (i) an Indenture Trustee Claim, must file with the Bankruptcy Court and serve on the Reorganized Debtors, KCC and the Office of the United States Trustee, proof of such Administrative Expense Claim so as to be received by 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern time) no later than thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. Such proof of Administrative Expense Claim must include at a minimum: (i) the name of the applicable Debtor that is purported to be liable for the Administrative Expense Claim, and if the Administrative Expense Claim is asserted against more than one Debtor, the exact amount asserted to be owed by each such Debtor; (ii) the name of the holder of the Administrative Expense Claim; (iii) the amount of the Administrative Expense Claim; (iv) the basis of the Administrative Expense Claim; and (v) supporting documentation for the Administrative Expense Claim.

FAILURE TO FILE AND SERVE SUCH PROOF OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIM TIMELY AND PROPERLY SHALL RESULT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIM BEING FOREVER BARRED AND DISCHARGED.

4. Bar Date for Filing Fee Claims . Pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Plan and paragraph 53 of the Confirmation Order, any Professional Person seeking allowance by the Bankruptcy Court of a Fee Claim shall file with the Bankruptcy Court and serve notice of same on the Reorganized Debtors and the Office of the United States Trustee its respective final application for allowance of compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the Effective Date no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Effective Date.

5. FAILURE TO FILE AND SERVE SUCH FEE APPLICATION TIMELY AND PROPERLY COULD RESULT IN THE FEE CLAIM BEING FOREVER BARRED AND DISCHARGED. Objections to such Fee Claims, if any, must be filed and served on the applicable Professional Person, the Reorganized Debtors and the Office of the United States Trustee by no later than sixty-five (65) calendar days after the Effective Date.

 

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Dated:   New York, New York      
  September     , 2014      
        WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
        Counsel for Reorganized Debtors
       

787 Seventh Avenue

        New York, NY 10019

 

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Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.

October 24, 2014

I, George F. Knight, being an authorized officer of Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), do hereby certify as follows:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is “Momentive Performance Materials Inc.” (formerly known as Nautilus Holdings Intermediate Corp.).

SECOND: The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 6, 2006.

THIRD: On April 13, 2014, the Corporation and certain of its debtor affiliates filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”). On June 23, 2014, the Corporation and certain of its debtor affiliates filed that certain Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the “ Plan ”), which was confirmed on September 11, 2014 by order of the Bankruptcy Court (the “ Order ”). The Plan, as confirmed by the Order, provides for the amendment and restatement of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “ Restated Certificate ”).

FOURTH: The Restated Certificate has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), pursuant to the authority granted to the Corporation under Section 303 of the DGCL to put into effect and carry out the Plan, as confirmed by the Order.

FIFTH : The Restated Certificate has been duly executed and acknowledged by an officer of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the DGCL.

[ Signature Page Follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned, for the purpose of amending and restating the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation pursuant to the DGCL, under penalties of perjury does hereby declare and certify that this is the act and deed of the Corporation and the facts stated herein are true, and accordingly has hereunto signed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of the date first written above.

 

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

Name:   George F. Knight
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer


EXHIBIT A

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.

FIRST: The name of the corporation, which is hereinafter referred to as the “ Corporation ” is “Momentive Performance Materials Inc.”

SECOND: The name and address of the Corporation’s registered agent in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19801.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”).

FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 70,000,000 all of which shares shall be common stock having a par value per share of $0.01. The Corporation shall not issue any non-voting equity securities to the extent prohibited by Section 1123 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) as in effect on the date of filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that the foregoing (a) shall have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) shall have such force and effect, if any, only for so long as such section of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation, and (c) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect.

FIFTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by a majority of the board of directors of the Corporation, but any bylaws adopted by the board of directors may be amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.

SIXTH: The following provisions are inserted to limit the liability of current and former directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation to the full extent of the law allowable and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and it is expressly provided that they are intended to be in furtherance and not in limitation or exclusion of the powers conferred by law:

(a) No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL. If the DGCL is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of the directors of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, as so amended.

(b) No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other firm or corporation shall be affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any one or more of


the directors or officers of this Corporation is or are interested in, or is a member, stockholder, director or officer or are members, stockholders, directors or officers, individually or jointly, may be a party or parties to, or may be interested in, any contract or transaction of this Corporation or in which this Corporation with any person or persons, firm, association or corporation, shall be affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any director or officer or officers of this Corporation is a party, or are parties to, or interested, such contract, act of transaction, or in any way connected, with such person or persons, firms, association or corporation, and each and every person who may become a director or officer of this Corporation is relieved from any liability that might otherwise exist from thus contracting with this Corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, association, or corporation in which he may be in any way interested.

(c) Subject to such restrictions and regulations contained in the bylaws adopted by the stockholders, the board of directors may make, alter, amend and rescind the bylaws, and may provide therein for the appointment of an executive committee from their own members, to exercise all or any of the powers of the board, which may be amended or repealed, at any time, by the stockholders.

(d) The board of directors shall have power, in its discretion, to provide for and to pay for directors rendering unusual or exceptional services to the Corporation special compensation appropriate to the value of such services.

(e) By resolution duly adopted by the holders of not less than a majority of the shares of stock then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation duly called and held as provided in the bylaws of the Corporation, any director or directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time or times, with or without cause. The board of directors may at any time remove any officers of the Corporation with or without cause.

(f) Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of another corporation or of a limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (hereinafter, a “ Covered Person ”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as director, officer, manager, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as amended from time to time (but in the case of any such amendment, to the fullest extent permitted by law, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection therewith, and that indemnification shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, manager, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, administrators and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except as provided in clause (g) of


this Article SIXTH, the Corporation shall indemnify any such Covered Person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by that Covered Person, only if that proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article SIXTH shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the DGCL, as amended from time to time, requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his capacity as a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced, if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article SIXTH or otherwise. No director or officer will be required to post any bond or provide any other security with respect to any such undertaking.

(g) If a claim under clause (f) of this Article SIXTH is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant also shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting that claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, where the required undertaking, if any, is required and has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has failed to meet a standard of conduct that makes it permissible under Delaware law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its board of directors, its independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is permissible in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its board of directors, its independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(h) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article SIXTH shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(i) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, manager, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against that expense, liability or loss under Delaware law.

(j) To the extent any director, officer, manager, employee or agent of the Corporation is by reason of such position, or a position with another entity at the request of the Corporation, a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection therewith.


(k) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article SIXTH with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

(l) The Corporation hereby acknowledges that certain Covered Persons may have rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by a stockholder of the Corporation or its affiliates (directly or through insurance obtained by any such entity) (collectively, the “ Stockholder Indemnitors ”). The Corporation hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort with respect to the Covered Persons, (ii) it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by the Covered Persons, as required by law, the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws of the Corporation, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, without regard to any rights the Covered Persons may have against the Stockholder Indemnitors and (iii) to the extent permitted by law, it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Stockholder Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Stockholder Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Stockholder Indemnitors on behalf of the Corporation with respect to any claim for which the Covered Persons have sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing and the Stockholder Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Covered Persons against the Corporation. These rights shall be a contract right.

(m) To the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the DGCL, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to its directors other than in their capacity as a director and other than those directors who are employees of the Corporation. No amendment or repeal of this section shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to opportunities of which such director becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal.

(n) If any provision or provisions of this Article SIXTH shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article SIXTH (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article SIXTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article SIXTH (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article SIXTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


SEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, modify or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment, modification or repeal of Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect (a) any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to, such amendment, modification or repeal or (b) any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

of

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.

(hereinafter, the “ Corporation ”)

 

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be The Corporation Trust Company, The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of Castle, State of Delaware 19801.

Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meeting and Notice. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine.

Section 2. Annual and Special Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held, at a date, time and place fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the President for any purpose and shall be called by the President or Secretary if directed by the Board of Directors or requested in writing by the holders of not less than a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation. Each such stockholder request shall state the purpose of the proposed meeting.

Section 3. Notice. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of an annual meeting or special meeting stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given by the Corporation either personally or by mail or by other lawful means not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 4. Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders, the holders of record, present in person or by proxy, of a majority of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding capital stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law. In the absence of a quorum, any officer entitled to preside at or to act as secretary of the meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.


Section 5. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, all matters submitted to a meeting of stockholders shall be decided by vote of the holders of record, present in person or by proxy, of a majority of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding capital stock, including common stock.

Section 6. Action by Consent. Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent shall be given by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that consents given by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number, Election and Removal of Directors. The number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be not less than one nor more than fifteen, which number shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders. The directors shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director or by the stockholders. A director may be removed with or without cause by the stockholders.

Section 2. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors or as may be specified in a notice of meeting. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time upon the call of the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary if directed by the Board of Directors. Telegraphic, written, facsimile or other electronic means of notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be sent to each director not less than two hours before such meeting. A meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Quorum. A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until such a quorum is present. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, these by-laws or any contract or agreement to which the Corporation is a party, the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4. Committees of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, including without limitation an Executive Committee, to have and exercise such power and authority as the Board of Directors shall specify. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he/she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

The officers of the Corporation shall consist of one or more Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other additional officers with such titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, all of whom shall be chosen by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Such officers shall have the usual powers and shall perform all the usual duties incident to their respective offices. All officers shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors. The authority, duties or responsibilities of any officer of the Corporation may be suspended by the President with or without cause. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall indemnify any current or former director, officer, employee or agent, or any other applicable person, as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws require notice to be given to any director or stockholder, such notice may be given in writing by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Such notice shall be deemed to have been given when it is deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given personally or by telegram, telecopier, telephone or other means of electronic transmission. Whenever any notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, to be given to any director or stockholder, a waiver thereof, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall

 

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constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve. Distributions on account of the common stock of the Corporation will be paid pro rata to all holders of the common stock.

Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. Amendments. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new by-laws may be adopted, by the majority vote of the entire Board of Directors.

Section 2. Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article VII and in these by-laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of the directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies or newly created directorships.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

as Company,

EACH OF THE NOTE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee and as Collateral Agent

$1,100,000,000 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 24, 2014

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1   

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02.

 

Other Definitions

     41   

Section 1.03.

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     43   

Section 1.04.

 

Rules of Construction

     43   

ARTICLE II.

 

THE NOTES

     44   

Section 2.01.

 

Amount of Notes

     44   

Section 2.02.

 

Form and Dating

     45   

Section 2.03.

 

Execution and Authentication

     45   

Section 2.04.

 

Registrar and Paying Agent

     46   

Section 2.05.

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

     46   

Section 2.06.

 

Holder Lists

     47   

Section 2.07.

 

Transfer and Exchange

     47   

Section 2.08.

 

Replacement Notes

     47   

Section 2.09.

 

Outstanding Notes

     48   

Section 2.10.

 

Temporary Notes

     48   

Section 2.11.

 

Cancellation

     48   

Section 2.12.

 

Defaulted Interest

     49   

Section 2.13.

 

CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc

     49   

Section 2.14.

 

Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes

     49   

ARTICLE III.

 

REDEMPTION

     49   

Section 3.01.

 

Redemption

     49   

Section 3.02.

 

Applicability of Article

     50   

Section 3.03.

 

Notices to Trustee

     50   

Section 3.04.

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

     50   

Section 3.05.

 

Notice of Optional Redemption

     50   

Section 3.06.

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

     51   

Section 3.07.

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

     51   

Section 3.08.

 

Notes Redeemed in Part

     51   

Section 3.09.

 

Mandatory Redemption

     52   

ARTICLE IV.

 

COVENANTS

     52   

Section 4.01.

 

Payment of Notes

     52   

Section 4.02.

 

Reports and Other Information

     53   

Section 4.03.

 

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock

     54   

Section 4.04.

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments

     61   

Section 4.05.

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

     66   

 

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Section 4.06.

 

Asset Sales

     68   

Section 4.07.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

     72   

Section 4.08.

 

Change of Control

     74   

Section 4.09.

 

Compliance Certificate

     76   

Section 4.10.

 

Further Instruments and Acts

     76   

Section 4.11.

 

Future Note Guarantors

     76   

Section 4.12.

 

Liens

     76   

Section 4.13.

 

After-Acquired Property

     77   

Section 4.14.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     77   

Section 4.15.

 

[Reserved]

     78   

Section 4.16.

 

[Reserved]

     78   

Section 4.17.

 

Suspension of Certain Covenants

     78   

ARTICLE V.

 

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

     79   

Section 5.01.

 

When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets

     79   

ARTICLE VI.

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     81   

Section 6.01.

 

Events of Default

     81   

Section 6.02.

 

Acceleration

     83   

Section 6.03.

 

Other Remedies

     84   

Section 6.04.

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

     84   

Section 6.05.

 

Control by Majority

     84   

Section 6.06.

 

Limitation on Suits

     84   

Section 6.07.

 

Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment

     85   

Section 6.08.

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

     85   

Section 6.09.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     85   

Section 6.10.

 

Priorities

     85   

Section 6.11.

 

Undertaking for Costs

     86   

Section 6.12.

 

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

     86   

ARTICLE VII.

 

TRUSTEE

     86   

Section 7.01.

 

Duties of Trustee

     86   

Section 7.02.

 

Rights of Trustee

     88   

Section 7.03.

 

Individual Rights of Trustee

     89   

Section 7.04.

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

     89   

Section 7.05.

 

Notice of Defaults

     90   

Section 7.06.

 

Reports by Trustee to the Holders

     90   

Section 7.07.

 

Compensation and Indemnity

     90   

Section 7.08.

 

Replacement of Trustee

     91   

Section 7.09.

 

Successor Trustee by Merger

     92   

Section 7.10.

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

     92   

Section 7.11.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

     93   

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

     93   

Section 8.01.

 

Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance

     93   

Section 8.02.

 

Conditions to Defeasance

     94   

Section 8.03.

 

Application of Trust Money

     95   

Section 8.04.

 

Repayment to Company

     95   

Section 8.05.

 

Indemnity for Government Obligations

     96   

Section 8.06.

 

Reinstatement

     96   

ARTICLE IX.

 

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

     96   

Section 9.01.

 

Without Consent of the Holders

     96   

Section 9.02.

 

With Consent of the Holders

     97   

Section 9.03.

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

     98   

Section 9.04.

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers

     98   

Section 9.05.

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     99   

Section 9.06.

 

Trustee and Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments

     99   

Section 9.07.

 

Payment for Consent

     99   

Section 9.08.

 

Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount

     99   

Section 9.09.

 

Providing Evidence of Amendments to Trustee

     100   

ARTICLE X.

 

RANKING OF NOTE LIENS

     100   

Section 10.01.

 

Relative Rights

     100   

ARTICLE XI.

 

COLLATERAL

     101   

Section 11.01.

 

Security Documents

     101   

Section 11.02.

 

Collateral Agent

     103   

Section 11.03.

 

Authorization of Actions to Be Taken

     104   

Section 11.04.

 

Release of Collateral

     105   

Section 11.05.

 

Filing, Recording and Opinions

     106   

Section 11.06.

 

[Reserved]

     107   

Section 11.07.

 

Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations

     107   

Section 11.08.

 

Designations

     108   

ARTICLE XII.

 

NOTE GUARANTEES

     108   

Section 12.01.

 

Note Guarantees

     108   

Section 12.02.

 

Limitation on Liability

     110   

Section 12.03.

 

Successors and Assigns

     111   

Section 12.04.

 

No Waiver

     111   

Section 12.05.

 

Modification

     111   

Section 12.06.

 

Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors

     111   

Section 12.07.

 

Non-Impairment

     112   

 

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ARTICLE XIII.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

     112   

Section 13.01.

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls

     112   

Section 13.02.

 

Notices

     112   

Section 13.03.

 

Communication by the Holders with Other Holders

     113   

Section 13.04.

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     114   

Section 13.05.

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

     114   

Section 13.06.

 

When Notes Disregarded

     114   

Section 13.07.

 

Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar

     114   

Section 13.08.

 

Legal Holidays

     114   

Section 13.09.

 

GOVERNING LAW

     115   

Section 13.10.

 

No Recourse Against Others

     115   

Section 13.11.

 

Successors

     115   

Section 13.12.

 

Multiple Originals

     115   

Section 13.13.

 

Table of Contents; Headings

     115   

Section 13.14.

 

Indenture Controls

     115   

Section 13.15.

 

Severability

     115   

Section 13.16.

 

Force Majeure

     115   

Section 13.17.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     115   

 

Appendix A       Provisions Relating to the Notes
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit A

      Form of Note

Exhibit B

      Form of Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit C

      Form of First-Priority Intercreditor Agreement

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section

  

Indenture
Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

(a)(2)

   7.10

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08; 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

(b)

   7.11

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   2.06

(b)

   13.03

(c)

   13.03

313(a)

   7.06

(b)(1)

   N.A.

(b)(2)

   7.06

(c)

   7.06

(d)

   4.02; 4.09

314(a)

   4.02; 4.09

(b)

   11.05

(c)(1)

   11.05, 13.04

(c)(2)

   13.04

(c)(3)

   11.05

(d)

   11.05

(e)

   13.05

(f)

   4.10

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   7.05

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.11

316(a)(last sentence)

   13.06

(a)(1)(A)

   6.05

(a)(1)(B)

   6.04

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   6.07

317(a)(1)

   6.08

(a)(2)

   6.09

(b)

   2.05

318(a)

   13.01

N.A. Means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of October 24, 2014 among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the Note Guarantors party hereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 issued on the date hereof (the “ Original Notes ”) and (b) any Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof (all such notes in clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as the “ Notes ”). Subject to the conditions and compliance with the covenants set forth herein, the Company may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions .

ABL Facility ” means (i) the Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Amended and Restated Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, as U.S. Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GMBH, as Germany Silicone Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GMBH, as Germany Quartz Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and the other lenders and parties from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, and (ii) whether or not the facility referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “ABL Facility,” one or more asset-based (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuer and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

ABL Facility Collateral Agent ” means the “Collateral Agent” (or similar entity) under the ABL Facility Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.


ABL Facility Documents ” means the agreements and other instruments governing the ABL Facility, together with any guarantees thereof and any security documents, other collateral documents and other instruments relating thereto (including documents and instruments governing Hedging Obligations required by the ABL Facility or relating to ABL Obligations).

ABL Intercreditor Agreement ” means (i) the intercreditor agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the Note Guarantors, the ABL Collateral Agent and the First Lien Collateral Agent, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) any replacement thereof that contains terms not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i).

ABL Obligations ” means the Obligations of the borrowers and other obligors (including the Company and the Note Guarantors) under the ABL Facility or any of the other ABL Facility Documents, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceedings) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the ABL Facility Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the ABL Facility Documents, according to the respective terms thereof, which Obligations, in the case of Indebtedness, are secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking equal to the Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees or by Liens ranking senior to the Notes and the Note Guarantees on the ABL Priority Collateral and junior to the Notes and the Note Guarantees on the Notes Priority Collateral, as permitted by clause (8) of the definition of Permitted Liens.

ABL Obligors ” means the Company and each subsidiary of the Company that is a borrower under or a guarantor of the ABL Obligations under an ABL Facility.

ABL Priority Collateral ” means any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Company and the Note Guarantors (collectively, the “ Pledgors ”), in each case other than to the extent constituting Excluded Assets: (a) all accounts; (b) all inventory; (c) to the extent evidencing, governing, securing or otherwise related to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) and (b), all (i) general intangibles, (ii) chattel paper, (iii) instruments and (iv) documents; (d) all payment intangibles (including corporate tax refunds), other than any payment intangibles that represent tax refunds in respect of or otherwise relate to real property, fixtures or equipment; (e) all payments received from the Pledgors’ credit card clearinghouses and processors or otherwise in respect of all credit card charges for sales of inventory by the Pledgors; (f) all collection accounts, deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodity accounts and any cash or other assets in any such accounts (other than separately identified cash proceeds of Notes Priority Collateral) and securities entitlements and other rights with respect thereto; (g) to the extent relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (f) constituting ABL Priority Collateral, all supporting obligations and letter-of-credit rights; (h) all books and records related to the foregoing; and (i) all products and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing in whatever form received, including proceeds of insurance policies related to inventory of any Pledgor and business interruption insurance (in each case, except to the extent constituting proceeds of Notes Priority Collateral).

 

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Acquired Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person; and

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

Additional First Priority Lien Secured Party ” means the holders of any Other First Priority Lien Obligations that are Incurred after the Issue Date.

Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than the Original Notes) issued from time to time under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.

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” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

Apollo ” means (1) Apollo Global Management, L.P. or one or more investment funds or accounts affiliated with Apollo Global Management, L.P. or one or more of their respective Affiliates including one or more holding companies of such investment funds or accounts (collectively, the “ Apollo Funds ”) and (2) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Apollo Funds, provided that Apollo Funds own a majority of the voting power of such group.

Asset Sale ” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “ disposition ”) or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),

 

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in each case other than:

(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, obsolete or worn out property or equipment or disposals of equipment in connection with reinvestment in or replacement of equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;

(d) any disposition of assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $12.5 million;

(e) any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

(f) any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company;

(g) foreclosure on assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(h) any disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(i) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(j) any disposition of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;

(l) any disposition of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” to a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing or in factoring or similar transactions;

(m) any swap of assets, or any lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company; provided, that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.06;

 

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(n) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted under this Indenture;

(o) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

(p) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(q) any agreement or arrangement involving, relating to or otherwise facilitating, (i) requirements contracts, (ii) tolling arrangements or (iii) the reservation or presale of production capacity of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by one or more third parties;

(r) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property;

(s) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(t) the sale of any intellectual property and other assets primarily related to the production of gallium nitride, including any interests in joint ventures relating thereto;

(u) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens; and

(v) any Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives with respect to such transaction aggregate consideration of less than $15.0 million.

Authorized Representative ” means (i) in the case of the Notes, the Trustee, and (ii) in the case of any Series of Other First Priority Lien Obligations that become subject to the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement, the authorized representative (and any successor thereto) named for such Series in the applicable joinder agreement.

Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Credit Agreement or the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of any Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

 

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Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code.

Board of Directors ” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

Borrowing Base ” shall mean, as of any date, the sum of (w) 85% of the book value of the inventory of the Company and the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date, (x) 90% of the book value of the accounts receivable of the Company and the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date, (y) to the extent machinery and equipment is an element of the Borrowing Base under an ABL Facility, up to 90% of the book value of the machinery and equipment of the ABL Obligors (that are foreign subsidiaries of the Company) as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date and (z) 100% of the Unrestricted Cash of the Company and the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date, in each case calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (calculated on a pro forma basis to give effect to any Investment, acquisition, disposition, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operation, in each case with such pro forma adjustments as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio).

Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City or the city in which the Trustee’s principal office is located.

Capital Stock ” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

(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.

Capitalized 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 such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents ” means:

(1) U.S. Dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government, Australia, Great Britain, Canada, Netherlands or any other country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;

(3) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding 270 days after the date of acquisition and held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits and demand deposits (in their respective local currencies), in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and whose long-term debt is rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

(6) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(8) Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(9) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above; and

(10) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (9) above denominated in euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for

 

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cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

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

(i) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders; or

(ii) the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(l) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.

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

Collateral ” means all property subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any of the Security Documents.

Collateral Agent ” means the party serving in such capacity under this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor. The Collateral Agent under this Indenture will be the party that is First Lien Collateral Agent under the First Lien Security Documents.

Collateral Agreement ” means the collateral agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter in accordance with this Indenture.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Collateral ” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First Priority Lien Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives) hold a valid and perfected security interest at such time. If more than two Series of First Priority Lien Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First Priority Lien Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Common Collateral for those Series of First Priority Lien Obligations that hold a valid security interest in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Common Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest in such Collateral at such time.

 

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

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge commitment or other financing fees); plus

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus

(4) interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

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

(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income, expenses or charges (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including, without limitation, (i) severance expenses, expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to new product lines, plant shutdown costs and acquisition integration costs and (ii) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (in each case, whether or not successful);

(2) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any one-time non-cash charges or increases or reductions in Net Income, in each case resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date shall be excluded;

(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

 

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(4) any net after-tax income or loss from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of abandoned, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;

(5) any net after-tax gains or losses, or any subsequent charges or expenses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Company) shall be excluded;

(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted 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 or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (A) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Note Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that (without duplication) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

(9) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually made to any parent of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period;

(10) any impairment charges or asset write-offs and amortization of intangibles in each case arising pursuant to the application of GAAP shall be excluded;

 

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(11) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants and sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights shall be excluded;

(12) any (a) severance or relocation costs or expenses, (b) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (c) costs and expenses after the Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, (d) costs or expenses realized in connection with, resulting from or in anticipation of the Transactions or (e) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;

(13) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted, in each case as a result of the Transactions within 12 months after the Issue Date, and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP, and changes in accruals and reserves as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies in connection with the Transactions, shall be excluded;

(14) solely for purposes of calculating EBITDA, (a) the Net Income of any Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) above shall be included;

(15) (a) (i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 shall be excluded;

(16) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded; and

(17) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clauses (D) and (E) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”

 

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Consolidated Non-cash Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of determination that constitutes ABL Obligations or First Priority Lien Obligations to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the then most recent four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are available in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio; provided, however, that solely for purposes of the calculation of the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, in connection with the incurrence of any Lien pursuant to clause (8)(B) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness (including any Bank Indebtedness) which is to be secured by such Lien as being Incurred at such time and any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

Consolidated Taxes ” means provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and any Tax Distributions taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum (without duplication) of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any undrawn letters of credit) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations, bankers’ acceptances, Indebtedness for borrowed money and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, plus (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences, minus (3) the lesser of (x) $150.0 million and (y) the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Contingent Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“ primary obligations ”) of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

(2) to advance or supply funds:

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

Credit Agreement ” means, collectively, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement,” one or more (a) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (b) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (c) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

Credit Agreement Documents ” means the collective reference to any “Credit Agreement,” any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Cumulative Credit ” means the sum of (without duplication):

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period, the “ Reference Period ”) from September 30, 2014 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus

(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash, received by the Company after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (xix) of Section 4.03(b)), from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary), plus

 

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(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Company received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions, Disqualified Stock and contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (xix) of Section 4.03(b)), plus

(D) the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company ( provided that, in the case of any parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus

(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date, from:

(I) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances (including the release of any guarantee that constituted a Restricted Investment when made) that constituted Restricted Investments (other than, in each case, to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b)),

(II) the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

(III) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(F) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of the Investment of the Company in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), after taking into account any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or combined or any Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred or conveyed (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment).

 

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The Fair Market Value of property, other than cash, covered by clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of this definition of “Cumulative Credit” shall be determined in good faith by the Company and

(x) in the case of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $15.0 million, shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate,

(y) in the case of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $25.0 million, shall be set forth in a resolution approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, or

(z) in the case of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $50.0 million, shall be set forth in writing by an Independent Financial Advisor.

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

Designated Credit Agreement ” means, if the Company incurs any Credit Agreement hereunder, any Credit Agreement designated by the Company to be the Designated Credit Agreement hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, an ABL Facility may not be a Designated Credit Agreement.

Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock ” means Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.

Discharge of First Priority Lien Obligations ” shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to the reinstatement or continuation of any First Priority Lien Obligation under certain circumstances, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all First Priority Lien Obligations and, with respect to any letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding under a document evidencing a First Priority Lien Obligation, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in a manner consistent with such document, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder, and the termination of all commitments of the First Priority Lien Secured Parties under such document evidencing such Obligation; provided that the Discharge of First Priority Lien Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other First Priority Lien Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such Obligations or First Priority Lien

 

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Obligations. In the event the First Priority Lien Obligations are modified and the Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified, in each case pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the First Priority Lien Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such modified indebtedness shall have been satisfied.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more favorable in any material respect to holders of such Capital Stock than the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Notes and any purchase requirement triggered thereby may not become operative until compliance with the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Notes (including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant thereto)),

(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or

(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part,

in each case prior to 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

EBITDA ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus

 

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(2) Fixed Charges; provided, however, such amount will be included in EBITDA notwithstanding that such amount was not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

(4) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, plant closures, retention, severance, systems establishment costs and excess pension charges); plus

(5) [Reserved];

(6) impairment charges, including the write down of Investments; plus

(7) non-operating expenses; plus

(8) the cost (or amortization of prior service cost) of subsidizing coverage for persons affected by amendments to medical benefit plans implemented prior to the Issue Date; provided, however, such amount will be included in EBITDA notwithstanding that such amount was not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income;

less , without duplication,

(9) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period, including the amortization of employee benefit plans prior service costs); minus

(10) non-operating income.

Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering ” means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Company’s, or such direct or indirect parent’s, common stock registered on Form S-8; and

(2) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

 

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

Excluded Assets ” means the property and other assets of the Company and the Note Guarantors that is excluded from the grant of security interest in favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Notes, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents.

Excluded Contributions ” means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Company) received by the Company after the Issue Date from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital; and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company;

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

First Lien Collateral Agent ” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the First Priority Lien Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns or other persons acting in such capacity under the Designated Credit Agreement, this Indenture and the First Lien Security Documents exercising substantially the same rights and powers; provided that if such First Lien Collateral Agent is not The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., such First Lien Collateral Agent shall have been identified in writing to the Trustee.

First Lien Security Documents ” means the Security Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing First Priority Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.

First Priority After-Acquired Property ” means any property of the Company or any Note Guarantor that is acquired after the Issue Date, other than Excluded Assets, that is not already subject to the Lien under the Security Documents.

First Priority Intercreditor Agreement ” means (i) the intercreditor agreement to be entered into in connection with the incurrence of any Other First Priority Lien Obligations after the Issue Date in accordance with the Indenture among the Company, the Note Guarantors, the

 

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Authorized Representatives party thereto and the First Lien Collateral Agent substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) any replacement thereof that contains terms not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i).

First Priority Lien Secured Parties ” means (a) the “secured parties” (or any comparable term) as defined in any Credit Agreement, (b) the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations and (c) any Additional First Priority Lien Secured Parties.

First Priority Lien Obligations ” means (i) all Obligations in respect of Secured Bank Indebtedness, (ii) all Note Obligations, (iii) all Other First Priority Lien Obligations and (iv) all other Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services, in each case that are secured by Liens granted pursuant to any Credit Agreement Document.

First Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.

First Priority Representative ” means the “Intercreditor Agent” under the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any Qualified Receivables Financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to 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, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (including in the case of any Incurrence or issuance a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom).

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings or reorganizations that the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has either determined to make or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “ pro forma event ”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations, operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings and

 

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reorganizations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, discontinued operation, operational change, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings or reorganizations, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, consolidation, operational change, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings or reorganizations had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable pro forma event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions, and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of twelve months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.

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

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Flow Through Entity ” means an entity that is treated as a partnership not taxable as a corporation, a grantor trust or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes or subject to treatment on a comparable basis for purposes of state, local or foreign tax law.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia and any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States 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, which were in effect as of December 4, 2006. For the purposes of this Indenture, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated with the Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be accounted for as an Investment.

Government Obligations ” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America or a member of the European Union, for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or a member of the European Union, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such member of the European Union;

which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

guarantee ” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

 

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

(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Incur ” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business);

(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person; and

(4) to the extent not otherwise included, with respect to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding ( i.e., advanced, and received by, and available for use by, the Company or any of the Restricted

 

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Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing (as set forth in the books and records of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and confirmed by the agent, trustee or other representative of the institution or group providing such Receivables Financing);

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; or (4) Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables Financing.

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.

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

Independent Financial Advisor ” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Intercreditor Agreement ” means one or more of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, as the context may require.

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Investment Grade Securities ” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution; and

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.

 

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Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of the Company in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.04:

(1) “ Investments ” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Issue Date ” means October 24, 2014, the date on which the Original Notes and the Junior Notes are issued.

Junior Lien Obligations ” means (i) Obligations with respect to the Junior Notes and (ii) Obligations with respect to other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture which is by its terms intended to be secured on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Notes.

Junior Notes ” means the Company’s $250,000,000 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022, or such other second-priority notes issued by the Company on the Issue Date in connection with the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its affiliated debtors, dated September 24, 2014.

 

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Junior Priority Collateral Agent ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. in its capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the Junior Notes and any other Junior Lien Obligations, together with its successors in such capacity.

Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement ” means (i) the intercreditor agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the Note Guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Intercreditor Agent, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Junior Priority Collateral Agent, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) any replacement thereof that contains terms not materially less favorable to holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i) of this definition.

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 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); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Management Group ” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, was approved by (x) a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved or (y) the Permitted Holders and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct

 

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costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as a result of such transaction (including to obtain any required consent therefore), and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Note Documents ” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents and all other documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, in each case as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Note Guarantee ” means any guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes by any Note Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Note Guarantor ” means any Person that Incurs a Note Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Note Guarantor with respect to the Notes.

Note Obligations ” means the Obligations of the Company and any other obligor under this Indenture or any of the other Note Documents, including any Note Guarantor, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceedings) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Note Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors.

Notes Priority Collateral ” consists of any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Pledgors, in each case other than to the extent constituting Excluded Assets: (a) all real property, fixtures and equipment; (b) all intellectual property; (c) all equity interests in each Pledgor’s subsidiaries (limited to 65% of the voting interests of the Pledgors’ foreign subsidiaries); (d) all general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments and documents (other than general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments and documents that are ABL Priority Collateral); (e) all payment intangibles that represent tax refunds in respect of or otherwise relate to real property, fixtures or equipment; (f) all intercompany indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries; (g) all permits and licenses related to any of the foregoing (including any permits or licenses related to the ownership or operation of real property, fixtures or equipment of any Pledgor); (h) all proceeds of insurance policies (excluding any such

 

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proceeds that relate to ABL Priority Collateral); (i) all books and records related to the foregoing and not relating to ABL Priority Collateral; (j) all products and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than any such proceeds that are ABL Priority Collateral); and (k) all other collateral not constituting ABL Priority Collateral; provided that, if after the entry into the ABL Facility the ABL Facility is subsequently terminated and there is no ABL Facility outstanding, the Notes Priority Collateral shall mean all Collateral (other than Excluded Assets), and the Notes shall be secured by a first priority Lien in such Collateral (other than Excluded Assets) on a pari passu basis with any other First Priority Lien Obligations pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

Oaktree ” means (1) Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII, L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII (Parallel), L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb, L.P. Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb (Parallel), L.P., Oaktree Huntington Investment Fund, L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII (Parallel 2), L.P., or one or more investment funds or accounts affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. or one or more of their respective Affiliates, including one or more holding companies of such investment funds or accounts (collectively, the “ Oaktree Funds ”) and (2) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Oaktree Funds, provided that Oaktree Funds own a majority of the voting power of such group.

Obligations ” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the Holders of the Notes.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or a Note Guarantor, as applicable.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company or on behalf of a Note Guarantor by an Officer of such Note Guarantor, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or such Note Guarantor, as applicable, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

Other First Priority Lien Obligations ” means Note Obligations and any other First Priority Lien Obligations that are Incurred after the Issue Date and secured by the Common Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Notes Obligations.

 

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Pari Passu Indebtedness ” means:

(1) with respect to the Company, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes; and

(2) with respect to any Note Guarantor, its Note Guarantee and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee.

Permitted Holders ” means, at any time, each of (i) Apollo and Oaktree (ii) the Management Group, (iii) any Person that has no material assets other than Capital Stock of the Company and/or any other Permitted Holder and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above, holds more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof, and (iv) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Company (a “ Permitted Holder Group ”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

Permitted Investments ” means:

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

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

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

 

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(6) advances to directors, officers or employees not in excess of $25.0 million outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;

(7) any Investment acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);

(9) any Investment by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 4.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) additional Investments by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 4.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (C) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit;”

 

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(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), (vii), (xi)(b), (xvii) and (xviii) of such Section);

(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and 4.11;

(16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property;

(17) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;

(18) Investments resulting from the receipt of non-cash consideration in an Asset Sale received in compliance with Section 4.06;

(19) additional Investments in joint ventures of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;

(20) any Investment in an entity which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to which a Restricted Subsidiary sells accounts receivable pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Financing; and

(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation.

Permitted Liens ” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government

 

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bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit (or deposits to secure letters of credit or surety bonds for the same purpose) issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor 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 such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and 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 such Person;

(6) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) of such Person; provided, however, that the Lien may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto and except for customary cross collateral arrangements with respect to property or equipment financed by the same financing source pursuant to the same financing scheme), and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 270 days after the latest of the (i) acquisition of the property subject to the Lien, (ii) completion of construction, repair, improvement or addition of the property subject to the Lien and (iii) commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien;

(7) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03; provided, however, that such Liens do not extend to the property or assets of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary;

 

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(8) Liens on the Collateral (and Excluded Assets) incurred to secure:

(A) the Notes (other than Additional Notes) and the Note Guarantees,

(B) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or clauses (i)(1)(x), (i)(2) or (xii) (or (xiii) to the extent it guarantees any such Indebtedness) of Section 4.03(b) to the extent such Lien is incurred pursuant to this clause (8)(B) as designated by the Company; provided, however, that, other than with respect to Liens incurred to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clauses (i) or (xii) (or (xiii) to the extent it guarantees such Indebtedness) of Section 4.03(b), at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 4.0 to 1.0; provided further, however, that the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply to any Lien which is deemed to be incurred under this clause (8)(B) by reason of the second proviso to clause (22) of this definition of “Permitted Liens” (except to the extent such Lien also secures Indebtedness in addition to the Indebtedness permitted to be secured thereby under clause (22)); provided further , however , that the Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (B) shall rank equal to the Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees,

(C) Junior Lien Obligations; provided that, in the case of this clause (C), if the Liens are not on Collateral, a Lien on such asset is granted to secure the Notes or the applicable Note Guarantee on a basis ranking senior to the Lien securing such Junior Lien Obligations,

(D) Liens securing Indebtedness that constitutes ABL Obligations Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i)(1); provided that such Liens may (or, in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i)(1)(y), shall) rank senior to the Liens securing the Notes in respect of ABL Priority Collateral and, if the Liens securing the ABL Obligations on the ABL Priority Collateral are senior to the Liens securing the Notes, then, in such case, the Liens securing the ABL Obligations on the Notes Priority Collateral shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Notes on such Note Priority Collateral pursuant to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, and

(E) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and cash management obligations owed to any financial institution party to the ABL Facility or a Credit Agreement (or affiliate thereof), which Liens shall not be senior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the ABL Facility or any Credit Agreement, as applicable;

 

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(9) Liens existing on the Issue Date (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Liens securing Bank Indebtedness Incurred or deemed Incurred pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.03(b) on the Issue Date);

(10) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Person becoming a Subsidiary and Subsidiaries of such Person);

(11) Liens on assets or property at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) of Section 4.03(b)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) of Section 4.03(b)) may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);

(12) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

(13) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;

(14) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

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

(16) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(17) Liens in favor of the Company or any Note Guarantor or Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Note Guarantor in favor solely of another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Note Guarantor;

 

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(18) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(19) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(20) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(21) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;

(22) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original Lien) that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (8)(B) or (8)(D), the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (8)(B) or (8)(D) and not this clause (22) for purposes of determining the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (8)(B) or (8)(D) and for purposes of the definition of Secured Bank Indebtedness and the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio;

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

(24) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

 

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(25) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with importation of goods;

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

(27) Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements; provided that such Lien is limited to the applicable insurance carriers;

(28) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(29) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;

(30) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

(31) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

(32) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30.0 million at any one time outstanding.

Any provider of additional extensions of credit shall be entitled to rely on the determination of an Officer that Liens incurred satisfy clause (8) above if such determination is set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to such provider; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether such Lien actually was incurred as permitted by clause (8).

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

Preferred Stock ” means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Presumed Tax Rate ” means the highest effective marginal statutory combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual residing in New York City (taking into account (i) the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, assuming the limitation of Section 68(a)(2) of the Code applies and taking into account any impact of Section 68(f) of the Code, and (ii) the character (long-term or short-term capital gain, dividend income or other ordinary income) of the applicable income).

 

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Purchase Money Note ” means a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.

Qualified Receivables Financing ” means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:

(1) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Company and the Receivables Subsidiary;

(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Company); and

(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Company) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Notes or any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance the Notes shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-l(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

Receivables Fees ” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

Receivables Financing ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Company or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.

 

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Receivables Repurchase Obligation ” means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

Receivables Subsidiary ” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Company in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

(b) with which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Company reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company; and

(c) to which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

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Restricted Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Secured Bank Indebtedness ” means any Bank Indebtedness that is secured by a Permitted Lien incurred or deemed incurred pursuant to clause (8)(B) of the definition of “Permitted Lien.”

Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

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

Security Documents ” means the Collateral Agreement, security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages and related agreements, creating the security interests in the Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter.

Series ” means (a) with respect to the First Priority Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the holders of the Notes and the Trustee (each in their capacity as such) and (iii) the Additional First Priority Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement after the Issue Date that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Priority Lien Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First Priority Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Note Obligations and (iii) the Other First Priority Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Priority Lien Obligations).

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.

Similar Business ” means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

 

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Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which the Company has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means (a) with respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its Note Guarantee.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) 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 of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

Tax Distributions ” means any distributions described in Section 4.04(b)(xii).

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Total Assets ” means the total consolidated assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company.

Transactions ” refers to (i) the offering of the Original Notes, (ii) the offering of the Junior Notes, (iii) entering into the ABL Facility and (iv) the transactions contemplated by that certain Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 24, 2014 filed in the jointly administered proceedings commenced by the Company and certain of its debtor affiliates, styled In re MPM Silicones, LLC,

 

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et al., Case No. 14-22503 under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, White Plains, and the other transactions entered into in connection therewith.

Trust Officer ” means:

(1) any officer within the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in Section 11.02) of the Trustee, including any director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, and who is responsible for the administration of this Indenture, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and

(2) who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Uniform Commercial Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

Unrestricted Cash ” means cash or Cash Equivalents of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.

 

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The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x) (1) the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and

(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and without any further condition, qualification or action hereunder, MPM Escrow LLC, MPM Finance Escrow Corp., Momentive Performance Materials (Nantong) Co., Ltd. and MPM AR LLC will be Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

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.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (b) the sum of all such payments.

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ” is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required to be held by Foreign Subsidiaries) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

Term

  

Section

Affiliate Transaction    4.07(a)
Agent Members    Appendix A

 

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Term

  

Section

AHYDO    3.09(b)
Applicable Law    4.01
Asset Sale Offer    4.06(b)(iii)
Authorized Officers    13.02(d)
Bankruptcy Law    6.01
Calculation Date    1.01
Change of Control Offer    4.08(b)
Collateral Agent    1.01
Company    Preamble
covenant defeasance option    8.01(c)
Custodian    6.01
disposition    1.01
Electronic Means    13.02(d)
Event of Default    6.01
Excess Proceeds    4.06(b)
Guaranteed Obligations    12.01(a)
incorporated provision    13.01
Increased Amount    4.12
Instructions    13.02(d)
legal defeasance option    8.01(c)
Mortgage Deliverables    11.01(b)
Notes    Preamble
Notice of Default    6.01
Offer Period    4.06(d)
Original Notes    Preamble
Paying Agent    2.04
Permitted Holder Group    1.01
Pledgors    1.01
primary obligations    1.01
primary obligor    1.01
pro forma event    1.01
protected purchaser    2.08
Reference Period    1.01
Refinancing Indebtedness    4.03(b)(xiv)
Refunding Capital Stock    4.04(b)(ii)
Registrar    2.04
Restricted Payments    4.04(a)(iv)
Retired Capital Stock    4.04(b)(ii)
Reversion Date    4.17(b)
Securities Act    Appendix A
Special Mandatory Redemption    3.09(b)
Special Mandatory Redemption Date    3.09(b)
Successor Company    5.01(a)(i)
Successor Note Guarantor    5.01(b)(i)
Suspended Covenants    4.17(a)(2)

 

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Term

  

Section

Suspension Date    4.17(a)
Suspension Period    4.17(b)
Transfer    5.01(b)(ii)
Trustee    Preamble

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . This Indenture incorporates by reference certain provisions of the TIA. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

Commission ” means the SEC.

indenture securities ” means the Notes and the Note Guarantees.

indenture security holder ” means a Holder.

indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture.

indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee.

obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company, the Note Guarantors and any other obligor on the Notes.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by the Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(c) “ or ” is not exclusive;

(d) “ including ” means including without limitation;

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;

(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

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(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;

(i) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

(j) “ $ ” and “ U.S. Dollars ” each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

ARTICLE II.

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Amount of Notes . The aggregate principal amount of Original Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $1,100,000,000. All Notes shall be substantially identical except as to denomination.

The Company may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Notes under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and the Liens thereon are permitted by Section 4.12 and (ii) such Additional Notes are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.10, 3.08, 4.06(e), 4.08(c) or the Appendix), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;

(2) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes shall accrue; and

(3) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of the Appendix in which any such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, or any transfer of such Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof.

 

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If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.

The Original Notes and any Additional Notes, shall all be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Any Additional Notes that are not fungible with the existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall bear a separate CUSIP number.

Section 2.02. Form and Dating . Provisions relating to the Original Notes are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Original Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes (if issued as Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes) and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit 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 rule, agreements to which the Company or any Note Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the Notes may be issued in denominations of less than $1,000 solely to accommodate the book-entry positions that have any been created by the Depository in denominations of less than $1,000.

Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication . The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer (a) Original Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000, and (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Appendix, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

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

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes

 

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whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent . (a) The Company shall maintain (i) one or more paying agents (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) for the Notes in the United States of America where Notes may be presented for payment and (ii) a registrar (the “ Registrar ”) with offices in the United States of America where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more additional co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes the Registrar and any additional co-registrars. The term “Paying Agent” includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes representing the Notes. (b) The Company may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

(c) The Company may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided , however , that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company and the Trustee; provided , however , that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.

Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with each Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Section 2.06. Holder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing annually at least five Business Days before December 4 and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange . The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of the same type of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Notes, the Company, the Note Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the 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, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, any Note Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

Section 2.08. Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of the same type if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform

 

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Commercial Code (a “ protected purchaser ”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee or the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note (including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements in replacing such Note). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.

Section 2.09. Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.

If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes . In the event that Definitive Notes are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes of the appropriate type but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes of the same type and make them available for delivery in exchange for temporary Notes upon surrender of such temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company, without charge to the Holder. Until such exchange, temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as Definitive Notes.

Section 2.11. Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no

 

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one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to each affected Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc . The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided , however , that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers and ISINs.

Section 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes . The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the Holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 13.06 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate.

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Redemption . The Notes may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 5 of the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

 

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Section 3.02. Applicability of Article . Redemption of Notes 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.

Section 3.03. Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section 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. The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 40 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to paragraph 5 of the applicable Note, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Company and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being delivered to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

Section 3.04. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . In the case of any partial redemption of Notes, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed (a) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or (c) by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption . (a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to paragraph 5 of the applicable Note, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered by electronic transmission or mailed by first-class mail a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed.

Any such notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the redemption date;

(ii) the redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;

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

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;

 

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(v) if fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

(vi) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; and

(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, ISIN or “Common Code”, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

(b) At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least five Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to Holders, or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee, and such notice may not be canceled.

Section 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is delivered in accordance with Section 3.05, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided , however , that if the redemption date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the interest payment date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

Section 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price . With respect to any Notes, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.08. Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

 

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Section 3.09. Mandatory Redemption .

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.09(b), the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

(b) If the Notes would, but for the application of this Section 3.09(b), constitute “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“ AHYDOs ”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and as a result the Company would otherwise be subject to limitations on their deduction of interest in respect of the Notes pursuant to Section 163(e)(5) of the Code, then on the last day of each “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ”), the Company shall make a mandatory prepayment of principal or interest (any such prepayment a “ Special Mandatory Redemption ”) on each of the Notes, without premium or penalty, in an amount, if any, necessary to ensure that the Notes will not be treated as AHYDOs within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. Such mandatory prepayment will be applied against and reduce the amount due under the applicable Notes outstanding at such time (and shall be treated by the Company and the Holders of the Notes first as a payment of accrued interest (original issue discount) on such Note for U.S. federal income tax purposes). The Company intends that the Special Mandatory Redemptions be sufficient to prevent each Note from being treated as an AHYDO within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and this Section 3.09(b) shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such intent. No partial redemption or repurchase of the Notes prior to each Special Mandatory Redemption Date pursuant to any other provisions of this Indenture will alter the Company’s obligation to make the Special Mandatory Redemption with respect to any Notes that remain outstanding on each Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(c) Any redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.09(b) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02 through 3.08. In the case of any Special Mandatory Redemption, the Company shall send notice of such redemption to the Trustee 60 days before the redemption date, which notice shall specify the amount of the Special Mandatory Redemption.

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes . The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, as of 12:00 p.m. New York City time, money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.

 

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Section 4.02. Reports and Other Information .

(a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will provide to the Trustee and, upon request, the Holders, a copy of all of the information and reports referred to below:

(i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as may be required by the Commission, or such longer period as may be permitted by Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act), annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form); provided , that , if the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide audited annual consolidated financial statements and such other information that would have been required to be contained in a Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,

(ii) within 90 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as may be required by the Commission, or such longer period as may be permitted by Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act), reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form); provided , that , if the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and such other information that would have been required to be contained in a Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,

(iii) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within 15 days following the time period specified for filing current reports on Form 8-K by the Commission), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form); provided , that , if the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide such information that would have been required to be contained in a Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form) if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and

(iv) any other information, documents and other reports which the Company would be required to file with the Commission if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(b) In the event that:

(i) the rules and regulations of the Commission permit the Company and any direct or indirect parent of the Company to report at such parent entity’s level on a consolidated basis and such parent entity is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock of the Company, or

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the Company shall be permitted to satisfy its foregoing obligations with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to such parent; provided that such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company, the Note Guarantors, if any, and the other Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

(c) The Company shall, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the Commission with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, furnish to the Holders of the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders if the Company has filed such reports with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available.

Section 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock .

(a) (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Company shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Note Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided , however , that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company for the 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 2.00 to 1.00 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 Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:

(i) the Incurrence by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (including under any Credit Agreement and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) and Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Note Guarantees) up to an aggregate principal amount of:

 

  (1) the sum of (x) $300 million and (y) in the case of Indebtedness under an ABL Facility, the amount by which the Borrowing Base (calculated on a pro forma basis) exceeds $300 million at the time of incurrence; plus

 

  (2) the sum of (x) $1,200 million and (y) an aggregate additional principal amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations outstanding at any one time that does not cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of the Company to exceed 3.75 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom);

 

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(ii) [Reserved];

(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b)), including the Junior Notes and the guarantees thereof;

(iv) (a) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, Disqualified Stock issued by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiaries to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) and (b) Acquired Indebtedness; in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding that was Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;

(v) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims;

(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with any acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

(vii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Company under the Notes; provided , further , that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;

 

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(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock;

(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Note Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(x) Hedging Obligations that are not Incurred for speculative purposes and are either: (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales;

(xi) obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds, including surety bonds issued in respect of workers’ compensation claims, and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, as applicable, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Company, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));

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Subsidiaries so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Note Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;

(xiv) the Incurrence by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (xiv), (xv), and/or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including, in each case, any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, “ Refinancing Indebtedness ”); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

  (1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date one year following the maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date one year following the maturity date of such Notes;

 

  (2) has a Stated Maturity which is not earlier than the earlier of (x) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced or defeased or (y) 91 days following the maturity date of the Notes;

 

  (3) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness junior to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is junior to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock;

 

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  issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus premium, expenses, costs and fees Incurred in connection with such refinancing;

 

  (5) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor (unless such Restricted Subsidiary is an obligor with respect to such Indebtedness being refinanced), or (y) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

 

  (6) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance Indebtedness outstanding under clause (iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b), shall be deemed to have been Incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b), as applicable, and not this clause (xiv) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clauses (iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b);

provided, further, that subclauses (1), (2) and (3) of this clause (xiv) shall not apply to any refunding or refinancing of (A) the Notes and (B) any Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations.

(xv) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or merged or amalgamated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided, however , that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness either:

 

  (1) 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 the first sentence of Section 4.03(a); or

 

  (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation;

(xvi) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(xvii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence;

 

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(xviii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to any Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

(xix) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not exceeding at any time outstanding 200% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (which proceeds are contributed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);

(xx) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries for working capital purposes or any other purposes; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xx), other than for working capital purposes (up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $100,000,000), when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xx), does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xx) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xx) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Foreign Subsidiary could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a), and the other provisions of this Indenture, without reliance upon this clause (xx));

(xxi) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(xxii) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of $7.5 million; and

(xxiii) Indebtedness issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent permitted pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 4.04(b).

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, (A) Indebtedness need not be Incurred solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxiii) above or pursuant to Section 4.03(a) but is permitted to be Incurred in

 

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part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxiii) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been Incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to Section 4.03(a). Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition of “ Indebtedness ” shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Note Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.

Any Indebtedness Incurred under an ABL Facility pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) shall be deemed for purposes of this covenant to have been Incurred on the date such Indebtedness was first Incurred until such Indebtedness is actually repaid.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. Dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

 

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Section 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments .

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

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Company’s or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any payment with respect to such Equity Interests made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any Equity Interests issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its ownership percentage of such Equity Interests);

(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Note Guarantors (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

  (1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

  (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a);

 

  (3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (iv) (only to the extent of one-half of the amounts paid pursuant to such clause), (vi) and (viii) of Section 4.04(b)), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit.

 

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(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:

(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii) (1) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“ Retired Capital Stock ”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Note Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Company) (collectively, including any such contributions, “ Refunding Capital Stock ”); and

 

  (2) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Refunding Capital Stock;

(iii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company or a Note Guarantor that is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:

 

  (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired plus any tender premiums, defeasance costs or other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith),

 

  (2) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the related Note Guarantees, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,

 

  (3) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the maturity date of the Notes, and

 

  (4)

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  Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date one year following the maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date one year following the maturity date of such Notes;

(iv) a Restricted Payment to pay for the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however , that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iv) do not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the two succeeding calendar years; provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

  (1) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company that occurs after the Issue Date ( provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(iv)(4)); plus

 

  (2) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

provided that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (1) and (2) above in any calendar year and, to the extent any payment described under this clause (iv) is made by delivery of Indebtedness and not in cash, such payment shall be deemed to occur only when, and to the extent, the obligor on such Indebtedness makes payments with respect to such Indebtedness;

(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries issued or Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

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issued after the Issue Date, (b) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Company issued after the Issue Date and (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 4.04(b); provided, however , that (A) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Company would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to subclauses (a) and (b) of this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Company from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;

(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii), that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $40.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(viii) the payment of dividends on the Company’s common stock (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Company of dividends on such entity’s common stock) of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(ix) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time made;

(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xii) (1) with respect to each tax year or portion thereof that any direct or indirect parent of the Company qualifies as a Flow Through Entity, the distribution by the Company to the holders of Capital Stock of such direct or indirect parent of the Company of an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of aggregate net taxable income of the Company allocated to the holders of Capital Stock of the Company for such period and (y) the Presumed Tax Rate for such period; and (2) with respect to any tax year or portion thereof that any direct or indirect parent company of the Company does not qualify as a Flow Through Entity, the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Company that files a consolidated U.S. federal tax return that includes the Company and its Subsidiaries in an amount

 

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not to exceed the amount that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local taxes (as the case may be) in respect of such year if the Company and its Subsidiaries paid such taxes directly as a stand-alone taxpayer (or stand-alone group);

(xiii) the payment of any Restricted Payment, if applicable:

 

  (1) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, and general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, in each case to the extent such fees, expenses, salaries, bonuses, benefits and indemnities are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company, if applicable, and its Subsidiaries;

 

  (2) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Company Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and

 

  (3) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company to pay fees and expenses, related to any equity or debt offering of such parent;

(xiv) Restricted Payments used to fund the Transactions or in respect of amounts owed by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as the case may be, or Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;

(xv) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(xvi) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;

(xvii) Restricted Payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

 

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(xviii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(xix) any payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to enable it to make payments, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (other than payments to any Permitted Holder (other than Oaktree) or any Affiliate thereof); and

(xx) cash dividends or other distributions in respect of the Company’s Capital Stock used to, or the making of loans to any direct or indirect parent of the Company in order to, fund the payment of expenses of the type and in the amount described in clauses (iii) and (v) of Section 4.07(b) to the extent that such amounts are not paid directly by the Company or any its Subsidiaries.

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (vi), (vii), (x) or (xi) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

(c) The Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation shall only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Section 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital Stock or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

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

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except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Junior Notes and the guarantees thereof and the indentures relating thereto;

 

  (2) this Indenture, the Notes (and any guarantees thereof), the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements;

 

  (3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

  (4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate 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 its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person or its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

 

  (5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

 

  (6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

  (7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (9) purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations, in each case for property acquired or leased in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired or leased;

 

  (10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property subject to such lease;

 

  (11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided , however , that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

 

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  (12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (i) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (x) that is Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03 and (y) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, an Officer reasonably determines in good faith that any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially adversely affect the Company’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes, or (ii) that is Incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;

 

  (13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment; or

 

  (14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

Section 4.06. Asset Sales .

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets,

 

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(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), and

(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 3.0% of Total Assets and $70.0 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).

(b) Within 365 days after the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option to any one or more of the following:

(i) (a) to repay (A) any First Priority Lien Obligations (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, ABL Obligations secured by junior Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral) and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, and, if the Company shall so reduce First Priority Lien Obligations, the Company will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes in any manner set forth in clause (D) below, (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor; (C) the Notes; or (D) Pari Passu Indebtedness other than First Priority Lien Obligations so long as the Net Proceeds are with respect to assets not constituting Collateral (provided that if the Company or any Note Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (D), the Company shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided pursuant to Article III, through open market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) and/or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of the Notes, or (b) to repay ABL Obligations (which repayment need not be permanent), to the extent the Net Proceeds are from an Asset Sale of ABL Priority Collateral (including indirect Asset Sales of ABL Priority Collateral due to the sale of the Capital Stock of a Person);

(ii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses ( provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or, if such Person is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in an increase in the percentage ownership of such Person by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case used or useful in a Similar Business; or

 

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(iii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses ( provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or, if such Person is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in an increase in the percentage ownership of such Person by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), properties or assets that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.

In the case of Sections 4.06(b)(ii) and (iii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may satisfy its obligation as to any Net Proceeds by entering into another binding commitment within nine months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into such a commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale.

Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) shall be deemed to constitute “ Excess Proceeds. ” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Company, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such First Priority Lien Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable), that is at least $2,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million by electronically delivering, or mailing by first class mail, the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 4.06(f), with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

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(c) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.

(d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Company, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the “ Offer Period ”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Company to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section 4.06.

(e) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receive not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Notes (and First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Company are required to purchase, the principal amount of Notes (and First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness) to be purchased will be determined pro rata based on the principal amounts so tendered and the selection of the actual Notes of each series for purchase will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be made pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness.

(f) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be delivered electronically or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each Holder of Notes at such Holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.

 

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Section 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates .

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $7.5 million, unless:

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

(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:

(i) transactions between or among the Company and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company and any direct parent of the Company; provided that such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted Investments;

(iii) [Reserved];

(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(v) [Reserved];

 

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(vi) transactions in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);

(vii) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to directors, officers, employees or consultants that are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

(viii) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under the terms of, any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Company;

(ix) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of their obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or investors rights agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date, and any agreement described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (including the documents incorporated therein by reference), and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter; provided, however , that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of their obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or any such new agreement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;

(x) the execution of the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions;

(xi) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, toll manufacturers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Company, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(xiii) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any Person;

 

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(xiv) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or of a Restricted Subsidiary, as appropriate, in good faith;

(xv) the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement and any payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)(xii);

(xvi) any contribution to the capital of the Company;

(xvii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, Section 5.01;

(xviii) transactions between the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; provided, however , that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

(xix) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xx) any employment agreements entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and

(xxi) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture.

Section 4.08. Change of Control .

(a) Upon a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however , that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall not be obligated to purchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that the Company has exercised its right to redeem such Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture.

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes by delivery of a notice of redemption in accordance with Article III of this Indenture, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail by first-class mail a notice (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:

(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);

 

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(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control;

(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail); and

(iv) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.

(c) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receive not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

(d) On the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Company under this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Holders entitled thereto.

(e) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, 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 4.08 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.

(g) At the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.

 

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(h) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Company to make such offer have been complied with.

(i) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.

Section 4.09. Compliance Certificate . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2014, an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Company he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If he or she does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA.

Section 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 4.11. Future Note Guarantors . The Company shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a (a) Receivables Subsidiary or (b) Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Note Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture.

Section 4.12. Liens . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Note Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Note Guarantor, other than Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness that are junior in priority to the Liens on such property or assets securing the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or an intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (32) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (32) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion

 

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thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.12 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien in one of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness will be treated as being Incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses.

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition of “Indebtedness.”

Section 4.13. After-Acquired Property . Subject to Section 11.01 of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement, and the Security Documents, if at any time after the Issue Date the Company or any Note Guarantor own any First Priority After-Acquired Property, the Company or such Note Guarantor shall, as promptly as practicable after such property is acquired or such Subsidiary becomes a Note Guarantor, execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, security instruments, financing statements and certificates or such other documentation as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee, a perfected Lien (with the priority required hereunder and under the Security Documents), subject only to Permitted Liens, in such First Priority After-Acquired Property and to have such First Priority After-Acquired Property added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such First Priority After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect; provided, however , that if granting a security interest in such property, including property acquired in connection with an Asset Sale involving non-cash consideration, requires the consent of a third party, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent with respect to such security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee; provided further, however , that if such party does not consent to the granting of such security interest after the use of such commercially reasonable efforts, the applicable entity will not be required to provide such security interest.

Section 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

(a) The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 13.02.

 

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

(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or its Agent as such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

Section 4.15. [ Reserved ].

Section 4.16. [ Reserved ].

Section 4.17. Suspension of Certain Covenants .

(a) Following the first day (the “ Suspension Date ”) that:

 

  (1) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies, and the Company has delivered written notice of such Investment Grade Ratings to the Trustee, and

 

  (2) no Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder,

the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.11 and Section 5.01(a)(4) (collectively, the “ Suspended Covenants ”). In addition, in such event, the Company may also elect to release any or all of the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees by electronically delivering or mailing by first-class mail a notice of such election to the Collateral Agent.

(b) In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “ Reversion Date ”) (1) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws their Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating and/or (2) the Company or any of its Affiliates enters into an agreement to effect a transaction that would result in a Change of Control and one or more of the Rating Agencies indicate that if consummated, such transaction (alone or together with any related recapitalization or refinancing transactions) would cause such Rating Agency to withdraw its Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the ratings assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events, including, without limitation, a proposed transaction described in clause (b)(2) above, and any Collateral that was released from Liens securing the Notes and Note Guarantees as a result of the suspension of covenants, as well as any Collateral acquired since the Suspension Date, will be restored and pledged to secure the Notes and Note Guarantees, as applicable. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reversion Date is referred to herein as the “ Suspension Period .”

 

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(c) Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period. During any Suspension Period, the Company shall not designate any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless the Company would have been permitted to designate such Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if a Suspension Period had not been in effect for any period.

(d) On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period shall be classified to have been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 4.03(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or Section 4.03(b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iii). For purposes of Section 4.11, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor will be deemed to have been Incurred on the Reversion Date. Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 shall be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period shall reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a) and the items specified in clauses (A) through (F) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” shall increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a). For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.06 on the Reversion Date, the Net Proceeds from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with Section 4.06 shall be deemed to be reset to zero.

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

Section 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets . (a) The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(i) the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Company or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Company ”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;

 

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(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Company) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.

The Successor Company (if other than the Company) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, and in such event the Company will automatically be released and discharged from their obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (iii) of this Section 5.01, (x) subject to the restrictions on Note Guarantors described in Section 5.0l(b), any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, and (y) the Company may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States or may convert into a limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby. This Article V will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 12.02(b) (which govern the release of a Note Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor), each Note Guarantor shall not, and the Company shall not permit any Note Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Note Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:

(i) either (A) such Note Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Note Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Note Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Note Guarantor ”) and the Successor Note Guarantor (if other than such Note Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Note Guarantor under this Indenture and such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, or (b) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and

(ii) the Successor Note Guarantor (if other than such Note Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

 

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Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Note Guarantor (if other than such Note Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Note Guarantor under this Indenture and such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee, and such Note Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Note Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Note Guarantor in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Note Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) a Note Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Note Guarantor or the Company.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Note Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a “ Transfer ”) to, (x) the Company or any Note Guarantor or (y) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor; provided that at the time of each such Transfer pursuant to clause (y) the aggregate amount of all such Transfers since the Issue Date shall not exceed 5.0% of Total Assets as shown on the most recent available balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after giving effect to each such Transfer and including all Transfers occurring from and after the Issue Date.

ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default . An “ Event of Default ” occurs if:

(a) there is a default in any payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

(b) there is a default in the payment of principal of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise,

(c) the Company fails to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01,

(d) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below,

 

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(e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent,

(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case;

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

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency,

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

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days,

(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days following the entry thereof,

(i) any Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Note Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days,

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with respect to all or substantially all of the Collateral cease to be valid or enforceable, or the Company shall assert or any Note Guarantor shall assert, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Person that is a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company fails to cause such Subsidiary to rescind such assertions within 30 days after the Company has actual knowledge of such assertions, or

(k) the failure by the Company or any Note Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Security Documents except for a failure that would not be material to the holders of the Notes and would not materially affect the value of the Collateral taken as a whole.

Each of the foregoing shall constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.

The term “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “ Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

A Default under clause (d) or (k) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company and the Trustee of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (d) or (k) above after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “ Notice of Default. ” The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 6.02. Acceleration . If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes, by notice to the Company may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Company delivers an

 

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Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the Default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or the Security Documents.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults . Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits .

(a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

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

(iii) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

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

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

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

Section 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.0l(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim, statements of interest and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Note Guarantor, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.

Section 6.10. Priorities . Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI (including proceeds from the exercise of any remedies on the Collateral), they shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

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SECOND: to the Holders for payment of amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal; and

THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, collects any amount for any Note Guarantor, to such Note Guarantor.

The Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall deliver to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes.

Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . Neither the Company nor any Note Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Note Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee . (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

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

(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and

 

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(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

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

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

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.

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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee . (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both reasonably satisfactory to it. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may request that the Company and any Note Guarantor deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers (with specimen signatures) authorized at such times to take specific actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

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

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided , however , that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(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, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(g) 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.

(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

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(i) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.

(j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon future Holders of Notes and upon Notes executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.

(k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible for special, indirect, 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 shall have no responsibility or liability for preparation, filing, continuation or correctness of financing statements or the validity, enforceability or perfection of any lien or security interest purported to be created securing the Notes.

(m) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, any Note Guarantee or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company or any Note Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j) or (k) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Company, any Note Guarantor or any Holder. Delivery of reports to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge of, or notice to, the Trustee of the information contained therein. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Holders of the Notes and not in its individual capacity and all Persons, including without limitation the Holders of Notes and the Company having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the terms of any agreement to which it is not a party.

 

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Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults . If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders . Within 60 days after each June 30 beginning with June 30, 2015, and in any event prior to August 31 in each year, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder a brief report dated as of such June 30 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.

A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders shall be filed by the Company with the Commission and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity . The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company and each Note Guarantor, jointly and severally shall indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.07 shall be deemed to include its directors, officers, employees and agents) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Note Guarantee against the Company or a Note Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Note Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided , however , that any failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company or any Note Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Company’s expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Company and the Note Guarantors, as applicable shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties’ defense and, in such indemnified parties’ reasonable judgment or that of their counsel, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Note Guarantors, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party attributable to such party’s own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order.

 

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To secure the Company’s and the Note Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.

The Company’s and the Note Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any Bankruptcy Law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

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 repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.

The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their counsel for services provided in connection with review, revision, execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral Agreement, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements (as well as any amendments, waivers or supplements to any of them or related documents entered into from time to time) (i) in the case of this Indenture, no later than the date of its execution (to the extent invoiced by such date) and (ii) with respect to other documentation, promptly upon presentation to the Company of a written invoice for such fees and expenses.

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee .

(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

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appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall deliver a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger . If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

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

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided , however , that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any series of securities issued under this Indenture and any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.

 

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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company . The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII.

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance . This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all outstanding Notes when:

(a) either (i) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes pursuant to Section 2.08 that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all of the Notes (a) have become due and payable, (b) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (c) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient in the written opinion of a firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations have been so deposited) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(b) the Company and/or the Note Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) and the Security Documents (“ legal defeasance option ”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 and the operation of Section 5.01 and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.0l(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j) and 6.01(k) (“ covenant defeasance option ”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the

 

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Company terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) by exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, the obligations of each Note Guarantor with respect to the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Notes, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j) or 6.01(k) or because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 5.01(a)(4).

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.

(d) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article VIII shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance .

(a) The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

(i) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee, cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient or, in the case of Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;

(ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations, plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(iii) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;

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(v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture 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 shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable;

(vi) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and

(vii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article VIII have been complied with.

(b) Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Notes at a future date in accordance with Article III.

Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money . The Trustee shall hold in trust money, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes so discharged or defeased.

Section 8.04. Repayment to Company . Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any money, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article.

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

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Section 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations . The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such Government Obligations.

Section 8.06. Reinstatement . If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on, any such Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders . The Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document without notice to or consent of any Holder:

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

(ii) to comply with Article V;

(iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;

(iv) to add a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes;

(v) to secure the Notes and the Note Guarantees, to add additional assets as Collateral, to release Collateral as permitted under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and to add additional secured creditors holding Other First Priority Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, ABL Obligations or additional First Priority Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents;

 

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(vi) to amend, modify or enter into this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements in connection with the Transactions (including with respect to entry into the ABL Facility);

(vii) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(viii) to comply with any requirement of (A) the Commission in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA or (B) the Intercreditor Agreements;

(ix) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or

(x) to provide for the issuance of any Additional Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Original Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Original Notes, as a single issue of securities.

In addition, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreements, any amendment, waiver or consent to any of the collateral documents with respect to ABL Obligations or First Priority Lien Obligations will also apply automatically to the comparable Security Documents with respect to the Notes to the extent set forth therein.

After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail by first-class mail to the respective Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders entitled to receive such notice, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.

Section 9.02. With Consent of the Holders . (a) The Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes) and any past Default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no amendment may:

(i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,

(ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note,

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(iv) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article III,

(v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note,

(vi) expressly subordinate the Notes or any Note Guarantees to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor,

(vii) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, and interest on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes,

(viii) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this Section 9.02, or

(ix) except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Indenture, modify any Note Guarantee in any manner adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

In addition, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes), no amendment or waiver may (i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements or (ii) make any change in the provisions in the Intercreditor Agreements or this Indenture or any material change in the provisions in the Security Documents, in each case dealing with the application of proceeds of Collateral upon the exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral that would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.

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

After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . Every amendment, waiver or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

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amount of Notes have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Company or the Trustee of consents by the Holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee.

(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Company may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06. Trustee and Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments . The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. If it does, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Note Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).

Section 9.07. Payment for Consent . Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder 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 that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

Section 9.08. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount . All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote) as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. Determinations as to whether Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article IX and Section 2.14.

 

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Section 9.09. Providing Evidence of Amendments to Trustee . In the event of any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals or restatements to any Credit Agreement or any of the Senior Collateral Documents (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreements) that in each case impacts the Note Documents pursuant to Section 5.3(b) of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Company shall promptly provide the documentation evidencing such change to the Trustee.

ARTICLE X.

RANKING OF NOTE LIENS

Section 10.01. Relative Rights . The Intercreditor Agreements will define the relative rights of holders of junior Liens and holders of Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations and ABL Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreements will:

(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, and interest on, Notes in accordance with their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Company or any other obligor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;

(b) restrict the right of any Holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements;

(c) prevent the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder from exercising against the Company or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default (other than as provided in the Intercreditor Agreements); or

(d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder (in each case except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreements):

(i) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case as to any obligor or otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against any obligor;

(ii) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding;

(iii) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan therein;

(iv) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect restricted or bound by, or liable for, any of the obligations under this Article X;

 

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(v) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;

(vi) to make, support or oppose any request for an order appointing a trustee or examiner in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or

(vii) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or oppose if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other restructuring or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration of the estate or the disposition of the case or proceeding.

ARTICLE XI.

COLLATERAL

Section 11.01. Security Documents . (a) The payment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes when due, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by the Company pursuant to the Notes or by a Note Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantee, the payment of all other Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors under the Note Documents and payment of any Other First Priority Obligations, if any, will be secured as provided in the Security Documents (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements) to be entered into by the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Collateral Agent (and, to the extent applicable, the Trustee and the representative of the holders of Other First Priority Obligations and the ABL Obligations) as required or permitted by this Indenture.

(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each Note Guarantor to, and each Note Guarantor shall execute the Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document necessary to create a Lien in all the assets of the Company and each Note Guarantor (other than Excluded Assets), the applicable Intercreditor Agreements, and make all filings and take all other actions as are necessary or required by the Security Documents to establish and maintain (at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the Note Guarantors) the security interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (other than with respect to any Collateral the security interest in which is not required to be perfected under the Security Documents) as a perfected security interest. In the case of real property owned by the Company or a Note Guarantor on the Issue Date other than Excluded Assets, the Company or any Note Guarantor, as applicable, shall also deliver (the following, collectively, “ Mortgage Deliverables ”), but, if a Credit Agreement was in effect when mortgages were put in place to secure First Priority Lien Obligations, only to the extent such deliverables were provided to the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations in connection with their mortgage on such property: (i) a policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder of lender’s title insurance, paid for by the Company and the Note Guarantors, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, insuring the Lien of each mortgage as a

 

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valid Lien on the mortgaged property described therein, free of any title exceptions and other Liens except Permitted Liens, (ii) an as-is survey of the property subject to any such mortgage certified to the Company, Collateral Agent and the title company, meeting minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys and dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof under such Credit Agreement, (iii) a customary Opinion of Counsel addressing such matters as were addressed in the comparable opinion provided to the holders of First Priority Lien Obligations, (iv) evidence of insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the mortgages and this Indenture, and (v) if required by applicable law, flood hazard determination certificates and, if required, notices to the record owner of any improvements in a special flood hazard area, together with evidence of acceptable flood insurance coverage.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of any other Note Document, (i) if perfected security interests in any property or any applicable Mortgage Deliverables are not provided on the Issue Date, the Company and the Note Guarantors need not provide such security interests or applicable Mortgage Deliverables on such date, but shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such perfected security interests or Mortgage Deliverables within 120 days from such date and (ii) with respect to any mortgage required to be delivered by Section 11.01(b), such mortgage may be provided in the form of a new instrument and/or amendments to any existing instruments delivered in connection with any existing First Priority Lien Obligations so long as (A) the mortgagee under such existing instrument is the Collateral Agent or has otherwise agreed to act as agent for the holders of the Note Obligations, (B) the Lien on such assets securing the Notes Obligations is a First Priority Lien on such assets secured on a pari passu basis with such existing First Priority Lien Obligations pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement, and (C) the Mortgage Deliverables are delivered in connection with the amendment to such existing instrument, provided if such mortgage is in the form of an amendment, the title policy may be in the form of an endorsement to the existing title insurance policy.

(d) If the Company or any Note Guarantor acquires any property that is required to be Collateral pursuant to Article IV, or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Note Guarantor that is required to pledge its assets as Collateral pursuant to Article IV, the Company or such Note Guarantor shall execute a joinder to an existing Security Document or enter into a new Security Document (in each case, to the extent necessary to cause such asset be so pledged), and take all steps necessary to validly perfect such Lien, subject to no prior Liens other than Permitted Liens (including the First Priority Liens on such assets). To the extent that the Company or such Note Guarantor are entering into a joinder, entering into a new Security Document, providing Mortgage Deliverables (in the case of real property) or taking other steps to perfect such Lien in order to secure First Priority Lien Obligations or ABL Obligations, the Company or such Note Guarantor may take the same steps in connection with this Indenture (with such changes as are appropriate to reflect the applicable priority of the Lien consistent with the terms of the Security Documents and the Liens being created on the Issue Date), which shall satisfy the obligations hereunder, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, are authorized and directed to execute any documentation consistent therewith.

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actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements or amendments or continuation statements in respect thereof), that may be required under any applicable law, to ensure that the Liens of the Security Documents on the Collateral remain perfected with the priority required by the Security Documents, all at the expense of the Company and Note Guarantors and provide to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

Section 11.02. Collateral Agent . (a) The Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered to appoint one or more co-Collateral Agents as it deems necessary or appropriate.

(b) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the First Priority Liens or Security Documents or any delay in doing so.

(c) The Collateral Agent (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements) will be subject to such directions as may be given it by the Trustee from time to time (as required or permitted by this Indenture). Except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives, the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:

(i) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;

(ii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or

(iii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.

(d) The Collateral Agent will be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the enforcement of the First Priority Liens or Security Documents.

(e) In acting as Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent and each co-Collateral Agent may rely upon and enforce each and all of the rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and benefits of the Trustee under Article VII hereof.

(f) The Holders of Notes agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Collateral Agent by the Security Documents. Furthermore, each Holder of a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents described herein and authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents.

 

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(g) If the Company (i) Incurs First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when no intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so Incurred, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement on terms substantially consistent with the terms of the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement, with such changes as are not materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder. If the Company (i) Incurs ABL Obligations at any time when no intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting ABL Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the ABL Obligations so Incurred, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement on terms substantially consistent with the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, with such changes as are not materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.

Section 11.03. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken . (a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, the Intercreditor Agreements and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes and other holders of Obligations as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party, and the Intercreditor Agreements and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder, including by serving as “First Priority Representative” under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreements, if and when applicable.

(b) The Collateral Agent and the Trustee are authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:

(i) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the First Priority Liens;

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(iii) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations hereunder. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the First Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the First Priority Liens on the Collateral or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.

Section 11.04. Release of Collateral . (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 11.04, the Collateral may be released from the First Priority Liens created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. The applicable assets included in the Collateral shall be released from the First Priority Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees at the Company’s sole cost and expense, under any one or more of the following circumstances:

(i) [Reserved];

(ii) to enable the Company and Note Guarantors to consummate the disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under the covenant described under Section 4.06;

(iii) in respect of the property and assets of a Note Guarantor, upon the designation of such Note Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the covenant described under Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

(iv) in respect of the property and assets of a Note Guarantor, upon the release or discharge of the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture;

(v) (1) in respect of any property and assets of the Company or a Note Guarantor that would constitute ABL Priority Collateral but is at such time not subject to a Lien securing ABL Obligations, other than any assets or property that cease to be subject to a Lien securing ABL Obligations in connection with a release or discharge by or as a result of payment in full and termination of the ABL Facility; provided that if such property and assets are subsequently subject to a Lien securing ABL Obligations (other than Excluded Assets), such property and assets shall subsequently constitute Collateral hereunder; (2) in respect of any property and assets of the Company or a Note Guarantor that would constitute Collateral but is at such time not subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations under a senior secured credit facility that constitutes the Designated Credit Agreement (to the extent there is such a

 

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facility at such time), other than any property or assets that cease to be subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations in connection with a release or discharge by or as a result of payment in full and termination of such Designated Credit Agreement; provided that if such property and assets are subsequently subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations (other than Excluded Assets), such property and assets shall subsequently constitute Collateral hereunder;

(vi) in the case of a Note Guarantor making a Transfer to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Transfer is permitted by clause (y) of the last paragraph of Section 5.01;

(vii) pursuant to an amendment or waiver in accordance with Article IX;

(viii) if the Notes have been discharged or defeased pursuant to Section 8.01; and

(ix) upon the Company’s election to release any Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and Guarantees pursuant to Section 4.17.

Upon the receipt of an Officer’s Certificate from the Company, as described in Section 11.04(b) below, if applicable, and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.

(b) Except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreements, in connection with (x) any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a)(i), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) above, such Collateral may not be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents and (y) any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a)(ii), the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute, deliver or acknowledge any instruments of termination, satisfaction or release, unless, in either case (x) or (y), an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent have been met and stating under which of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04(a) above the Collateral is being released have been delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the date of such release.

(c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders, except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreements or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, in connection with the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent.

Section 11.05. Filing, Recording and Opinions . (a) The Company will comply with the provisions of TIA Sections 314(b), 314(c) and 314(d), in each case following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA and except to the extent not required as set forth in any Commission regulation or interpretation (including any no-action letter issued by the Staff

 

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of the Commission, whether issued to the Company or any other Person). Following such qualification, to the extent the Company is required to furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to TIA Section 314(b)(2), the Company will furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each December 30.

Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 11.04 hereof will be deemed not to impair the Liens under this Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any Person that is required to deliver an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the TIA shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion. The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate statements contained in such documents and Opinion of Counsel.

If any Collateral is released in accordance with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document and if the Company has delivered the certificates and documents required by the Security Documents and Section 11.04, the Trustee will determine whether it has received all documentation required by TIA Section 314(d) in connection with such release and, based on such determination and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 11.04, will, upon request, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent setting forth such determination.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company and its Subsidiaries will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if they determine, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of that section and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the Commission and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act is inapplicable to the released Collateral.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, certain no action letters issued by the Commission have permitted an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act to contain provisions permitting the release of collateral from Liens under such indenture in the ordinary course of business without requiring the issuer to provide certificates and other documents under Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 11.06. [ Reserved ].

Section 11.07. Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations . In the event that (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee, in form and substance acceptable to it, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full of the Company’s obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture occurs under Article VIII, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.

 

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Section 11.08. Designations . Except as provided in the next sentence, for purposes of the provisions hereof and the Intercreditor Agreements requiring the Company to designate Indebtedness for the purposes of the terms First Priority Lien Obligations, Other First Priority Obligations, ABL Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or any other such designations hereunder or under the Intercreditor Agreements, any such designation shall be sufficient if the relevant designation provides in writing that such First Priority Lien Obligations, Other First Priority Obligations, ABL Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or such other designations are permitted under this Indenture and is signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the First Priority Representative and the representative with respect to Junior Lien Obligations. For all purposes hereof and the Intercreditor Agreements, (a) the Company hereby designates the Obligations pursuant to the indenture governing the Junior Notes as in effect on the Issue Date as Junior Lien Obligations, and (b) the Company hereby designates the Notes and all Obligations owed hereunder as First Priority Lien Obligations.

ARTICLE XII.

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 12.01. Note Guarantees . (a) Each Note Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on a senior basis, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all of the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). Each Note Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Note Guarantor, and that each such Note Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article XII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligations.

(b) Each Note Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Note Guarantor waives notice of any Default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Note Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Note Guarantor, except in each case as provided in Section 12.02(b).

 

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(c) Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Note Guarantors, such that such Note Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Company’s or such Note Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Note Guarantor hereunder. Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Note Guarantor.

(d) Each Note Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Holders and the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

(e) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 12.02 and 12.06, the obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Note Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Note Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Note Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

(f) Each Note Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Note Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

(g) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Note Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Note Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.

 

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(h) Each Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Note Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of any Note Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Note Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 12.01.

(i) Each Note Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 12.01.

(j) Upon request of the Trustee, each Note Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 12.02. Limitation on Liability . (a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Note Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Note Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

(b) A Note Guarantee as to any Note Guarantor shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Note Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article XII upon:

(i) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger or consolidation) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Note Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary) or all or substantially all the assets of the applicable Note Guarantor if such sale, disposition or other transfer is made in compliance with this Indenture and such Note Guarantor is released from its guarantees, if any, of, and all pledges and security, if any, granted in connection with, any Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor,

(ii) the Company designating such Note Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth under Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary,”

(iii) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that after the Issue Date is required to guarantee the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11, the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or the repayment of the Indebtedness, in each case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes, and

(iv) the Company’s exercise of its defeasance options under Article VIII, or if the Company’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

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A Note Guarantee also shall be automatically released upon the applicable Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest securing the ABL Facility or First Priority Lien Obligations or other exercise of remedies in respect thereof.

Section 12.03. Successors and Assigns . This Article XII shall be binding upon each Note Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

Section 12.04. No Waiver . Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XII shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XII at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

Section 12.05. Modification . No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XII, nor the consent to any departure by any Note Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Note Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Note Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

Section 12.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors . Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Note Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.11 after the Issue Date shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Note Guarantor under this Article XII and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Note Guarantor, enforceable against such Note Guarantor in accordance with its terms and/or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

 

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Section 12.07. Non-Impairment . The failure to endorse a Note Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “ incorporated provision ”) included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA, inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

Section 13.02. Notices . (a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

if to the Company or a Note Guarantor:

Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

260 Hudson River Road

Waterford, New York 12188

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Facsimile: 518-233-5208

if to the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent at the address below (the “ Corporate Trust Office ”):

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38 th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile: 412-234-7535

The Company, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

(b) Any notice or communication delivered to a Holder shall be delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail, to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so delivered within the time prescribed.

(c) Failure to deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is delivered in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.

 

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(d) Each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“ Instructions ”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means; (as defined below) provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee and Collateral Agent an incumbency certificate listing officers by name and title with the authority to provide such Instructions (“ Authorized Officers ”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers with their direct dial telephone numbers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee and Collateral Agent Instructions using Electronic Means and each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s and Collateral Agent’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee and Collateral Agent cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee and Collateral Agent have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s and Collateral Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee and Collateral Agent acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee and Collateral Agent immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.

Electronic Means ” shall mean the following communications methods: S.W.I.F.T., e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee and Collateral Agent, or another method or system specified by the Trustee or Collateral Agent as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.

Section 13.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders . The Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and other Persons shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.

 

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Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent at the request of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable:

(a) an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:

(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

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

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

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

Section 13.06. When Notes Disregarded . In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, any Note Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Note Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

Section 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the Holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

Section 13.08. Legal Holidays . If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.

 

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Section 13.09. GOVERNING LAW . THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

Section 13.10. No Recourse Against Others . No affiliate, director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Company or of any Note Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Note Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture, 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.

Section 13.11. Successors . All agreements of the Company and each Note Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 13.12. Multiple Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

Section 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings . The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 13.14. Indenture Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.

Section 13.15. Severability . In case any provision in this Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

Section 13.16. Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable 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 or hardware) services.

Section 13.17. Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the Company, the Note Guarantors, the Collateral Agent 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 Notes, the Note Guarantees or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 13.18. Consent to Jurisdiction . Each of the Company, the Note Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding against the Company, any Note Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee arising out of or based upon this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any U.S. federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and (b) waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding.

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

 

COMPANY :
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to First-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


NOTE GUARANTORS :
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to First-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to First-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


TRUSTEE :
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to First-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


COLLATERAL AGENT :
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to First-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


APPENDIX A

PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NOTES

1. Definitions .

1.1 Definitions .

For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or any successor or securities clearing agency.

Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note that does not include the Global Notes Legend.

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

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.

Global Notes Legend ” means the legend set forth under that caption in Exhibit A to this Indenture.

Notes Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

1.2 Other Definitions .

 

Term

  

Defined in Section

         
Agent Members    2.1(b)      
Global Notes    2.1(b)      

2. The Notes .

2.1 Form and Dating; Global Notes .

(a) The Original Notes will be issued on the date hereof. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to one or more purchase agreements or exchange offers in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Global Notes . (i) In the case of Original Notes, one or more Global Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend (collectively, the “ Global Notes ”) shall be issued on the Issue Date, deposited with the Notes Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture.

 

Appendix A-1


In the case of Original Notes, the Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository.

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

(ii) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or its respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes if (x) in the case of Original Notes, the Depository (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and in each case a successor depository is not appointed, (y) the Company, at its option and subject to the procedures of the Depository, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes or (z) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In all cases, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.

(iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.

(iv) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

2.2 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii).

 

Appendix A-2


Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b) or 2.2(g).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with subparagraph (i) below as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, directing the Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note pursuant to Section 2.2(g).

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes . A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.l(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii).

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) below:

(i) A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (i) at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (i).

 

Appendix A-3


(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.2(e).

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

(f) [Reserved].

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

(h) 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 Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company 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 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the Person

 

Appendix A-4


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 Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(i) No Obligation of the Trustee .

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream or any nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or any nominee thereof in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository, subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to any members, participants and any beneficial owners thereof.

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

 

Appendix A-5


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“ DTC ”), New York, New York, to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co., or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

Transfers of this Global Note shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to DTC, to nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or such successor’s nominee and transfers of portions of this Global Note shall be limited to transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

Exhibit A-1


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.

3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021

CUSIP No. [                    ]

ISIN No. [                    ]

$[        ]

No. [    ]

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [        ] Dollars, as the same may be revised from time to time on the schedule of increases or decreases in Global Note attached hereto, on October 24, 2021.

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15

Record Dates: April 1 and October 1

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

Exhibit A-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit A-3


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
Dated:  

 

*/ If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned “[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE”.

 

Exhibit A-4


[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021

 

1. Interest

Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (such Person, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2015. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from October 24, 2014 until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If the day on which payment is due is not a Business Day, then payment shall be made on the following Business Day without any additional interest accruing from the due date to the payment date. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

2. Method of Payment

The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Company shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided , however , that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

Exhibit A-5


4. Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 24, 2014 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Note Guarantors named therein 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 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “ TIA ”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.

The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company. This Note is one of the Original Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of Capital Stock of the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and each Note Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Note Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior secured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

5. Optional Redemption

The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

6. Mandatory Redemption

If the Notes would, but for the application of the provision described in this paragraph, constitute “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“ AHYDOs ”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and as a result the Company would otherwise be subject to limitations on their deduction of interest in respect of the Notes pursuant to Section 163(e)(5) of the Code, then on the last day of each “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ”), the Company shall make a mandatory prepayment of principal or interest (any such prepayment a “ Special

 

Exhibit A-6


Mandatory Redemption ”) on each of the Notes, without premium or penalty, in an amount, if any, necessary to ensure that the Notes will not be treated as AHYDOs within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. Such mandatory prepayment will be applied against and reduce the amount due under the applicable Notes outstanding at such time (and shall be treated by the Company and the Holders of the Notes first as a payment of accrued interest (original issue discount) on such Note for federal income tax purposes). The Company intends that the Special Mandatory Redemptions be sufficient to prevent each Note from being treated as an AHYDO within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and this provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such intent. No partial redemption or repurchase of the Notes prior to each Special Mandatory Redemption Date pursuant to any other provisions of the Indenture will alter the Company’s obligation to make the Special Mandatory Redemption with respect to any Notes that remain outstanding on each Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

 

7. Sinking Fund

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption (except solely to the extent provided in Paragraph 6 of this Note).

 

8. Notice of Redemption

Notice of redemption will be delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

9. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

10. Ranking and Collateral

The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantees, respectively, is senior Indebtedness of the Company and the Note Guarantors, respectively, ranks (i) equal in right of payment with all existing and future senior Indebtedness of the Company and the Note Guarantors, as applicable, (ii) senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company and Note Guarantors and (iii) structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes. The Notes and the Note Guarantees will have the benefit of a security interest in the Collateral with the priority required by the Indenture subject to Permitted Liens and the exceptions provided in the Security Documents.

 

Exhibit A-7


11. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

 

12. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

13. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

14. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations or a combination thereof for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

15. Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, Notes, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (voting as a single class) (which consents may be obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes) and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes (which consents may be obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may amend the Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, mistake or inconsistency; (ii) to comply with Article V of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the

 

Exhibit A-8


uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (iv) to add Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes; (v) to secure the Notes, to add additional assets as Collateral, to release Collateral as permitted under the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, to add additional secured creditors holding ABL Obligations, Other First Priority Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or additional First Priority Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by the Indenture or the Security Documents; (vi) to amend, modify or enter into the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements in connection with the Transactions; (vii) to add additional covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company; (viii) to comply with the requirements of (A) the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or (B) the Intercreditor Agreements; (ix) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or (x) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes.

Without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (which consents may be obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes), no amendment or waiver may (i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of the Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements or (ii) make any change in the provisions in the Intercreditor Agreements or the Indenture or any material change in the provisions in the Security Documents, in each case dealing with the application of proceeds of Collateral upon the exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral that would adversely affect the holders of the Notes.

 

16. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Company, may declare the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of, and interest on, all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory

 

Exhibit A-9


to it against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

17. Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

18. No Recourse Against Others

No affiliate, director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Company or of any Note Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Note Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, 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.

 

19. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

20. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

21. Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

Exhibit A-10


22. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs

The Company has caused CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to the 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 will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

 

Exhibit A-11


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint              agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

 

Date:  

 

    Your Signature:  

 

        Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee:    
Date:  

 

   

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee     Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

Exhibit A-12


[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $            . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Amount of
increase in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Notes
Custodian
           
           
           

 

Exhibit A-13


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

Asset Sale ¨             Change of Control ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000):

$        

 

Date:  

 

    Your Signature  

 

        (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this security)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  
   Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee   

 

Exhibit A-14


EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of [                    ], among [NOTE GUARANTOR] (the “ New Note Guarantor ”), a subsidiary of MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”) under the indenture referred to below.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”) dated as of October 24, 2014, providing for the issuance of the Company’s 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company is required to cause the New Note Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Note Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Notes Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the existing Note Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Note Guarantor, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Defined Terms . As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “ Holders ” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “ Holders ” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words “ herein, ” “ hereof ” and “ hereby ” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Agreement to Guarantee . The New Note Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Note Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Note Guarantor under the Indenture.

3. Notices . All notices or other communications to the New Note Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

 

Exhibit B-1


4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

6. Trustee and Collateral Agent Make No Representation . Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent makes any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.

 

Exhibit B-2


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

 

[NEW NOTE GUARANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit B-3


EXHIBIT C

FIRST PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

dated as of

[                    ]

among

[            ],

as Collateral Agent,

[            ],

as Authorized Representative under the [Credit Agreement][Indenture],

[            ],

as the Initial Other Authorized Representative,

and

each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto

 

Exhibit C-1


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE I   
Definitions   

SECTION 1.01

   Construction; Certain Defined Terms      4   
ARTICLE II   
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral   

SECTION 2.01

   Priority of Claims      11   

SECTION 2.02

   Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens      12   

SECTION 2.03

   No Interference; Payment Over      14   

SECTION 2.04

   Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to First Lien Security Documents      15   

SECTION 2.05

   Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings      15   

SECTION 2.06

   Reinstatement      17   

SECTION 2.07

   Insurance      17   

SECTION 2.08

   Refinancings      17   

SECTION 2.09

   Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection      17   
ARTICLE III   
Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations   
ARTICLE IV   
The Collateral Agent   

SECTION 4.01

   Appointment and Authority      18   

SECTION 4.02

   Rights as a First Lien Secured Party      19   

SECTION 4.03

   Exculpatory Provisions      20   

SECTION 4.04

   Reliance by Collateral Agent      21   

SECTION 4.05

   Delegation of Duties      22   

SECTION 4.06

   Resignation of Collateral Agent      22   

SECTION 4.07

   Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other First Lien Secured Parties      23   

SECTION 4.08

   Collateral and Guaranty Matters      23   

 

Exhibit C-2


ARTICLE V   
Miscellaneous   

SECTION 5.01

   Notices      24   

SECTION 5.02

   Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements      25   

SECTION 5.03

   Parties in Interest      26   

SECTION 5.04

   Survival of Agreement      26   

SECTION 5.05

   Counterparts      26   

SECTION 5.06

   Severability      26   

SECTION 5.07

   Governing Law      27   

SECTION 5.08

   Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers      27   

SECTION 5.09

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      27   

SECTION 5.10

   Headings      27   

SECTION 5.11

   Conflicts      28   

SECTION 5.12

   Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights      28   

SECTION 5.13

   Integration      28   

Annexes

Annex A        Consent of Grantors

 

Exhibit C-3


This FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “ Agreement ’), dated as of [                    ], is among [            ], as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”), [            ], as Authorized Representative for the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “ [ Administrative Agent ][ Trustee ] ”), [            ], as Authorized Representative for the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Initial Other Authorized Representative ”), and each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto for the Other First Lien Secured Parties of the Series with respect to which it is acting in such capacity, as consented to by the Grantors in the Consent of Grantors.

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Collateral Agent, the [Administrative Agent][Trustee] (for itself and on behalf of the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Secured Parties), the Initial Other Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties) and each additional Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Other First Lien Secured Parties of the applicable Series) agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Construction; Certain Defined Terms.

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive.

 

Exhibit C-4


(b) It is the intention of the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series that the holders of First Lien Obligations of such Series (and not the First Lien Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of (i) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations), (y) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of First Lien Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations and, without limiting the foregoing, after taking into account the effect of any applicable intercreditor agreements) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First Lien Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations or (ii) the existence of any Collateral for any other Series of First Lien Obligations that is not Shared Collateral (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, an “ Impairment ” of such Series). In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of First Lien Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of First Lien Obligations (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 2.01) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such First Lien Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the First Lien Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code), any reference to such First Lien Obligations or the Secured Credit Documents governing such First Lien Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.

(c) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the [Credit Agreement][Indenture]. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

[“ Administrative Agent ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns, including the administrative agent under any Designated Credit Agreement.]

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Applicable Authorized Representative ” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the [Administrative Agent][Trustee] and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative. In the event of the Discharge of [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative shall become the Applicable Authorized Representative[; provided that, if

 

Exhibit C-5


a Designated Credit Agreement is subsequently entered into thereafter, the administrative agent under such Designated Credit Agreement shall be the Applicable Authorized Representative (subject to the preceding sentence)].

Authorized Officers ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(b).

Authorized Representative ” means (i) in the case of any [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations or the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Secured Parties, the [Administrative Agent][Trustee], (ii) in the case of the Initial Other First Lien Obligations or the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and (iii) in the case of any Series of Other First Lien Obligations or Other First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

Bankruptcy Case ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

Bankruptcy Law ” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Collateral ” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any First Lien Security Document to secure one or more Series of First Lien Obligations.

Collateral Agent ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof, together with its successors and assigns[, including the collateral agent under any Designated Credit Agreement].

Collateral Agreement ” means [that certain First Lien Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014, among the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time[, including the collateral agreement securing any Designated Credit Agreement]].

Consent of Grantors ” means the Consent of Grantors in the form of Annex A attached hereto.

Controlling Secured Parties ” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Series of First Lien Secured Parties whose Authorized Representative is the Applicable Authorized Representative for such Shared Collateral.

 

Exhibit C-6


[“ Credit Agreement ” means [                    ], as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, including any Designated Credit Agreement.]

[“ Credit Agreement Obligations ” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) other than “Other First Lien Obligations” pursuant to clause (b) of such definition.]

[“ Credit Agreement Secured Parties ” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof).]

[“ Designated Credit Agreement ” means [                    ].]

DIP Financing ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

DIP Financing Liens ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

DIP Lenders ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Discharge ” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral and any Series of First Lien Obligations, the date on which such Series of First Lien Obligations is no longer secured by such Shared Collateral. The term “ Discharged ” has a corresponding meaning.

Discharge of [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations ” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Discharge of the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral; provided that the Discharge of [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations or an incurrence of future [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations with additional First Lien Obligations secured by such Shared Collateral under an Other First Lien Agreement which has been designated in writing by Intermediate Holdings to the Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative as the “[Credit Agreement][Indenture]” for purposes of this Agreement.

Electronic Means ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(b).

Equivalent Provision ” means, with respect to any reference to a specific provision of an agreement in effect on the date hereof (the “original agreement”), if such agreement is amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced after the date hereof in a manner permitted hereby, the provision in such amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replacement agreement that is the equivalent to such specific provision in such original agreement.

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.

 

Exhibit C-7


First Lien Obligations ” means, collectively, (i) the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Obligations and (ii) each Series of Other First Lien Obligations.

First Lien Secured Parties ” means (a) the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] Secured Parties and (ii) the Other First Lien Secured Parties with respect to each Series of Other First Lien Obligations.

First Lien Security Documents ” means the Collateral Agreement and each other agreement, instrument or document entered into in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing any Series of First Lien Obligations.

Grantors ” means the Issuer and each Subsidiary of the Issuer which has granted a security interest pursuant to any First Lien Security Document to secure any Series of First Lien Obligations.

Impairment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.01(b).

[“ Indenture ” means that certain Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014, among the Issuer, certain subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time.]

[“ Indenture Obligations ” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) other than “Other First Lien Obligations” pursuant to clause (ii) of such definition.]

[“ Indenture Secured Parties ” means, at any time, (a) the holders of the notes issued under the Indenture, (b) the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries under any Note Document and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.]

Initial Other Authorized Representative ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

Initial Other First Lien Agreement ” means that certain [                    ].

Initial Other First Lien Obligations ” means the Other First Lien Obligations arising under or pursuant to the Initial Other First Lien Agreement.

Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties ” means the holders of any Initial Other First Lien Obligations and the Initial Other Authorized Representative.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” means:

(1) any case commenced by or against the Issuer or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the

 

Exhibit C-8


Issuer or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Issuer or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Issuer or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Issuer or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Issuer or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

Instructions ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(b).

Intervening Creditor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).

Issuer ” means Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Joinder Agreement ” means the documents required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) in order to create an additional Series of Other First Lien Obligations or a Refinancing of any Series of First Lien Obligations.

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof).

Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative ” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Authorized Representative of the Series of Other First Lien Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral.

New York UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Non-Controlling Authorized Representative ” means, at any time with respect to any Shared Collateral, any Authorized Representative that is not the Applicable Authorized Representative at such time with respect to such Shared Collateral.

Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date ” means, with respect to any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative, the date which is 180 days (throughout which 180 day period such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative) after the

 

Exhibit C-9


occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First Lien Agreement under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) and (ii) the Collateral Agent’s and each other Authorized Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative certifying that (x) such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First Lien Agreement under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the First Lien Obligations of the Series with respect to which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Other First Lien Agreement; provided that the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Shared Collateral (1) at any time the [Administrative Agent][Trustee] or the Collateral Agent has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Shared Collateral or (2) at any time the Grantor that has granted a security interest in such Shared Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Non-Controlling Secured Partie s” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the First Lien Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such Shared Collateral.

Other First Lien Agreement ” has the meaning given to such term by the Collateral Agreement and includes the Initial Other First Lien Agreement.

Other First Lien Obligations ” has the meaning given to such term by the Collateral Agreement and includes the Initial Other First Lien Obligations.

Other First Lien Secured Party ” means the holders of any Other First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto and includes the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties.

Possessory Collateral ” means any Shared Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or otherwise. Possessory Collateral includes, without limitation, any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments, and Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of the Collateral Agent under the terms of the First Lien Security Documents. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.

Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).

Refinance ” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or

 

Exhibit C-10


repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ” have correlative meanings.

Secured Credit Document ” means (i) the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] and the [Loan][Note] Documents (as defined in the [Credit Agreement][Indenture]), (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Agreement and (iii) each Other First Lien Agreement.

[“ Series ” means (a) with respect to the First Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the [Credit Agreement Secured Parties][Indenture Secured Parties] (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties (in their capacity as such) and (iii) the Other First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First Lien Obligations, each of (i) the [Credit Agreement Obligations][Indenture Obligations], (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Obligations and (iii) the Other First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement (other than the Initial Other First Lien Agreement), which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Obligations).]

Shared Collateral ” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First Lien Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives or the Collateral Agent on behalf of such holders) hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien (including, without limitation, in respect of equity interests of Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by any Grantor that have been pledged as Collateral) at such time. If more than two Series of First Lien Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First Lien Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral for those Series of First Lien Obligations that hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time.

Trustee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.

ARTICLE II

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

SECTION 2.01 Priority of Claims.

 

Exhibit C-11


(a) Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.01(b)), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Shared Collateral, or any distribution is made in respect of any Shared Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case of any Grantor or any First Lien Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Shared Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Collateral by any First Lien Secured Party or received by the Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement with respect to such Shared Collateral and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) to which the First Lien Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “ Proceeds ”), shall be applied by the Collateral Agent in the order specified in Section 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Shared Collateral for which a third party (other than a First Lien Secured Party and, without limiting the foregoing, after taking into account the effect of any applicable intercreditor agreements) has a lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of First Lien Obligations but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations (such third party an “ Intervening Creditor ”), the value of any Shared Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Shared Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.

(b) It is acknowledged that the First Lien Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties of any Series.

(c) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, or any other applicable law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.01(b) hereof), each First Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of First Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral shall be of equal priority.

SECTION 2.02 Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens .

 

Exhibit C-12


(a) With respect to any Shared Collateral, (i) notwithstanding Section 2.01, only the Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), and then only on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other First Lien Secured Party other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other First Lien Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) shall or shall instruct the Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), whether under any First Lien Security Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Collateral Agent, acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative and in accordance with the applicable First Lien Security Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Shared Collateral. Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens, the Collateral Agent (acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative) may deal with the Shared Collateral as if such Applicable Authorized Representative had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Shared Collateral or to cause the Collateral Agent to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any First Lien Secured Party, Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Shared Collateral.

(b) Each of the Authorized Representatives agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any Shared Collateral for the benefit of any Series of First Lien Obligations (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of any Other First Lien Agreement) other than pursuant to the First Lien Security Documents and, by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), each Authorized Representative and the Series of First Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents applicable to it.

(c) Each of the First Lien Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided

 

Exhibit C-13


that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair (i) the rights of any of the Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement or (ii) the rights of any First Lien Secured Party from contesting or supporting any other Person in contesting the enforceability of any Lien purporting to secure First Lien Obligations constituting unmatured interest pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

SECTION 2.03 No Interference; Payment Over .

(a) Each First Lien Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Obligations of any Series or any First Lien Security Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any First Lien Security Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First Lien Secured Party from challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Obligations constituting unmatured interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral by the Collateral Agent, (iii) except as provided in Section 2.02, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Shared Collateral, and none of the Collateral Agent, any Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent, such Applicable Authorized Representative or other First Lien Secured Party with respect to any Shared Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Shared Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.

(b) Each First Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that, if it shall obtain possession of any Shared Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any such Shared Collateral, pursuant to any First Lien Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the Discharge of each Series of First

 

Exhibit C-14


Lien Obligations, then it shall hold such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other First Lien Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, to be distributed by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a) hereof.

SECTION 2.04 Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to First Lien Security Documents .

(a) If at any time any Shared Collateral is transferred to a third party or otherwise disposed of, in each case, in connection with any enforcement by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Series of First Lien Secured Parties upon such Shared Collateral will automatically be released and discharged upon final conclusion of foreclosure proceeding; provided that any proceeds of any Shared Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

(b) Each First Lien Secured Party agrees that the Collateral Agent may enter into any amendment (and, upon request by the Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative shall sign a consent to such amendment) to any First Lien Security Document (including, without limitation, to release Liens securing any Series of First Lien Obligations) so long as such amendment, subject to clause (d) below, is permitted by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document. Additionally, each First Lien Secured Party agrees that the Collateral Agent may enter into any amendment (and, upon request by the Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative shall sign a consent to such amendment) to any First Lien Security Document solely as such First Lien Security Document relates to a particular Series of First Lien Obligations (including, without limitation, to release Liens securing such Series of First Lien Obligations) so long as (x) such amendment is in accordance with the Secured Credit Document pursuant to which such Series of First Lien Obligations was incurred and (y) such amendment does not adversely affect the First Lien Secured Parties of any other Series.

(c) Each Authorized Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Shared Collateral or amendment to any First Lien Security Document provided for in this Section.

(d) In determining whether an amendment to any First Lien Security Document is permitted by this Section 2.04, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Issuer stating in good faith that such amendment is permitted by Section 2.04(b) above.

SECTION 2.05 Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings .

 

Exhibit C-15


(a) This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law by or against the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries.

(b) If any Grantor shall become subject to a case (a “ Bankruptcy Case ”) under the Bankruptcy Code and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (“ DIP Financing ”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “ DIP Lenders ”) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, each First Lien Secured Party (other than any Controlling Secured Party or any Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party) agrees that it will raise no objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the same (“ DIP Financing Liens ”) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Shared Collateral, unless any Controlling Secured Party, or an Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party, shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Shared Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any First Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Shared Collateral granted to secure the First Lien Obligations of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Shared Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Shared Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-a-vis all the other First Lien Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the First Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-a-vis the First Lien Secured Parties as set forth in this Agreement, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the First Lien Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any First Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the First Lien Secured Parties of such Series or its Authorized Representative that shall not constitute Shared Collateral; and provided further that the First Lien Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other First Lien Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such First Lien Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.

 

Exhibit C-16


SECTION 2.06 Reinstatement . In the event that any of the First Lien Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until all such First Lien Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash.

SECTION 2.07 Insurance . As between the First Lien Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative, shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral.

SECTION 2.08 Refinancings . The First Lien Obligations of any Series may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any Secured Credit Document) of, any First Lien Secured Party of any other Series,[ including by the incurrence of a Designated Credit Agreement at any time after the termination of the Credit Agreement in effect on the date hereof,] all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the Authorized Representative of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness.

SECTION 2.09 Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection .

(a) The Collateral Agent agrees to hold any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral that is part of the Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each other First Lien Secured Party and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First Lien Security Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09. Pending delivery to the Collateral Agent, each other Authorized Representative agrees to hold any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral, from time to time in its possession, as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each other First Lien Secured Party and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First Lien Security Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09.

(b) The duties or responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative under this Section 2.09 shall be limited solely to holding any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each other First Lien Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such First Lien Secured Parties therein.

 

Exhibit C-17


ARTICLE III

Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations

Whenever the Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any First Lien Obligations of any Series, or the Shared Collateral subject to any Lien securing the First Lien Obligations of any Series, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by each other Authorized Representative and shall be entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided , however, that, if an Authorized Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination or not make any determination by such method as it may determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Issuer. The Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any First Lien Secured Party or any other person as a result of such determination.

ARTICLE IV

The Collateral Agent

SECTION 4.01 Appointment and Authority .

(a) Each of the First Lien Secured Parties hereby irrevocably appoints [            ] to act on its behalf as the Collateral Agent hereunder and under each of the other First Lien Security Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, including for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any Grantor to secure any of the First Lien Obligations, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under any of the First Lien Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IV and [Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement and] the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “Collateral Agent” under the First Lien Security Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

 

Exhibit C-18


(b) Each Non-Controlling Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any Shared Collateral as provided herein and in the First Lien Security Documents, without regard to any rights to which Non-Controlling Secured Parties would otherwise be entitled as a result of holding any First Lien Obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured Party agrees that none of the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the First Lien Obligations), or to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Non-Controlling Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the First Lien Secured Parties waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against the Collateral Agent or the Authorized Representative of any other Series of First Lien Obligations or any other First Lien Secured Party of any other Series arising out of (i) any actions which the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any First Lien Secured Party takes or omits to take (including, actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First Lien Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the First Lien Security Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the First Lien Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First Lien Obligations, (ii) any election by any Applicable Authorized Representative or any holders of First Lien Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) subject to Section 2.05 of this Agreement, any borrowing or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not accept any Shared Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, without the consent of each Authorized Representative representing holders of First Lien Obligations for whom such Collateral constitutes Shared Collateral.

SECTION 4.02 Rights as a First Lien Secured Party . The Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a First Lien Secured Party under any Series of First Lien Obligations that it holds as any other First Lien Secured Party of such Series and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent and the term “First Lien Secured Party” or “First Lien Secured Parties” or (as applicable) “[Credit Agreement][Indenture] Secured Party”, “[Credit Agreement][Indenture] Secured Parties”, “Other First Lien Secured Party” or “Other First Lien Secured Parties” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Collateral Agent

 

Exhibit C-19


hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, and generally engage in business with, the Issuer or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other First Lien Secured Party.

SECTION 4.03 Exculpatory Provisions.

(a) The Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other First Lien Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent:

(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties of any kind or nature to any Person, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other First Lien Security Documents that the Collateral Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Applicable Authorized Representative; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Collateral Agent to liability or that is contrary to any First Lien Security Document or applicable law;

(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other First Lien Security Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Issuer or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;

(iv) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Applicable Authorized Representative or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (iii) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Issuer stating that such action is permitted by the terms of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default under any Series of First Lien Obligations unless and until notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Collateral Agent by the Authorized Representative of such First Lien Obligations or the Issuer;

(v) shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other First Lien Security Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or

 

Exhibit C-20


genuineness of this Agreement, any other First Lien Security Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the First Lien Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral for any Series of First Lien Obligations, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Secured Credit Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent;

(vi) shall not have any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of any kind or nature under any Other First Lien Agreement (but shall be entitled to all protections provided to the Collateral Agent therein);

(vii) with respect to the [Credit Agreement][Indenture], any Other First Lien Agreement or any First Lien Security Document, may conclusively assume that the Grantors have complied with all of their obligations thereunder unless advised in writing by the Authorized Representative thereunder to the contrary specifically setting forth the alleged violation;

(viii) may conclusively rely on any certificate of an officer of the Issuer provided pursuant to Section 2.04(d) hereof;

(ix) shall have all rights, protections and indemnity accorded to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent under the Indenture; and

(x) [may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both reasonably satisfactory to it before the Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting.]

(b) Each Secured Party acknowledges that, in addition to acting as the initial Collateral Agent, [            ] also serves as [Administrative Agent][Trustee] under the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] and each First Lien Secured Party hereby agrees not to assert any claim (including as a result of any conflict of interest) against [            ], or any successor, arising from the role of [Administrative Agent][Trustee] under the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] so long as [            ] or any such successor is either acting in accordance with the express terms of such documents or otherwise has not engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 4.04 Reliance by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may include, but shall not be limited to counsel for

 

Exhibit C-21


the Issuer or counsel for the [Administrative Agent][Trustee]), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

SECTION 4.05 Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other First Lien Security Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent.

SECTION 4.06 Resignation of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation as Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents to each Authorized Representative and the Issuer. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall have the right (subject, unless an Event of Default relating to a payment default or the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has occurred and is continuing, to the consent of the Issuer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank or trust company with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank or trust company with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Applicable Authorized Representative and shall have accepted such appointment within 10 days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, appoint a successor Collateral Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that, if the Collateral Agent shall notify the Issuer and each Authorized Representative that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other First Lien Security Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties under any of the First Lien Security Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security solely for purposes of maintaining the perfection of the security interests of the First Lien Secured Parties therein until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed but with no obligation to take any further action at the request of the Applicable Authorized Representative, any other First Lien Secured Parties or any Grantor) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to each Authorized Representative directly, until such time as the Applicable Authorized Representative appoints a successor Collateral Agent as provided for above in this Section. In addition to the foregoing, if a successor Collateral Agent does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Collateral Agent resigns, the retiring Collateral Agent may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and under the First Lien Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,

 

Exhibit C-22


privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other First Lien Security Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). After the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article[, Sections 8.07 and 9.05 of the Credit Agreement] and the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent was acting as Collateral Agent. Upon any notice of resignation of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other First Lien Security Documents, the Issuer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer (and maintain the validity and priority of) the Liens in favor of the retiring Collateral Agent under the First Lien Security Documents to the successor Collateral Agent as promptly as practicable.

SECTION 4.07 Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other First Lien Secured Parties. Each First Lien Secured Party (other than the Trustee and the Collateral Agent) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Secured Credit Documents. Each First Lien Secured Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Secured Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

SECTION 4.08 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each of the First Lien Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, at its option,

(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any First Lien Security Document in accordance with Section 2.04 of this Agreement or upon receipt of a written request from the Issuer stating that the release of such Lien is permitted by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document; and

(b) to release any Grantor from its obligations under the First Lien Security Documents upon receipt of a written request from the Issuer stating that such release is permitted by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document.

 

Exhibit C-23


ARTICLE V

Miscellaneous

SECTION 5.01 Notices.

(a) All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(i) if to the Collateral Agent or the [Administrative Agent][Trustee], to it at:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38 th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile: 412-234-7535; and

(ii) if to any additional Other Authorized Representative, to it at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 5.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 5.01. As agreed to in writing among the Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.

(b) Each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Agreement and delivered using Electronic Means; (as defined below) provided, however, that the Issuer shall provide to the Trustee and Collateral Agent an incumbency certificate listing officers by name and title with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers with their direct dial telephone numbers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Issuer whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Issuer elects to give the Trustee and Collateral Agent Instructions using Electronic Means and each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s and Collateral Agent’s understanding

 

Exhibit C-24


of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Issuer understands and agrees that the Trustee and Collateral Agent cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee and Collateral Agent have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Issuer shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent and that the Issuer and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Issuer. The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s and Collateral Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Issuer agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee and Collateral Agent acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Issuer; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee and Collateral Agent immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.

“Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods: S.W.I.F.T., e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee and Collateral Agent, or another method or system specified by the Trustee or Collateral Agent as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.

SECTION 5.02 Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements.

(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

Exhibit C-25


(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified (other than pursuant to any Joinder Agreement) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Authorized Representative and the Collateral Agent. Each party to this Agreement agrees that (i) none of the Issuer and the other Grantors shall have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent the Issuer’s or any of such Grantors’ rights are adversely affected, in which case the Issuer shall have the right to consent to or approve any such amendment, modification or waiver, and (ii) the Issuer shall be a beneficiary of this Section 5.02(b).

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First Lien Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) and, upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Other First Lien Secured Parties and Other First Lien Obligations of the Series for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof and the terms of the other First Lien Security Documents applicable thereto.

SECTION 5.03 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other First Lien Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.

SECTION 5.04 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

SECTION 5.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or via electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 5.06 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Exhibit C-26


SECTION 5.07 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 5.08 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties of the Series for whom it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the First Lien Security Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person (or its Authorized Representative) at the address referred to in Section 5.01 hereof;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any First Lien Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 5.08 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

SECTION 5.09 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.09.

SECTION 5.10 Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

Exhibit C-27


SECTION 5.11 Conflicts.

(a) In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any of the other Secured Credit Documents or First Lien Security Documents, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.11(a) above, in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of (i) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) the Junior Party Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of such ABL Intercreditor Agreement or such Junior Party Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, shall govern.

SECTION 5.12 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties in relation to one another. None of the Issuer, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement ( provided that nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 or Article V) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the [Credit Agreement][Indenture] or any Other First Lien Agreements), and none of the Issuer or any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 and Article V). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

SECTION 5.13 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Secured Credit Documents and the First Lien Security Documents, represents the agreement of each of the Grantors and the First Lien Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Grantor, the Collateral Agent, any or any other First Lien Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Secured Credit Documents or the First Lien Security Documents.

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Exhibit C-28


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Priority Intercreditor Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

[        ],
as Collateral Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[        ],
as Authorized Representative under the [Credit Agreement][Indenture]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[        ],
as Initial Other Authorized Representative
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit C-29


Annex A

to First Priority Intercreditor Agreement

[Form of]

CONSENT OF GRANTORS

Dated: [                    ]

Reference is made to the First Priority Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [                    ], among [                    ], as Collateral Agent, [            ], as [Authorized Representative under the [Credit Agreement] [Indenture], and [            ], as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Each of the Grantors party hereto has read the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and consents thereto. Each of the Grantors party hereto agrees that it will not take any action that would be contrary to the express provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement, agrees to abide by the requirements expressly applicable to it under the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that, except as otherwise provided therein, no First Lien Secured Party shall have any liability to any Grantor for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the Grantors party hereto confirms that the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement is for the sole benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and that no Grantor is an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary thereof except to the extent otherwise expressly provided therein.

Each of the Grantors party hereto agrees to take such further action and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement.

This Consent of Grantors shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Notices delivered to the Grantors pursuant to this Consent of Grantors shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

[ Signatures follow .]

 

Exhibit C-30


IN WITNESS HEREOF, this Consent of Grantors is hereby executed by each of the Grantors as of the date first written above.

 

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit C-31


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
WORLDWIDE LLC
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:
MPM SILICONES, LLC
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit C-32


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC

  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:

JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC

  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:

JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC

  By  

 

    Name:
    Title:

JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC

  By  

 

    Name:

 

Exhibit C-33

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

as Company,

EACH OF THE NOTE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee and as Collateral Agent

$250,000,000 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 24, 2014

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I.   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE      1   

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02.

 

Other Definitions

     39   

Section 1.03.

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     40   

Section 1.04.

 

Rules of Construction

     40   
ARTICLE II.   THE NOTES      41   

Section 2.01.

 

Amount of Notes

     41   

Section 2.02.

 

Form and Dating

     42   

Section 2.03.

 

Execution and Authentication

     42   

Section 2.04.

 

Registrar and Paying Agent

     43   

Section 2.05.

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

     44   

Section 2.06.

 

Holder Lists

     44   

Section 2.07.

 

Transfer and Exchange

     44   

Section 2.08.

 

Replacement Notes

     45   

Section 2.09.

 

Outstanding Notes

     45   

Section 2.10.

 

Temporary Notes

     46   

Section 2.11.

 

Cancellation

     46   

Section 2.12.

 

Defaulted Interest

     46   

Section 2.13.

 

CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc

     46   

Section 2.14.

 

Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes

     46   
ARTICLE III.   REDEMPTION      47   

Section 3.01.

 

Redemption

     47   

Section 3.02.

 

Applicability of Article

     47   

Section 3.03.

 

Notices to Trustee

     47   

Section 3.04.

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

     47   

Section 3.05.

 

Notice of Optional Redemption

     47   

Section 3.06.

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

     48   

Section 3.07.

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

     49   

Section 3.08.

 

Notes Redeemed in Part

     49   

Section 3.09.

 

Mandatory Redemption

     49   
ARTICLE IV.   COVENANTS      50   

Section 4.01.

 

Payment of Notes

     50   

Section 4.02.

 

Reports and Other Information

     50   

Section 4.03.

 

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock

     51   

Section 4.04.

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments

     58   

Section 4.05.

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

     63   

 

i


Section 4.06.

 

Asset Sales

     65   

Section 4.07.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

     68   

Section 4.08.

 

Change of Control

     71   

Section 4.09.

 

Compliance Certificate

     72   

Section 4.10.

 

Further Instruments and Acts

     73   

Section 4.11.

 

Future Note Guarantors

     73   

Section 4.12.

 

Liens

     73   

Section 4.13.

 

After-Acquired Property

     74   

Section 4.14.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     74   

Section 4.15.

 

[Reserved]

     74   

Section 4.16.

 

[Reserved]

     75   

Section 4.17.

 

Suspension of Certain Covenants

     75   
ARTICLE V.   SUCCESSOR COMPANY      76   

Section 5.01.

 

When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets

     76   
ARTICLE VI.   DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES      78   

Section 6.01.

 

Events of Default

     78   

Section 6.02.

 

Acceleration

     80   

Section 6.03.

 

Other Remedies

     80   

Section 6.04.

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

     81   

Section 6.05.

 

Control by Majority

     81   

Section 6.06.

 

Limitation on Suits

     81   

Section 6.07.

 

Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment

     82   

Section 6.08.

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

     82   

Section 6.09.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     82   

Section 6.10.

 

Priorities

     82   

Section 6.11.

 

Undertaking for Costs

     83   

Section 6.12.

 

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

     83   
ARTICLE VII.   TRUSTEE      83   

Section 7.01.

 

Duties of Trustee

     83   

Section 7.02.

 

Rights of Trustee

     84   

Section 7.03.

 

Individual Rights of Trustee

     86   

Section 7.04.

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

     86   

Section 7.05.

 

Notice of Defaults

     86   

Section 7.06.

 

Reports by Trustee to the Holders

     86   

Section 7.07.

 

Compensation and Indemnity

     87   

Section 7.08.

 

Replacement of Trustee

     88   

Section 7.09.

 

Successor Trustee by Merger

     89   

Section 7.10.

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

     89   

Section 7.11.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

     89   

 

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ARTICLE VIII.   DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE      90   

Section 8.01.

 

Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance

     90   

Section 8.02.

 

Conditions to Defeasance

     91   

Section 8.03.

 

Application of Trust Money

     92   

Section 8.04.

 

Repayment to Company

     92   

Section 8.05.

 

Indemnity for Government Obligations

     92   

Section 8.06.

 

Reinstatement

     92   
ARTICLE IX.   AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS      93   

Section 9.01.

 

Without Consent of the Holders

     93   

Section 9.02.

 

With Consent of the Holders

     94   

Section 9.03.

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

     95   

Section 9.04.

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers

     95   

Section 9.05.

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     96   

Section 9.06.

 

Trustee and Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments

     96   

Section 9.07.

 

Payment for Consent

     96   

Section 9.08.

 

Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount

     96   

Section 9.09.

 

Providing Evidence of Amendments to Trustee

     96   
ARTICLE X.   RANKING OF NOTE LIENS      97   

Section 10.01.

 

Relative Rights

     97   
ARTICLE XI.   COLLATERAL      98   

Section 11.01.

 

Security Documents

     98   

Section 11.02.

 

Collateral Agent

     99   

Section 11.03.

 

Authorization of Actions to Be Taken

     101   

Section 11.04.

 

Release of Collateral

     102   

Section 11.05.

 

Filing, Recording and Opinions

     103   

Section 11.06.

 

[Reserved]

     104   

Section 11.07.

 

Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations

     104   

Section 11.08.

 

Designations

     105   
ARTICLE XII.   NOTE GUARANTEES      105   

Section 12.01.

 

Note Guarantees

     105   

Section 12.02.

 

Limitation on Liability

     107   

Section 12.03.

 

Successors and Assigns

     108   

Section 12.04.

 

No Waiver

     108   

Section 12.05.

 

Modification

     108   

Section 12.06.

 

Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors

     108   

Section 12.07.

 

Non-Impairment

     108   

 

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ARTICLE XIII.   MISCELLANEOUS      109   

Section 13.01.

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls

     109   

Section 13.02.

 

Notices

     109   

Section 13.03.

 

Communication by the Holders with Other Holders

     110   

Section 13.04.

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     110   

Section 13.05.

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

     111   

Section 13.06.

 

When Notes Disregarded

     111   

Section 13.07.

 

Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar

     111   

Section 13.08.

 

Legal Holidays

     111   

Section 13.09.

 

GOVERNING LAW

     112   

Section 13.10.

 

No Recourse Against Others

     112   

Section 13.11.

 

Successors

     112   

Section 13.12.

 

Multiple Originals

     112   

Section 13.13.

 

Table of Contents; Headings

     112   

Section 13.14.

 

Indenture Controls

     112   

Section 13.15.

 

Severability

     112   

Section 13.16.

 

Force Majeure

     112   

Section 13.17.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     112   

 

Appendix A         Provisions Relating to the Notes
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit A         Form of Note
Exhibit B         Form of Supplemental Indenture

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section

  

Indenture

Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

(a)(2)

   7.10

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08; 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

(b)

   7.11

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   2.06

(b)

   13.03

(c)

   13.03

313(a)

   7.06

(b)(1)

   N.A.

(b)(2)

   7.06

(c)

   7.06

(d)

   4.02; 4.09

314(a)

   4.02; 4.09

(b)

   11.05

(c)(1)

   11.05, 13.04

(c)(2)

   13.04

(c)(3)

   11.05

(d)

   11.05

(e)

   13.05

(f)

   4.10

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   7.05

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.11

316(a)(last sentence)

   13.06

(a)(1)(A)

   6.05

(a)(1)(B)

   6.04

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   6.07

317(a)(1)

   6.08

(a)(2)

   6.09

(b)

   2.05

318(a)

   13.01

N.A. Means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of October 24, 2014 among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the Note Guarantors party hereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022 issued on the date hereof (the “ Original Notes ”) and (b) any Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof (all such notes in clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as the “ Notes ”). Subject to the conditions and compliance with the covenants set forth herein, the Company may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions .

ABL Facility ” means (i) the Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Amended and Restated Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014, among Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, as U.S. Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GMBH, as Germany Silicone Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GMBH, as Germany Quartz Borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and the other lenders and parties from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, and (ii) whether or not the facility referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “ABL Facility,” one or more asset-based (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuer and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

ABL Facility Collateral Agent ” means the “Collateral Agent” (or similar entity) under the ABL Facility Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.


ABL Facility Documents ” means the agreements and other instruments governing the ABL Facility, together with any guarantees thereof and any security documents, other collateral documents and other instruments relating thereto (including documents and instruments governing Hedging Obligations required by the ABL Facility or relating to ABL Obligations).

ABL Obligations ” means the Obligations of the borrowers and other obligors (including the Company and the Note Guarantors) under the ABL Facility or any of the other ABL Facility Documents, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceedings) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the ABL Facility Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the ABL Facility Documents, according to the respective terms thereof, which Obligations, in the case of Indebtedness, are secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking senior to the Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees.

ABL Obligors ” means the Company and each subsidiary of the Company that is a borrower under or a guarantor of the ABL Obligations under an ABL Facility.

Acquired Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person; and

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

Additional First Priority Lien Secured Party ” means the holders of any Other First Priority Lien Obligations that are Incurred after the Issue Date.

Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than the Original Notes) issued from time to time under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.

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” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

Apollo ” means (1) Apollo Global Management, L.P. or one or more investment funds or accounts affiliated with Apollo Global Management, L.P. or one or more of their respective Affiliates including one or more holding companies of such investment funds or accounts (collectively, the “ Apollo Funds ”) and (2) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Apollo Funds, provided that Apollo Funds own a majority of the voting power of such group.

 

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Asset Sale ” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “ disposition ”) or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),

in each case other than:

(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, obsolete or worn out property or equipment or disposals of equipment in connection with reinvestment in or replacement of equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;

(d) any disposition of assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $12.5 million;

(e) any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

(f) any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company;

(g) foreclosure on assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(h) any disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(i) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(j) any disposition of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;

(l) any disposition of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” to a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing or in factoring or similar transactions;

(m) any swap of assets, or any lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company; provided, that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.06;

(n) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted under this Indenture;

(o) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

(p) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(q) any agreement or arrangement involving, relating to or otherwise facilitating, (i) requirements contracts, (ii) tolling arrangements or (iii) the reservation or presale of production capacity of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by one or more third parties;

(r) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property;

(s) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(t) the sale of any intellectual property and other assets primarily related to the production of gallium nitride, including any interests in joint ventures relating thereto;

 

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(u) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens; and

(v) any Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives with respect to such transaction aggregate consideration of less than $15.0 million.

Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Credit Agreement or the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of any Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

Board of Directors ” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City or the city in which the Trustee’s principal office is located.

Capital Stock ” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

(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.

Capitalized 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 such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents ” means:

(1) U.S. Dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government, Australia, Great Britain, Canada, Netherlands or any other country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;

(3) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding 270 days after the date of acquisition and held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits and demand deposits (in their respective local currencies), in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and whose long-term debt is rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

(6) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(8) Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(9) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above; and

(10) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (9) above denominated in euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for

 

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cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

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

(i) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders; or

(ii) the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(l) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.

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

Collateral ” means all property subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any of the Security Documents.

Collateral Agent ” means the party serving in such capacity under this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Collateral Agreement ” means the collateral agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter in accordance with this Indenture.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge commitment or other financing fees); plus

 

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(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus

(4) interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

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

(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income, expenses or charges (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including, without limitation, (i) severance expenses, expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to new product lines, plant shutdown costs and acquisition integration costs and (ii) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (in each case, whether or not successful);

(2) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any one-time non-cash charges or increases or reductions in Net Income, in each case resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date shall be excluded;

(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

(4) any net after-tax income or loss from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of abandoned, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;

(5) any net after-tax gains or losses, or any subsequent charges or expenses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Company) shall be excluded;

(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

 

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(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted 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 or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (A) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Note Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that (without duplication) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

(9) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually made to any parent of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period;

(10) any impairment charges or asset write-offs and amortization of intangibles in each case arising pursuant to the application of GAAP shall be excluded;

(11) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants and sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights shall be excluded;

(12) any (a) severance or relocation costs or expenses, (b) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (c) costs and expenses after the Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, (d) costs or expenses realized in connection with, resulting from or in anticipation of the Transactions or (e) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;

(13) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted, in each case as a result of the Transactions within 12 months after the Issue Date, and that are so

 

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required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP, and changes in accruals and reserves as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies in connection with the Transactions, shall be excluded;

(14) solely for purposes of calculating EBITDA, (a) the Net Income of any Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) above shall be included;

(15) (a) (i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 shall be excluded;

(16) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded; and

(17) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clauses (D) and (E) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”

Consolidated Non-cash Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of determination that constitutes ABL Obligations, First Priority Lien Obligations or the Notes to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the then most recent four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are available in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio; provided, however, that solely for purposes of the calculation of the Consolidated

 

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Secured Debt Ratio, in connection with the incurrence of any Lien pursuant to clause (8)(B) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness (including any Bank Indebtedness) which is to be secured by such Lien as being Incurred at such time and any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

Consolidated Taxes ” means provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and any Tax Distributions taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum (without duplication) of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any undrawn letters of credit) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations, bankers’ acceptances, Indebtedness for borrowed money and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, plus (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences, minus (3) the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Contingent Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“ primary obligations ”) of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

(2) to advance or supply funds:

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

Credit Agreement ” means, collectively, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement,” one or more (a) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including

 

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through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (b) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (c) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

Credit Agreement Documents ” means the collective reference to any “Credit Agreement,” any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Cumulative Credit ” means the sum of (without duplication):

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period, the “ Reference Period ”) from September 30, 2014 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus

(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash, received by the Company after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (xix) of Section 4.03(b)), from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary), plus

(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Company received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions, Disqualified Stock and contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (xix) of Section 4.03(b)), plus

(D) the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company ( provided that, in the case of any parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus

 

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(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date, from:

(I) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances (including the release of any guarantee that constituted a Restricted Investment when made) that constituted Restricted Investments (other than, in each case, to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b)),

(II) the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

(III) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(F) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of the Investment of the Company in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), after taking into account any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or combined or any Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred or conveyed (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment).

The Fair Market Value of property, other than cash, covered by clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of this definition of “Cumulative Credit” shall be determined in good faith by the Company and

(x) in the case of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $15.0 million, shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate,

(y) in the case of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $25.0 million, shall be set forth in a resolution approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, or

(z) in the case of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $50.0 million, shall be set forth in writing by an Independent Financial Advisor.

 

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

Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock ” means Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more favorable in any material respect to holders of such Capital Stock than the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Notes and any purchase requirement triggered thereby may not become operative until compliance with the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Notes (including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant thereto)),

(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or

(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part,

in each case prior to 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

 

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EBITDA ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus

(2) Fixed Charges; provided, however, such amount will be included in EBITDA notwithstanding that such amount was not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

(4) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, plant closures, retention, severance, systems establishment costs and excess pension charges); plus

(5) [Reserved];

(6) impairment charges, including the write down of Investments; plus

(7) non-operating expenses; plus

(8) the cost (or amortization of prior service cost) of subsidizing coverage for persons affected by amendments to medical benefit plans implemented prior to the Issue Date; provided, however, such amount will be included in EBITDA notwithstanding that such amount was not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income;

less , without duplication,

(9) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period, including the amortization of employee benefit plans prior service costs); minus

(10) non-operating income.

Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering ” means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Company’s, or such direct or indirect parent’s, common stock registered on Form S-8; and

(2) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

 

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

Excluded Assets ” means the property and other assets of the Company and the Note Guarantors that is excluded from the grant of security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Notes, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents.

Excluded Contributions ” means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Company) received by the Company after the Issue Date from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital; and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company;

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.

Existing First Lien Notes ” means the Company’s $1,100,000,000 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021, or such other first-priority notes issued by the Company on the Issue Date in connection with the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 24, 2014.

Existing First Lien Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture dated as of October 24, 2014 pursuant to which the Existing First Lien Notes were issued, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter.

Existing First Lien Notes Documents ” means, collectively, the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, the Existing First Lien Notes and all guarantees in respect thereof, the Existing First Lien Notes Security Documents and all other documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, in each case as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Existing First Lien Notes Obligations ” means the Obligations of the Company and any other obligor under the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture or any of the other Existing First Lien Notes Documents, including any guarantor in respect thereof, to pay principal, premium, if

 

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any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceedings) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Existing First Lien Notes Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the Company and such guarantors in respect of the Existing First Lien Notes.

Existing First Lien Notes Security Documents ” means the collateral agreement, security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages and related agreements, creating the security interests in the collateral as contemplated by the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

First Lien Collateral Agent ” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the First Priority Lien Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns or other persons acting in such capacity under the Existing First Lien Notes Indenture and the First Lien Security Documents exercising substantially the same rights and powers; provided that if such First Lien Collateral Agent is not The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., such First Lien Collateral Agent shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and the other applicable First Lien Security Documents.

First Lien Security Documents ” means the Existing First Lien Notes Security Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing First Priority Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.

First Priority After-Acquired Property ” means any property of the Company or any Note Guarantor, other than Excluded Assets, that secures any First Priority Lien Obligations that is not already subject to the Lien under the Security Documents.

First Priority Lien Obligations ” means (i) all Obligations in respect of Secured Bank Indebtedness, (ii) all Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, (iii) all Other First Priority Lien Obligations and (iv) all other Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services, in each case that are secured by Liens granted pursuant to any Credit Agreement Document.

First Priority Lien Secured Parties ” means (a) the “secured parties” (or any comparable term) as defined in any Credit Agreement (b) the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations and (c) any Additional First Priority Lien Secured Parties.

First Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.

 

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First Priority Representative ” means the “Intercreditor Agent” under the Intercreditor Agreement.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any Qualified Receivables Financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to 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, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (including in the case of any Incurrence or issuance a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom).

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings or reorganizations that the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has either determined to make or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “ pro forma event ”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations, operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings and reorganizations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, discontinued operation, operational change, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings or reorganizations, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, consolidation, operational change, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings or reorganizations had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable pro forma event (including, to the

 

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extent applicable, from the Transactions), and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of twelve months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.

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

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

Flow Through Entity ” means an entity that is treated as a partnership not taxable as a corporation, a grantor trust or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes or subject to treatment on a comparable basis for purposes of state, local or foreign tax law.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia and any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States 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, which were in effect as of December 4, 2006. For the purposes of this Indenture, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated with the Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be accounted for as an Investment.

 

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Government Obligations ” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America or a member of the European Union, for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or a member of the European Union, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such member of the European Union;

which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

guarantee ” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

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

(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Incur ” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’

 

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acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business);

(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person; and

(4) to the extent not otherwise included, with respect to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding ( i.e., advanced, and received by, and available for use by, the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing (as set forth in the books and records of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and confirmed by the agent, trustee or other representative of the institution or group providing such Receivables Financing);

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; or (4) Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables Financing.

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.

 

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

Independent Financial Advisor ” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Intercreditor Agreement ” means (i) the intercreditor agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the Note Guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Intercreditor Agent, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as a First Lien Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) any replacement thereof that contains terms not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i).

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Investment Grade Securities ” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution; and

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.

 

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Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of the Company in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.04:

(1) “ Investments ” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Issue Date ” means October 24, 2014, the date on which the Original Notes are issued.

Junior Lien Obligations ” means all Obligations with respect to Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture which is by its terms intended to be secured on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Notes.

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 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); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Management Group ” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, was approved by (x) a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved or (y) the Permitted Holders and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable.

 

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Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as a result of such transaction (including to obtain any required consent therefore), and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Note Documents ” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents and all other documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, in each case as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Note Guarantee ” means any guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes by any Note Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Note Guarantor ” means any Person that Incurs a Note Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Note Guarantor with respect to the Notes.

Note Obligations ” means the Obligations of the Company and any other obligor under this Indenture or any of the other Note Documents, including any Note Guarantor, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceedings) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Note Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors.

 

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Oaktree ” means (1) Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII, L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII (Parallel), L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb, L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb (Parallel), L.P., Oaktree Huntington Investment Fund, L.P., Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII (Parallel 2), L.P., or one or more investment funds or accounts affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. or one or more of their respective Affiliates, including one or more holding companies of such investment funds or accounts (collectively, the “ Oaktree Funds ”) and (2) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Oaktree Funds, provided that Oaktree Funds own a majority of the voting power of such group.

Obligations ” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the Holders of the Notes.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or a Note Guarantor, as applicable.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company or on behalf of a Note Guarantor by an Officer of such Note Guarantor, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or such Note Guarantor, as applicable, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

Other First Priority Lien Obligations ” means any First Priority Lien Obligations that are Incurred after the Issue Date and secured by the Collateral pursuant to the First Lien Notes Security Documents.

Other Pari Passu Obligations ” means Obligations with respect to the other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Indenture which is by its terms intended to be secured equally and ratably with the Notes and is designated by the Company as an Other Pari Passu Obligation.

Pari Passu Indebtedness ” means:

(1) with respect to the Company, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes; and

(2) with respect to any Note Guarantor, its Note Guarantee and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee.

 

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Permitted Holders ” means, at any time, each of (i) Apollo and Oaktree, (ii) the Management Group, (iii) any Person that has no material assets other than Capital Stock of the Company and/or any other Permitted Holder and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above, holds more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof, and (iv) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Company (a “ Permitted Holder Group ”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

Permitted Investments ” means:

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

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

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

 

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(6) advances to directors, officers or employees not in excess of $25.0 million outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;

(7) any Investment acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);

(9) any Investment by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 4.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) additional Investments by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 4.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (C) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit;”

(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), (vii), (xi)(b), (xvii) and (xviii) of such Section);

 

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(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and 4.11;

(16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property;

(17) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;

(18) Investments resulting from the receipt of non-cash consideration in an Asset Sale received in compliance with Section 4.06;

(19) additional Investments in joint ventures of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;

(20) any Investment in an entity which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to which a Restricted Subsidiary sells accounts receivable pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Financing; and

(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation.

Permitted Liens ” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit (or deposits to secure letters of credit or surety bonds for the same purpose) issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor 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 such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and 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 such Person;

(6) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) of such Person; provided, however, that the Lien may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto and except for customary cross collateral arrangements with respect to property or equipment financed by the same financing source pursuant to the same financing scheme), and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 270 days after the latest of the (i) acquisition of the property subject to the Lien, (ii) completion of construction, repair, improvement or addition of the property subject to the Lien and (iii) commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien;

(7) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03; provided, however, that such Liens do not extend to the property or assets of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary;

(8) Liens on the Collateral (and Excluded Assets) incurred to secure:

(A) the Notes (other than Additional Notes) and the Note Guarantees,

 

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(B) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or clauses (i) or (xii) (or (xiii) to the extent it guarantees any such Indebtedness) of Section 4.03(b) to the extent such Lien is incurred pursuant to this clause (8)(B) as designated by the Company; provided, however, that, other than with respect to Liens incurred to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clauses (i) or (xii) (or (xiii) to the extent it guarantees such Indebtedness) of Section 4.03(b), at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), (i) in the case of Other Pari Passu Obligations or in any other case not subject to clause (ii), the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 5.5 to 1.0 and (ii) in the case of First Priority Lien Obligations, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio (excluding the Notes and Other Pari Passu Obligations from such calculation) would be no greater than 4.0 to 1.0; provided further, however, that the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply to any Lien which is deemed to be incurred under this clause (8)(B) by reason of the second proviso to clause (22) of this definition of “Permitted Liens” (except to the extent such Lien also secures Indebtedness in addition to the Indebtedness permitted to be secured thereby under clause (22)), and

(C) Junior Lien Obligations; provided that, in the case of this clause (C), if the Liens are not on Collateral, a Lien on such asset is granted to secure the Notes or the applicable Note Guarantee on a basis ranking senior to the Lien securing such Junior Lien Obligations;

(9) Liens existing on the Issue Date (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Liens securing Bank Indebtedness Incurred or deemed Incurred pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.03(b) on the Issue Date);

(10) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Person becoming a Subsidiary and Subsidiaries of such Person);

(11) Liens on assets or property at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) of Section 4.03(b)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) of Section 4.03(b)) may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);

 

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(12) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

(13) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;

(14) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

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

(16) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(17) Liens in favor of the Company or any Note Guarantor or Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Note Guarantor in favor solely of another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Note Guarantor;

(18) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(19) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(20) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(21) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;

(22) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original Lien) that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under

 

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clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (8)(B), the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (8)(B) and not this clause (22) for purposes of determining the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (8)(B) and for purposes of the definition of Secured Bank Indebtedness and the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio;

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

(24) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

(25) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with importation of goods;

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

(27) Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements; provided that such Lien is limited to the applicable insurance carriers;

(28) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(29) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;

(30) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

(31) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

(32) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

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Any provider of additional extensions of credit shall be entitled to rely on the determination of an Officer that Liens incurred satisfy clause (8) above if such determination is set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to such provider; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether such Lien actually was incurred as permitted by clause (8).

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

Preferred Stock ” means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Presumed Tax Rate ” means the highest effective marginal statutory combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual residing in New York City (taking into account (i) the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, assuming the limitation of Section 68(a)(2) of the Code applies and taking into account any impact of Section 68(f) of the Code, and (ii) the character (long-term or short-term capital gain, dividend income or other ordinary income) of the applicable income).

Purchase Money Note ” means a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.

Qualified Receivables Financing ” means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:

(1) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Company and the Receivables Subsidiary;

(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Company); and

(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Company) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Notes or any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance the Notes shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.

 

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Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-l(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

Receivables Fees ” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

Receivables Financing ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Company or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.

Receivables Repurchase Obligation ” means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

Receivables Subsidiary ” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Company in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of

 

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the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

(b) with which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Company reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company; and

(c) to which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

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

Restricted Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Second Priority Lien ” means the Liens securing (i) the Obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors in respect of the Notes and this Indenture and (ii) any Other Pari Passu Obligations.

Secured Bank Indebtedness ” means any Bank Indebtedness that is secured by a Permitted Lien incurred or deemed incurred pursuant to clause (8)(B) of the definition of “Permitted Lien,” which Lien ranks senior to the Liens securing the Notes pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

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

 

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Security Documents ” means the Collateral Agreement, security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages and related agreements, creating the security interests in the Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter.

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.

Similar Business ” means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which the Company has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means (a) with respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its Note Guarantee.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) 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 of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

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TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Total Assets ” means the total consolidated assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company.

Transactions ” refers to (i) the offering of the Original Notes, (ii) the offering of the Existing First Lien Notes, (iii) entering into the ABL Facility and (iv) the transactions contemplated by that certain Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated September 24, 2014 filed in the jointly administered proceedings commenced by the Company and certain of its debtor affiliates, styled In re MPM Silicones, LLC, et al., Case No. 14-22503 under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, White Plains, and the other transactions entered into in connection therewith.

Trust Officer ” means:

(1) any officer within the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in Section 11.02) of the Trustee, including any director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, and who is responsible for the administration of this Indenture, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and

(2) who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Uniform Commercial Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

Unrestricted Cash ” means cash or Cash Equivalents of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and

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The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x) (1) the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and

(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and without any further condition, qualification or action hereunder, MPM Escrow LLC, MPM Finance Escrow Corp., Momentive Performance Materials (Nantong) Co., Ltd. and MPM AR LLC will be Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

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.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (b) the sum of all such payments.

 

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Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ” is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required to be held by Foreign Subsidiaries) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

Term

  

Section

Affiliate Transaction    4.07(a)
Agent Members    Appendix A
AHYDO    3.09(b)
Applicable Law    4.01
Asset Sale Offer    4.06(b)(iii) (iii)
Authorized Officers    13.02(d)
Bankruptcy Law    6.01
Calculation Date    1.01
Change of Control Offer    4.08(b)
Collateral Agent    1.01
Company    Preamble
Corporate Trust Office    11.02
covenant defeasance option    8.01(c)(c)
Custodian    6.01
disposition    1.01
Electronic Means    13.02(d)
Event of Default    6.01
Excess Proceeds    4.06(b)
Guaranteed Obligations    12.01(a)
incorporated provision    13.01
Increased Amount    4.12
Instructions    13.02(d)
legal defeasance option    8.01(c)(c)
Mortgage Deliverables    11.01(b)
Notes    Preamble
Notice of Default    6.01
Offer Period    4.06(d)
Original Notes    Preamble
Paying Agent    2.04
Permitted Holder Group    1.01
Pledgors    1.01
primary obligations    1.01
primary obligor    1.01
pro forma event    1.01
protected purchaser    2.08
Reference Period    1.01

 

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Term

  

Section

Refinancing Indebtedness    4.03(b)(xiv)
Refunding Capital Stock    4.04(b)(ii)
Registrar    2.04
Restricted Payments    4.04(a)(iv)
Retired Capital Stock    4.04(b)(ii)
Reversion Date    4.17(b)
Securities Act    Appendix A
Special Mandatory Redemption    3.09(b)
Special Mandatory Redemption Date    3.09(b)
Successor Company    5.01(a)(i)
Successor Note Guarantor    5.01(b)(i)
Suspended Covenants    4.17(a)(2)
Suspension Date    4.17(a)
Suspension Period    4.17(b)
Transfer    5.01(b)(ii)
Trustee    Preamble

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . This Indenture incorporates by reference certain provisions of the TIA. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

Commission ” means the SEC.

indenture securities ” means the Notes and the Note Guarantees.

indenture security holder ” means a Holder.

indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture.

indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee.

obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company, the Note Guarantors and any other obligor on the Notes.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by the Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

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(d) “ including ” means including without limitation;

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;

(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;

(i) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

(j) “ $ ” and “ U.S. Dollars ” each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

ARTICLE II.

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Amount of Notes . The aggregate principal amount of Original Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $250,000,000. All Notes shall be substantially identical except as to denomination.

The Company may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Notes under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and the Liens thereon are permitted by Section 4.12 and (ii) such Additional Notes are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.10, 3.08, 4.06(e), 4.08(c) or the Appendix), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;

 

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(2) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes shall accrue; and

(3) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of the Appendix in which any such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, or any transfer of such Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof.

If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.

The Original Notes and any Additional Notes, shall all be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Any Additional Notes that are not fungible with the existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall bear a separate CUSIP number.

Section 2.02. Form and Dating . Provisions relating to the Original Notes are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Original Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes (if issued as Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes) and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit 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 rule, agreements to which the Company or any Note Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the Notes may be issued in denominations of less than $1,000 solely to accommodate the book-entry positions that have any been created by the Depository in denominations of less than $1,000.

Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication . The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer (a) Original Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, and (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Appendix, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

 

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One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

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

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent . (a) The Company shall maintain (i) one or more paying agents (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) for the Notes in the United States of America where Notes may be presented for payment and (ii) a registrar (the “ Registrar ”) with offices in the United States of America where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more additional co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes the Registrar and any additional co-registrars. The term “Paying Agent” includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes representing the Notes.

(b) The Company may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

(c) The Company may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company and the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.

 

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Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with each Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

Section 2.06. Holder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing annually at least five Business Days before December 4 and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange . The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of the same type of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Notes, the Company, the Note Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the 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, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, any Note Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

 

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All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

Section 2.08. Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of the same type if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “ protected purchaser ”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee or the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note (including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements in replacing such Note). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.

Section 2.09. Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.

If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

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Section 2.10. Temporary Notes . In the event that Definitive Notes are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes of the appropriate type but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes of the same type and make them available for delivery in exchange for temporary Notes upon surrender of such temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company, without charge to the Holder. Until such exchange, temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as Definitive Notes.

Section 2.11. Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to each affected Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc . The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers and ISINs.

Section 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes . The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the Holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 13.06 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate.

 

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ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Redemption . The Notes may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 5 of the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

Section 3.02. Applicability of Article . Redemption of Notes 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.

Section 3.03. Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section 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. The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 40 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to paragraph 5 of the applicable Note, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Company and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being delivered to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

Section 3.04. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . In the case of any partial redemption of Notes, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed (a) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or (c) by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption . (a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to paragraph 5 of the applicable Note, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered by electronic transmission or mailed by first-class mail a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed.

 

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Any such notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the redemption date;

(ii) the redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;

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

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;

(v) if fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

(vi) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; and

(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, ISIN or “Common Code”, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

(b) At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least five Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to Holders, or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee, and such notice may not be canceled.

Section 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is delivered in accordance with Section 3.05, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the interest payment date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

 

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Section 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price . With respect to any Notes, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.08. Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 3.09. Mandatory Redemption .

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.09(b), the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

(b) If the Notes would, but for the application of this Section 3.09(b), constitute “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“ AHYDOs ”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and as a result the Company would otherwise be subject to limitations on their deduction of interest in respect of the Notes pursuant to Section 163(e)(5) of the Code, then on the last day of each “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ”), the Company shall make a mandatory prepayment of principal or interest (any such prepayment a “ Special Mandatory Redemption ”) on each of the Notes, without premium or penalty, in an amount, if any, necessary to ensure that the Notes will not be treated as AHYDOs within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. Such mandatory prepayment will be applied against and reduce the amount due under the applicable Notes outstanding at such time (and shall be treated by the Company and the Holders of the Notes first as a payment of accrued interest (original issue discount) on such Note for U.S. federal income tax purposes). The Company intends that the Special Mandatory Redemptions be sufficient to prevent each Note from being treated as an AHYDO within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and this Section 3.09(b) shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such intent. No partial redemption or repurchase of the Notes prior to each Special Mandatory Redemption Date pursuant to any other provisions of this Indenture will alter the Company’s obligation to make the Special Mandatory Redemption with respect to any Notes that remain outstanding on each Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(c) Any redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.09(b) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02 through 3.08. In the case of any Special Mandatory Redemption, the Company shall send notice of such redemption to the Trustee 60 days before the redemption date, which notice shall specify the amount of the Special Mandatory Redemption.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes . The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, as of 12:00 p.m. New York City time, money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02. Reports and Other Information .

(a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will provide to the Trustee and, upon request, the Holders, a copy of all of the information and reports referred to below:

(i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as may be required by the Commission, or such longer period as may be permitted by Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act), annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form); provided , that , if the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide audited annual consolidated financial statements and such other information that would have been required to be contained in a Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,

(ii) within 90 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as may be required by the Commission, or such longer period as may be permitted by Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act), reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form); provided , that , if the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and such other information that would have been required to be contained in a Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,

(iii) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within 15 days following the time period specified for filing current reports on Form 8-K by the Commission), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form); provided , that , if the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide such information that would have been required to be contained in a Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form) if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and

(iv) any other information, documents and other reports which the Company would be required to file with the Commission if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(b) In the event that:

(i) the rules and regulations of the Commission permit the Company and any direct or indirect parent of the Company to report at such parent entity’s level on a consolidated basis and such parent entity is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock of the Company, or

(ii) any direct or indirect parent of the Company becomes a Note Guarantor,

the Company shall be permitted to satisfy its foregoing obligations with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to such parent; provided that such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company, the Note Guarantors, if any, and the other Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

(c) The Company shall, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the Commission with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, furnish to the Holders of the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders if the Company has filed such reports with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available.

Section 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock .

(a) (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Company shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Note Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company for the 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 2.00 to 1.00 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 Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

 

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(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:

(i) the Incurrence by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (including under any Credit Agreement and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof)) up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500.0 million plus an aggregate additional principal amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations outstanding at any one time that does not cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio (excluding the Notes and Other Pari Passu Obligations from such calculation) of the Company to exceed 3.75 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom);

(ii) the Incurrence by the Company and the Note Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (not including any Additional Notes) and the Note Guarantees;

(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b)), including the Existing First Lien Notes and the guarantees thereof;

(iv) (a) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, Disqualified Stock issued by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiaries to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) and (b) Acquired Indebtedness; in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding that was Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;

(v) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims;

(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with any acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

 

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(vii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Company under the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock;

(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Note Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(x) Hedging Obligations that are not Incurred for speculative purposes and are either: (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales;

(xi) obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds, including surety bonds issued in respect of workers’ compensation claims, and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, as applicable, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence

 

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(it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Company, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));

(xiii) any guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Note Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;

(xiv) the Incurrence by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (xiv), (xv), and/or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including, in each case, any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, “ Refinancing Indebtedness ”); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

  (1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date one year following the maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date one year following the maturity date of such Notes;

 

  (2) has a Stated Maturity which is not earlier than the earlier of (x) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced or defeased or (y) 91 days following the maturity date of the Notes;

 

  (3)

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  is junior to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock;

 

  (4) is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus premium, expenses, costs and fees Incurred in connection with such refinancing;

 

  (5) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor (unless such Restricted Subsidiary is an obligor with respect to such Indebtedness being refinanced), or (y) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

 

  (6) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance Indebtedness outstanding under clause (iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b), shall be deemed to have been Incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b), as applicable, and not this clause (xiv) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clauses (iv) or (xx) of this Section 4.03(b);

provided, further, that subclauses (1), (2) and (3) of this clause (xiv) shall not apply to any refunding or refinancing of (A) the Notes and (B) any Bank Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations.

(xv) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or merged or amalgamated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness either:

 

  (1) 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 the first sentence of Section 4.03(a); or

 

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(xvi) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(xvii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence;

(xviii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to any Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

(xix) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not exceeding at any time outstanding 200% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (which proceeds are contributed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);

(xx) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries for working capital purposes or any other purposes; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xx), other than for working capital purposes, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xx), does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xx) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xx) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Foreign Subsidiary could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a), and the other provisions of this Indenture, without reliance upon this clause (xx));

(xxi) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(xxii) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of $7.5 million; and

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parent thereof, or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent permitted pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 4.04(b).

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, (A) Indebtedness need not be Incurred solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxiii) above or pursuant to Section 4.03(a) but is permitted to be Incurred in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxiii) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been Incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to Section 4.03(a). Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition of “ Indebtedness ” shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Note Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.

Any Indebtedness Incurred under an ABL Facility pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) shall be deemed for purposes of this covenant to have been Incurred on the date such Indebtedness was first Incurred until such Indebtedness is actually repaid.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. Dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

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shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

Section 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments .

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

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Company’s or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any payment with respect to such Equity Interests made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any Equity Interests issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its ownership percentage of such Equity Interests);

(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Note Guarantors (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

  (1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

  (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a);

 

  (3)

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  Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (iv) (only to the extent of one-half of the amounts paid pursuant to such clause), (vi) and (viii) of Section 4.04(b)), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit.

 

  (b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:

(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii) (1) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“ Retired Capital Stock ”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Note Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Company) (collectively, including any such contributions, “ Refunding Capital Stock ”); and

 

  (2) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Refunding Capital Stock;

(iii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company or a Note Guarantor that is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:

 

  (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired plus any tender premiums, defeasance costs or other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith),

 

  (2) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the related Note Guarantees, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,

 

  (3)

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  Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the maturity date of the Notes, and

 

  (4) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of(x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date one year following the maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date one year following the maturity date of such Notes;

(iv) a Restricted Payment to pay for the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iv) do not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the two succeeding calendar years; provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

  (1) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company that occurs after the Issue Date ( provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(iv)(4)); plus

 

  (2) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

provided that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (1) and (2) above in any calendar year and, to the extent any payment described under this clause (iv) is made by delivery of Indebtedness and not in cash, such payment shall be deemed to occur only when, and to the extent, the obligor on such Indebtedness makes payments with respect to such Indebtedness;

 

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(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries issued or Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

(vi) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date, (b) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Company issued after the Issue Date and (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 4.04(b); provided, however, that (A) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Company would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to subclauses (a) and (b) of this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Company from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;

(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii), that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $40.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(viii) the payment of dividends on the Company’s common stock (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Company of dividends on such entity’s common stock) of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(ix) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time made;

(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xii) (1) with respect to each tax year or portion thereof that any direct or indirect parent of the Company qualifies as a Flow Through Entity, the distribution by the Company to the holders of Capital Stock of such direct or indirect parent of the Company of an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of aggregate net taxable income of the Company

 

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allocated to the holders of Capital Stock of the Company for such period and (y) the Presumed Tax Rate for such period; and (2) with respect to any tax year or portion thereof that any direct or indirect parent company of the Company does not qualify as a Flow Through Entity, the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Company that files a consolidated U.S. federal tax return that includes the Company and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed the amount that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local taxes (as the case may be) in respect of such year if the Company and its Subsidiaries paid such taxes directly as a stand-alone taxpayer (or stand-alone group);

(xiii) the payment of any Restricted Payment, if applicable:

 

  (1) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, and general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, in each case to the extent such fees, expenses, salaries, bonuses, benefits and indemnities are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company, if applicable, and its Subsidiaries;

 

  (2) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Company Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and

 

  (3) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company to pay fees and expenses, related to any equity or debt offering of such parent;

(xiv) Restricted Payments used to fund the Transactions or in respect of amounts owed by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as the case may be, or Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;

(xv) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(xvi) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;

 

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(xvii) Restricted Payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

(xviii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(xix) any payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to enable it to make payments, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (other than payments to any Permitted Holder (other than Oaktree) or any Affiliate thereof); and

(xx) cash dividends or other distributions in respect of the Company’s Capital Stock used to, or the making of loans to any direct or indirect parent of the Company in order to, fund the payment of expenses of the type and in the amount described in clauses (iii) and (v) of Section 4.07(b) to the extent that such amounts are not paid directly by the Company or any its Subsidiaries.

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (vi), (vii), (x) or (xi) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

(c) The Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation shall only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Section 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital Stock or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

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

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except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Existing First Lien Notes and the guarantees thereof and the indentures relating thereto;

 

  (2) this Indenture, the Notes (and any guarantees thereof), the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

  (3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

  (4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate 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 its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person or its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

 

  (5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

 

  (6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

  (7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (9) purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations, in each case for property acquired or leased in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired or leased;

 

  (10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property subject to such lease;

 

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  (11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

 

  (12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (i) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (x) that is Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03 and (y) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, an Officer reasonably determines in good faith that any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially adversely affect the Company’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes, or (ii) that is Incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;

 

  (13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment; or

 

  (14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

Section 4.06. Asset Sales .

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least

 

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equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets,

(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), and

(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 3.0% of Total Assets and $70.0 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).

(b) Within 365 days after the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option to any one or more of the following:

(i) to repay (A) any First Priority Lien Obligations, (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor; (C) the Notes; or (D) Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if the Company or any Note Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (D), the Company shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided pursuant to Article III, through open market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) and/or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of the Notes;

(ii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or, if such Person is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in an increase in the percentage ownership of such Person by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case used or useful in a Similar Business; or

(iii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses ( provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or, if

 

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such Person is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in an increase in the percentage ownership of such Person by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), properties or assets that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.

In the case of Sections 4.06(b)(ii) and (iii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may satisfy its obligation as to any Net Proceeds by entering into another binding commitment within nine months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into such a commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale.

Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) shall be deemed to constitute “ Excess Proceeds. ” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Company, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness), that is at least $2,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million by electronically delivering, or mailing by first class mail, the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 4.06(f), with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

(c) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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(d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Company, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the “ Offer Period ”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Company to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section 4.06.

(e) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receive not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Notes (and Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Company is required to purchase, the principal amount of Notes (and Pari Passu Indebtedness) to be purchased will be determined pro rata based on the principal amounts so tendered and the selection of the actual Notes of each series for purchase will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be made pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness.

(f) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be delivered electronically or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each Holder of Notes at such Holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.

Section 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates .

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dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $7.5 million, unless:

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

(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:

(i) transactions between or among the Company and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company and any direct parent of the Company; provided that such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted Investments;

(iii) [Reserved];

(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(v) [Reserved];

(vi) transactions in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);

(vii) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to directors, officers, employees or consultants that are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

 

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(viii) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under the terms of, any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Company;

(ix) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of their obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or investors rights agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date, and any agreement described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (including the documents incorporated therein by reference), and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of their obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or any such new agreement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;

(x) the execution of the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions;

(xi) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, toll manufacturers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Company, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(xiii) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any Person;

(xiv) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or of a Restricted Subsidiary, as appropriate, in good faith;

(xv) the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement and any payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)(xii);

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(xvii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, Section 5.01;

(xviii) transactions between the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

(xix) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xx) any employment agreements entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and

(xxi) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture.

Section 4.08. Change of Control .

(a) Upon a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall not be obligated to purchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that the Company has exercised its right to redeem such Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture.

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes by delivery of a notice of redemption in accordance with Article III of this Indenture, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail by first-class mail a notice (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:

(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);

(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control;

(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail); and

(iv) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.

 

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(c) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receive not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

(d) On the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Company under this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Holders entitled thereto.

(e) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, 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 4.08 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.

(g) At the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.

(h) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Company to make such offer have been complied with.

(i) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.

Section 4.09. Compliance Certificate . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2014, an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the

 

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performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Company he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If he or she does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA.

Section 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 4.11. Future Note Guarantors . The Company shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a (a) Receivables Subsidiary or (b) Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Note Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture.

Section 4.12. Liens . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Note Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Note Guarantor, other than Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness that are junior in priority to the Liens on such property or assets securing the Notes pursuant to the terms of an intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable with respect to the holders of the Notes than the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement are with respect to the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations thereunder.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (32) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (32) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.12 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien in one of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness will be treated as being Incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses.

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or

 

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liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition of “Indebtedness.”

Section 4.13. After-Acquired Property . Subject to Section 11.01 of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement, and the Security Documents, if at any time after the Issue Date the Company or any Note Guarantor own any First Priority After-Acquired Property, the Company or such Note Guarantor shall, as promptly as practicable after such property is acquired or such Subsidiary becomes a Note Guarantor, execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, security instruments, financing statements and certificates or such other documentation as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee, a perfected Lien (with the priority required hereunder and under the Security Documents), subject only to Permitted Liens, in such First Priority After-Acquired Property and to have such First Priority After-Acquired Property added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such First Priority After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect; provided, however, that if granting a security interest in such property, including property acquired in connection with an Asset Sale involving non-cash consideration, requires the consent of a third party, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent with respect to such security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee; provided further, however, that if such party does not consent to the granting of such security interest after the use of such commercially reasonable efforts, the applicable entity will not be required to provide such security interest.

Section 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

(a) The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 13.02.

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

(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or its Agent as such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

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Section 4.16. [Reserved] .

Section 4.17. Suspension of Certain Covenants .

(a) Following the first day (the “ Suspension Date ”) that:

 

  (1) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies, and the Company has delivered written notice of such Investment Grade Ratings to the Trustee, and

 

  (2) no Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder,

the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.11 and Section 5.01(a)(4) (collectively, the “ Suspended Covenants ”). In addition, in such event, the Company may also elect to release any or all of the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees by electronically delivering or mailing by first-class mail a notice of such election to the Collateral Agent.

(b) In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “ Reversion Date ”) (1) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws their Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating and/or (2) the Company or any of its Affiliates enters into an agreement to effect a transaction that would result in a Change of Control and one or more of the Rating Agencies indicate that if consummated, such transaction (alone or together with any related recapitalization or refinancing transactions) would cause such Rating Agency to withdraw its Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the ratings assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events, including, without limitation, a proposed transaction described in clause (b)(2) above, and any Collateral that was released from Liens securing the Notes and Note Guarantees as a result of the suspension of covenants, as well as any Collateral acquired since the Suspension Date, will be restored and pledged to secure the Notes and Note Guarantees, as applicable. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reversion Date is referred to herein as the “ Suspension Period .”

(c) Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period. During any Suspension Period, the Company shall not designate any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless the Company would have been permitted to designate such Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if a Suspension Period had not been in effect for any period.

(d) On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period shall be classified to have been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 4.03(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the

 

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extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or Section 4.03(b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iii). For purposes of Section 4.11, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor will be deemed to have been Incurred on the Reversion Date. Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 shall be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period shall reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a) and the items specified in clauses (A) through (F) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” shall increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a). For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.06 on the Reversion Date, the Net Proceeds from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with Section 4.06 shall be deemed to be reset to zero.

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

Section 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets . (a) The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(i) the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Company or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Company ”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;

(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Company) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.

 

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The Successor Company (if other than the Company) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, and in such event the Company will automatically be released and discharged from their obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (iii) of this Section 5.01, (x) subject to the restrictions on Note Guarantors described in Section 5.0l(b), any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, and (y) the Company may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States or may convert into a limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby. This Article V will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 12.02(b) (which govern the release of a Note Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor), each Note Guarantor shall not, and the Company shall not permit any Note Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Note Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:

(i) either (A) such Note Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Note Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Note Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Note Guarantor ”) and the Successor Note Guarantor (if other than such Note Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Note Guarantor under this Indenture and such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, or (b) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and

(ii) the Successor Note Guarantor (if other than such Note Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Note Guarantor (if other than such Note Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Note Guarantor under this Indenture and such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee, and such Note Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Note

 

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Guarantor’s Note Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Note Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Note Guarantor in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Note Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) a Note Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Note Guarantor or the Company.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Note Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a “ Transfer ”) to, (x) the Company or any Note Guarantor or (y) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor; provided that at the time of each such Transfer pursuant to clause (y) the aggregate amount of all such Transfers since the Issue Date shall not exceed 5.0% of Total Assets as shown on the most recent available balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after giving effect to each such Transfer and including all Transfers occurring from and after the Issue Date.

ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default . An “ Event of Default ” occurs if:

(a) there is a default in any payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

(b) there is a default in the payment of principal of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise,

(c) the Company fails to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01,

(d) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below,

(e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent,

(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

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

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency,

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

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days,

(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days following the entry thereof,

(i) any Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Note Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days,

(j) unless such Liens have been released in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, and this Indenture, the Liens with respect to all or substantially all of the Collateral cease to be valid or enforceable, or the Company shall assert or any Note Guarantor shall assert, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Person that is a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company fails to cause such Subsidiary to rescind such assertions within 30 days after the Company has actual knowledge of such assertions, or

(k) the failure by the Company or any Note Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Security Documents except for a failure that would not be material to the holders of the Notes and would not materially affect the value of the Collateral taken as a whole.

 

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Each of the foregoing shall constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.

The term “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “ Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

A Default under clause (d) or (k) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company and the Trustee of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (d) or (k) above after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “ Notice of Default. ” The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 6.02. Acceleration . If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes, by notice to the Company may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Company delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the Default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or the Security Documents.

 

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The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults . Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits .

(a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(i) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;

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

(iii) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

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

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

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

 

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Section 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.0l(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim, statements of interest and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Note Guarantor, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.

Section 6.10. Priorities . Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI (including proceeds from the exercise of any remedies on the Collateral), they shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

FIRST: to the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 and the Collateral Agent under Section 11.02;

SECOND: to the Holders for payment of amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal; and

THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, collects any amount for any Note Guarantor, to such Note Guarantor.

 

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The Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall deliver to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes.

Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . Neither the Company nor any Note Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Note Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee . (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

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

(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

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

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

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.

(h) The Trustee shall have no obligation to perform mathematical calculations in performing its duties.

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee . (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both reasonably satisfactory to it. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may request that the Company and any Note Guarantor deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers (with specimen signatures) authorized at such times to take specific actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

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

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(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, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(g) 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.

(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(i) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.

(j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon future Holders of Notes and upon Notes executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.

 

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(k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible for special, indirect, 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 shall have no responsibility or liability for preparation, filing, continuation or correctness of financing statements or the validity, enforceability or perfection of any lien or security interest purported to be created securing the Notes.

(m) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, any Note Guarantee or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company or any Note Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j) or (k) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Company, any Note Guarantor or any Holder. Delivery of reports to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge of, or notice to, the Trustee of the information contained therein. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Holders of the Notes and not in its individual capacity and all Persons, including without limitation the Holders of Notes and the Company having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the terms of any agreement to which it is not a party.

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults . If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders . Within 60 days after each June 30 beginning with June 30, 2015, and in any event prior to August 31 in each year, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder a brief report dated as of such June 30 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.

 

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A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders shall be filed by the Company with the Commission and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity . The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company and each Note Guarantor, jointly and severally shall indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.07 shall be deemed to include its directors, officers, employees and agents) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Note Guarantee against the Company or a Note Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Note Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company or any Note Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Company’s expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Company and the Note Guarantors, as applicable shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties’ defense and, in such indemnified parties’ reasonable judgment or that of their counsel, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Note Guarantors, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party attributable to such party’s own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order.

To secure the Company’s and the Note Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.

The Company’s and the Note Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any Bankruptcy Law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs

 

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expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

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 repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.

The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their counsel for services provided in connection with review, revision, execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral Agreement, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (as well as any amendments, waivers or supplements to any of them or related documents entered into from time to time) (i) in the case of this Indenture, no later than the date of its execution (to the extent invoiced by such date) and (ii) with respect to other documentation, promptly upon presentation to the Company of a written invoice for such fees and expenses.

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee .

(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall deliver a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.

 

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(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger . If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

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

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any series of securities issued under this Indenture and any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company . The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance . This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all outstanding Notes when:

(a) either (i) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes pursuant to Section 2.08 that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all of the Notes (a) have become due and payable, (b) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (c) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient in the written opinion of a firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations have been so deposited) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(b) the Company and/or the Note Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) and the Security Documents (“ legal defeasance option ”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 and the operation of Section 5.01 and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.0l(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j) and 6.01(k) (“ covenant defeasance option ”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Company terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) by exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, the obligations of each Note Guarantor with respect to the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

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covenant defeasance option with respect to the Notes, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j) or 6.01(k) or because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 5.01(a)(4).

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.

(d) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article VIII shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance .

(a) The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

(i) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee, cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient or, in the case of Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;

(ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations, plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(iii) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;

(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Company;

(v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture 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 shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not

 

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occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable;

(vi) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and

(vii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article VIII have been complied with.

(b) Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Notes at a future date in accordance with Article III.

Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money . The Trustee shall hold in trust money, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes so discharged or defeased.

Section 8.04. Repayment to Company . Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any money, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article.

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

Section 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations . The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such Government Obligations.

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legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on, any such Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders . The Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document without notice to or consent of any Holder:

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

(ii) to comply with Article V;

(iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;

(iv) to add a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes;

(v) to secure the Notes and the Note Guarantees, to add additional assets as Collateral, to release Collateral as permitted under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement and to add additional secured creditors holding Other First Priority Obligations, Other Pari Passu Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, ABL Obligations or additional First Priority Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents;

(vi) to amend, modify or enter into this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in connection with the Transactions (including with respect to entry into the ABL Facility);

(vii) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(viii) to comply with any requirement of (A) the Commission in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA or (B) the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

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(ix) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or

(x) to provide for the issuance of any Additional Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Original Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Original Notes, as a single issue of securities.

In addition, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, any amendment, waiver or consent to any of the collateral documents with respect to ABL Obligations or First Priority Lien Obligations will also apply automatically to the comparable Security Documents with respect to the Notes to the extent set forth therein.

After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail by first-class mail to the respective Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders entitled to receive such notice, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.

Section 9.02. With Consent of the Holders . (a) The Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes) and any past Default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no amendment may:

(i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,

(ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note,

(iii) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note,

(iv) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article III,

(v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note,

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(vii) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, and interest on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes,

(viii) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this Section 9.02, or

(ix) except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Indenture, modify any Note Guarantee in any manner adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

In addition, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes), no amendment or waiver may (i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) make any change in the provisions in the Intercreditor Agreement or this Indenture or any material change in the provisions in the Security Documents, in each case dealing with the application of proceeds of Collateral upon the exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral that would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.

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

After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . Every amendment, waiver or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers . (a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Company certifying that the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Company or the Trustee of consents by the Holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee.

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described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Company may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06. Trustee and Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments . The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. If it does, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Note Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).

Section 9.07. Payment for Consent . Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder 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 that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

Section 9.08. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount . All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote) as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. Determinations as to whether Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article IX and Section 2.14.

Section 9.09. Providing Evidence of Amendments to Trustee . In the event of any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals or restatements to any Credit Agreement or any of the Senior Collateral Documents (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) that in each case impacts the Note Documents pursuant to Section 5.3(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Company shall promptly provide the documentation evidencing such change to the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE X.

RANKING OF NOTE LIENS

Section 10.01. Relative Rights . The Intercreditor Agreement will define the relative rights of holders of Liens securing Note Obligations, First Priority Lien Obligations and ABL Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement will:

(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, and interest on, Notes in accordance with their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Company or any other obligor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;

(b) restrict the right of any Holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) prevent the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder from exercising against the Company or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default (other than as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement); or

(d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder (in each case except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement):

(i) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case as to any obligor or otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against any obligor;

(ii) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding;

(iii) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan therein;

(iv) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect restricted or bound by, or liable for, any of the obligations under this Article X;

(v) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;

(vi) to make, support or oppose any request for an order appointing a trustee or examiner in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or

(vii) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or oppose if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other restructuring or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration of the estate or the disposition of the case or proceeding.

 

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ARTICLE XI.

COLLATERAL

Section 11.01. Security Documents . (a) The payment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes when due, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by the Company pursuant to the Notes or by a Note Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantee, the payment of all other Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors under the Note Documents and payment of any Other Pari Passu Obligations, if any, will be secured as provided in the Security Documents (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) to be entered into by the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Collateral Agent (and, to the extent applicable, the Trustee and the representative of the holders of Other Pari Passu Obligations) as required or permitted by this Indenture.

(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each Note Guarantor to, and each Note Guarantor shall execute the Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document necessary to create a Lien in all the assets of the Company and each Note Guarantor securing First Priority Lien Obligations on the Issue Date (other than Excluded Assets) and the Intercreditor Agreement, and make all filings and take all other actions as are necessary or required by the Security Documents to establish and maintain (at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the Note Guarantors) the security interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (other than with respect to any Collateral the security interest in which is not required to be perfected under the Security Documents) as a perfected security interest. In the case of real property owned by the Company or a Note Guarantor on the Issue Date that is subject to a mortgage that secures the First Priority Lien Obligations other than Excluded Assets, the Company or any Note Guarantor, as applicable, shall also deliver (the following, collectively, “ Mortgage Deliverables ”), but, if First Priority Lien Obligations are in effect when mortgages were put in place to secure First Priority Lien Obligations, only to the extent such deliverables were provided to the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations in connection with their mortgage on such property: (i) a policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder of lender’s title insurance, paid for by the Company and the Note Guarantors, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, insuring the Lien of each mortgage as a valid Lien on the mortgaged property described therein, free of any title exceptions and other Liens except Permitted Liens, (ii) an as-is survey of the property subject to any such mortgage certified to the Company, Collateral Agent and the title company, meeting minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys and dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof under such First Priority Lien Obligations, (iii) a customary Opinion of Counsel addressing such matters as were addressed in the comparable opinion provided to the holders of First Priority Lien Obligations, (iv) evidence of insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the mortgages and this Indenture, and (v) if required by applicable law, flood hazard determination certificates and, if required, notices to the record owner of any improvements in a special flood hazard area, together with evidence of acceptable flood insurance coverage.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of any other Note Document, (i) if perfected security interests in any property or any applicable Mortgage Deliverables are not provided on the Issue Date, the Company and the Note Guarantors need not provide such security interests or applicable Mortgage Deliverables on such date, but shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such perfected security interests or Mortgage Deliverables within 120 days from such date and (ii) with respect to any mortgage required to be delivered by Section 11.01(b), such mortgage may be provided in the form of a new instrument and/or amendments to any existing instruments so long as (A) the mortgagee under such existing instrument is the Collateral Agent or has otherwise agreed to act as agent for the holders of the Note Obligations, and (B) the Mortgage Deliverables are delivered in connection with the amendment to such existing instrument, provided if such mortgage is in the form of an amendment, the title policy may be in the form of an endorsement to the existing title insurance policy.

(d) If the Company or any Note Guarantor acquires any property that is required to be Collateral pursuant to Article IV, or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Note Guarantor that is required to pledge its assets as Collateral pursuant to Article IV, the Company or such Note Guarantor shall execute a joinder to an existing Security Document or enter into a new Security Document (in each case, to the extent necessary to cause such asset be so pledged), and take all steps necessary to validly perfect such Lien, subject to no prior Liens other than Permitted Liens (including the First Priority Liens on such assets). To the extent that the Company or such Note Guarantor are entering into a joinder, entering into a new Security Document, providing Mortgage Deliverables (in the case of real property) or taking other steps to perfect such Lien in order to secure First Priority Lien Obligations or ABL Obligations, the Company or such Note Guarantor may take the same steps in connection with this Indenture (with such changes as are appropriate to reflect the applicable priority of the Lien consistent with the terms of the Security Documents and the Liens being created on the Issue Date), which shall satisfy the obligations hereunder, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, are authorized and directed to execute any documentation consistent therewith.

(e) The Company and each Note Guarantor shall execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements or amendments or continuation statements in respect thereof), that may be required under any applicable law, to ensure that the Liens of the Security Documents on the Collateral remain perfected with the priority required by the Security Documents, all at the expense of the Company and Note Guarantors and provide to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

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(b) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Second Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Second Priority Liens or Security Documents or any delay in doing so.

(c) The Collateral Agent (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) will be subject to such directions as may be given it by the Trustee from time to time (as required or permitted by this Indenture). Except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives, the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:

(i) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;

(ii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Second Priority Lien; or

(iii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Second Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.

(d) The Collateral Agent will be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the enforcement of the Second Priority Liens or Security Documents.

(e) In acting as Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent and each co-Collateral Agent may rely upon and enforce each and all of the rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and benefits of the Trustee under Article VII hereof.

(f) The Holders of Notes agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Collateral Agent by the Security Documents. Furthermore, each Holder of a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents described herein and authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents.

(g) If the Company (i) Incurs First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when no intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so Incurred, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder. If the Company (i) Incurs ABL Obligations at any time when no intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting ABL Obligations entitled to

 

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the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the ABL Obligations so Incurred, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.

Section 11.03. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken . (a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, the Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes and other holders of Obligations as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party, and the Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder.

(b) The Collateral Agent and the Trustee are authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:

(i) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Second Priority Liens;

(ii) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or

(iii) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations hereunder. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the Second Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the Second Priority Liens on the Collateral or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.

 

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Section 11.04. Release of Collateral . (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 11.04, the Collateral may be released from the Second Priority Liens created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. The applicable assets included in the Collateral shall be released from the Second Priority Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees at the Company’s sole cost and expense, under any one or more of the following circumstances:

(i) upon the release of all Liens on such property or assets securing First Priority Lien Obligations; provided, however, that if the Company or any Note Guarantor subsequently Incurs First Priority Lien Obligations that are secured by Liens on property or assets of the Company or any Note Guarantor of the type constituting the Collateral and the related Liens are Incurred in reliance on clause (8)(B) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, then the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to reinstitute the security arrangements with respect to the Collateral in favor of the Notes and the Note Guarantees, which will be junior Liens on the Collateral securing such First Priority Lien Obligations (other than Excluded Assets) to the same extent provided under the Security Documents and on the terms and conditions of the security documents relating to such First Priority Lien Obligations, with the junior Lien held either by the administrative agent, collateral agent or other representative for such First Priority Lien Obligations or by a collateral agent or other representative designated by the Company to hold the junior Liens for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and the Note Guarantees and subject to an intercreditor agreement that provides the administrative agent or collateral agent for such First Priority Lien Obligations substantially the same rights, powers and obligations as afforded under the Intercreditor Agreement;

(ii) to enable the Company and Note Guarantors to consummate the disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under the covenant described under Section 4.06;

(iii) in respect of the property and assets of a Note Guarantor, upon the designation of such Note Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the covenant described under Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

(iv) in respect of the property and assets of a Note Guarantor, upon the release or discharge of the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture;

(v) in respect of the property and assets of the Company or a Note Guarantor that at any time is not subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations at such time; provided that if such property and assets are subsequently subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations (other than Excluded Assets), such property and assets shall subsequently constitute Collateral hereunder;

(vi) in the case of a Note Guarantor making a Transfer to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Transfer is permitted by clause (y) of the last paragraph of Section 5.01;

 

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(vii) pursuant to an amendment or waiver in accordance with Article IX;

(viii) if the Notes have been discharged or defeased pursuant to Section 8.01; and

(ix) upon the Company’s election to release any Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and Guarantees pursuant to Section 4.17.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under this Indenture exists on the date on which the First Priority Lien Obligations are repaid in full and terminated (including all commitments and letters of credit thereunder), the Second Priority Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will not be released, except to the extent the Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the First Priority Lien Obligations secured by the Collateral, and thereafter the Trustee or another designated representative (acting at the direction of the holders of a majority of outstanding principal amount of the Notes and Other Pari Passu Obligations) will have the right to direct the First Priority Representative to foreclose upon the Collateral (but in such event, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released when such Event of Default and all other Events of Default under this Indenture cease to exist).

Upon the receipt of an Officer’s Certificate from the Company, as described in Section 11.04(b) below, if applicable, and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.

(b) Except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, in connection with (x) any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a)(i), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) above, such Collateral may not be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents and (y) any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a)(ii), the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute, deliver or acknowledge any instruments of termination, satisfaction or release, unless, in either case (x) or (y), an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent have been met and stating under which of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04(a) above the Collateral is being released have been delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the date of such release.

(c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders, except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, in connection with the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent.

Section 11.05. Filing, Recording and Opinions . (a) The Company will comply with the provisions of TIA Sections 314(b), 314(c) and 314(d), in each case following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA and except to the extent not required as set forth in any Commission regulation or interpretation (including any no-action letter issued by the Staff

 

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of the Commission, whether issued to the Company or any other Person). Following such qualification, to the extent the Company is required to furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to TIA Section 314(b)(2), the Company will furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each December 30.

Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 11.04 hereof will be deemed not to impair the Liens under this Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any Person that is required to deliver an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the TIA shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion. The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate statements contained in such documents and Opinion of Counsel.

If any Collateral is released in accordance with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document and if the Company has delivered the certificates and documents required by the Security Documents and Section 11.04, the Trustee will determine whether it has received all documentation required by TIA Section 314(d) in connection with such release and, based on such determination and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 11.04, will, upon request, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent setting forth such determination.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company and its Subsidiaries will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if they determine, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of that section and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the Commission and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act is inapplicable to the released Collateral.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, certain no action letters issued by the Commission have permitted an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act to contain provisions permitting the release of collateral from Liens under such indenture in the ordinary course of business without requiring the Company to provide certificates and other documents under Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 11.06. [Reserved] .

Section 11.07. Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations . In the event that (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee, in form and substance acceptable to it, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full of the Company’s obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture occurs under Article VIII, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.

 

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Section 11.08. Designations . Except as provided in the next sentence, for purposes of the provisions hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement requiring the Company to designate Indebtedness for the purposes of the terms First Priority Lien Obligations, Other Pari Passu Obligations, Other First Priority Obligations, ABL Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or any other such designations hereunder or under the Intercreditor Agreement, any such designation shall be sufficient if the relevant designation provides in writing that such First Priority Lien Obligations, Other Pari Passu Obligations, Other First Priority Obligations, ABL Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or such other designations are permitted under this Indenture and is signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the First Priority Representative and the representative with respect to Junior Lien Obligations. For all purposes hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Company hereby designates the Obligations pursuant to the ABL Facility and indenture governing the Existing First Lien Notes as in effect on the Issue Date as First Priority Lien Obligations.

ARTICLE XII.

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 12.01. Note Guarantees . (a) Each Note Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on a senior basis, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all of the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). Each Note Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Note Guarantor, and that each such Note Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article XII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligations.

(b) Each Note Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Note Guarantor waives notice of any Default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Note Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Note Guarantor, except in each case as provided in Section 12.02(b).

 

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(c) Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Note Guarantors, such that such Note Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Company’s or such Note Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Note Guarantor hereunder. Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Note Guarantor.

(d) Each Note Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Holders and the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

(e) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 12.02 and 12.06, the obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Note Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Note Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Note Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

(f) Each Note Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Note Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

(g) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Note Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Note Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.

 

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(h) Each Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Note Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of any Note Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Note Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 12.01.

(i) Each Note Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 12.01.

(j) Upon request of the Trustee, each Note Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 12.02. Limitation on Liability . (a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Note Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Note Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

(b) A Note Guarantee as to any Note Guarantor shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Note Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article XII upon:

(i) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger or consolidation) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Note Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary) or all or substantially all the assets of the applicable Note Guarantor if such sale, disposition or other transfer is made in compliance with this Indenture and such Note Guarantor is released from its guarantees, if any, of, and all pledges and security, if any, granted in connection with, any Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor,

(ii) the Company designating such Note Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth under Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary,”

(iii) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that after the Issue Date is required to guarantee the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11, the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or the repayment of the Indebtedness, in each case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes, and

(iv) the Company’s exercise of its defeasance options under Article VIII, or if the Company’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

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A Note Guarantee also shall be automatically released upon the applicable Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest securing the ABL Facility or First Priority Lien Obligations or other exercise of remedies in respect thereof.

Section 12.03. Successors and Assigns . This Article XII shall be binding upon each Note Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

Section 12.04. No Waiver . Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XII shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XII at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

Section 12.05. Modification . No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XII, nor the consent to any departure by any Note Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Note Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Note Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

Section 12.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors . Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Note Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.11 after the Issue Date shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Note Guarantor under this Article XII and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Note Guarantor, enforceable against such Note Guarantor in accordance with its terms and/or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

Section 12.07. Non-Impairment . The failure to endorse a Note Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

 

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ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “ incorporated provision ”) included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA, inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

Section 13.02. Notices . (a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

if to the Company or a Note Guarantor:

Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

260 Hudson River Road

Waterford, New York 12188

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Facsimile: 518-233-5208

if to the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent at the address below (the “ Corporate Trust Office ”):

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38 th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile: 412-234-7535

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

(b) Any notice or communication delivered to a Holder shall be delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail, to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so delivered within the time prescribed.

(c) Failure to deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is delivered in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.

 

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(d) Each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“ Instructions ”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means; (as defined below) provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee and Collateral Agent an incumbency certificate listing officers by name and title with the authority to provide such Instructions (“ Authorized Officers ”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers with their direct dial telephone numbers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee and Collateral Agent Instructions using Electronic Means and each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s and Collateral Agent’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee and Collateral Agent cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee and Collateral Agent have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s and Collateral Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee and Collateral Agent acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and Collateral Agent and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee and Collateral Agent immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.

Electronic Means ” shall mean the following communications methods: S.W.I.F.T., e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee and Collateral Agent, or another method or system specified by the Trustee or Collateral Agent as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.

Section 13.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders . The Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and other Persons shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.

Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent at the request of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable:

(a) an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

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Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:

(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

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

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

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

Section 13.06. When Notes Disregarded . In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, any Note Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Note Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

Section 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the Holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

Section 13.08. Legal Holidays . If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.

 

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Section 13.09. GOVERNING LAW . THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

Section 13.10. No Recourse Against Others . No affiliate, director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Company or of any Note Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Note Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture, 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.

Section 13.11. Successors . All agreements of the Company and each Note Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 13.12. Multiple Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

Section 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings . The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 13.14. Indenture Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.

Section 13.15. Severability . In case any provision in this Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

Section 13.16. Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable 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 or hardware) services.

Section 13.17. Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the Company, the Note Guarantors, the Collateral Agent 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 Notes, the Note Guarantees or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 13.18. Consent to Jurisdiction . Each of the Company, the Note Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding against the Company, any Note Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee arising out of or based upon this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any U.S. federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and (b) waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding.

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

 

COMPANY :
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


NOTE GUARANTORS :
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


TRUSTEE :
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


COLLATERAL AGENT :
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture]


APPENDIX A

PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NOTES

 

  1. Definitions .

 

  1.1 Definitions .

For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or any successor or securities clearing agency.

Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note that does not include the Global Notes Legend.

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

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.

Global Notes Legend ” means the legend set forth under that caption in Exhibit A to this Indenture.

Notes Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

 

  1.2 Other Definitions .

 

Term

  

Defined in Section

Agent Members    2.1(b)
Global Notes    2.1(b)

 

  2. The Notes .

 

  2.1 Form and Dating; Global Notes .

(a) The Original Notes will be issued on the date hereof. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to one or more purchase agreements or exchange offers in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Global Notes . (i) In the case of Original Notes, one or more Global Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend (collectively, the “ Global Notes ”) shall be issued on the Issue Date, deposited with the Notes Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture.

 

Appendix A-1


In the case of Original Notes, the Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository.

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

(ii) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or its respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes if (x) in the case of Original Notes, the Depository (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and in each case a successor depository is not appointed, (y) the Company, at its option and subject to the procedures of the Depository, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes or (z) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In all cases, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.

(iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.

(iv) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

  2.2 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii).

 

Appendix A-2


Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b) or 2.2(g).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with subparagraph (i) below as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, directing the Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository, containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note pursuant to Section 2.2(g).

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes . A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.l(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii).

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) below:

(i) A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (i) at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (i).

 

Appendix A-3


(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.2(e).

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

(f) [Reserved].

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

(h) 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 Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company 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 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the Person

 

Appendix A-4


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 Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(i) No Obligation of the Trustee .

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream or any nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or any nominee thereof in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository, subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to any members, participants and any beneficial owners thereof.

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

 

Appendix A-5


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“ DTC ”), New York, New York, to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co., or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

Transfers of this Global Note shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to DTC, to nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or such successor’s nominee and transfers of portions of this Global Note shall be limited to transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

Exhibit A-1


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.

4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022

CUSIP No. [            ]

ISIN No. [            ]

$[        ]

No. [        ]

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [        ] Dollars, as the same may be revised from time to time on the schedule of increases or decreases in Global Note attached hereto, on April 24, 2022.

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15

Record Dates: April 1 and October 1

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

Exhibit A-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit A-3


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

    AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

    as Trustee, certifies that this is

    one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

Dated:  

 

*/ If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned “[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE”.

 

Exhibit A-4


[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022

 

1. Interest

Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (such Person, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2015. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from October 24, 2014 until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If the day on which payment is due is not a Business Day, then payment shall be made on the following Business Day without any additional interest accruing from the due date to the payment date. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

2. Method of Payment

The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Company shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided , however , that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

Exhibit A-5


4. Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 24, 2014 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Note Guarantors named therein 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 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “ TIA ”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.

The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company. This Note is one of the Original Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of Capital Stock of the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and each Note Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Note Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior secured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

5. Optional Redemption

The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

6. Mandatory Redemption

If the Notes would, but for the application of the provision described in this paragraph, constitute “applicable high yield discount obligations” (“ AHYDOs ”) within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and as a result the Company would otherwise be subject to limitations on their deduction of interest in respect of the Notes pursuant to Section 163(e)(5) of the Code, then on the last day of each “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after the fifth anniversary of the “issue date” of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ”), the Company shall make a mandatory prepayment of principal or interest (any such prepayment a “ Special

 

Exhibit A-6


Mandatory Redemption ”) on each of the Notes, without premium or penalty, in an amount, if any, necessary to ensure that the Notes will not be treated as AHYDOs within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code. Such mandatory prepayment will be applied against and reduce the amount due under the applicable Notes outstanding at such time (and shall be treated by the Company and the Holders of the Notes first as a payment of accrued interest (original issue discount) on such Note for federal income tax purposes). The Company intends that the Special Mandatory Redemptions be sufficient to prevent each Note from being treated as an AHYDO within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and this provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such intent. No partial redemption or repurchase of the Notes prior to each Special Mandatory Redemption Date pursuant to any other provisions of the Indenture will alter the Company’s obligation to make the Special Mandatory Redemption with respect to any Notes that remain outstanding on each Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

 

7. Sinking Fund

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption (except solely to the extent provided in Paragraph 6 of this Note).

 

8. Notice of Redemption

Notice of redemption will be delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

9. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

10. Ranking and Collateral

The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantees, respectively, is senior Indebtedness of the Company and the Note Guarantors, respectively, ranks (i) equal in right of payment with all existing and future senior Indebtedness of the Company and the Note Guarantors, as applicable, (ii) senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company and Note Guarantors and (iii) structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes. The Notes and the Note Guarantees will have the benefit of a security interest in the Collateral with the priority required by the Indenture subject to Permitted Liens and the exceptions provided in the Security Documents.

 

Exhibit A-7


11. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

 

12. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

13. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

14. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Dollar-denominated Government Obligations or a combination thereof for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

15. Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (voting as a single class) (which consents may be obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes) and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes (which consents may be obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may amend the Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, mistake or inconsistency; (ii) to comply with Article V of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the

 

Exhibit A-8


uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (iv) to add Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes; (v) to secure the Notes, to add additional assets as Collateral, to release Collateral as permitted under the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, to add additional secured creditors holding ABL Obligations, Other First Priority Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or First Priority Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by the Indenture or the Security Documents; (vi) to amend, modify or enter into the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in connection with the Transactions; (vii) to add additional covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company; (viii) to comply with the requirements of (A) the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or (B) the Intercreditor Agreement; (ix) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or (x) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes.

Without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (which consents may be obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes), no amendment or waiver may (i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of the Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) make any change in the provisions in the Intercreditor Agreement or the Indenture or any material change in the provisions in the Security Documents, in each case dealing with the application of proceeds of Collateral upon the exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral that would adversely affect the holders of the Notes.

 

16. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Company, may declare the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of, and interest on, all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory

 

Exhibit A-9


to it against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

17. Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

18. No Recourse Against Others

No affiliate, director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Company or of any Note Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Note Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, 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.

 

19. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

20. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

21. Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

Exhibit A-10


22. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs

The Company has caused CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to the 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 will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

 

Exhibit A-11


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint             agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:  

 

    Your Signature:  

 

        Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

Signature Guarantee:    
Date:  

 

   

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee     Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

Exhibit A-12


[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $        . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Amount of
increase in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Notes
Custodian
           
           
           

 

Exhibit A-13


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

 

Asset Sale ¨              Change of Control ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000):

 

$        
Date:  

 

    Your Signature  

 

        (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this security)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Exhibit A-14


EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of [                    ], among [NOTE GUARANTOR] (the “ New Note Guarantor ”), a subsidiary of MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”) under the indenture referred to below.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”) dated as of October 24, 2014, providing for the issuance of the Company’s 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company is required to cause the New Note Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Note Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Notes Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the existing Note Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Note Guarantor, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Defined Terms . As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “ Holders ” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “ Holders ” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words “ herein, ” “ hereof ” and “ hereby ” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Agreement to Guarantee . The New Note Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Note Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Note Guarantor under the Indenture.

3. Notices . All notices or other communications to the New Note Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

 

Exhibit B-1


4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

6. Trustee and Collateral Agent Make No Representation . Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent makes any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.

 

Exhibit B-2


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

 

[NEW NOTE GUARANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit B-3

Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

dated and effective as of

October 24, 2014

among

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

as Issuer,

each Subsidiary Guarantor

party hereto

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent on the ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests on the ABL Priority Collateral granted to the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of (x) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (y) any first-lien intercreditor agreement that may be entered into after the date hereof with respect to different Series of Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or any such first-lien intercreditor agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or any such first-lien intercreditor agreement, as applicable, shall govern.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
Definitions   

SECTION 1.01.

 

Indenture and ABL Intercreditor Agreement

     1   

SECTION 1.02.

 

Other Defined Terms

     2   
ARTICLE II   
Pledge of Securities   

SECTION 2.01.

 

Pledge

     8   

SECTION 2.02.

 

Delivery of the Pledged Collateral

     10   

SECTION 2.03.

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

     11   

SECTION 2.04.

 

Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations

     13   

SECTION 2.05.

 

Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc

     13   

SECTION 2.06.

 

Unlimited Corporate Entities

     16   
ARTICLE III   
Security Interests in Other Personal Property   

SECTION 3.01.

 

Security Interest

     17   

SECTION 3.02.

 

Representations and Warranties

     20   

SECTION 3.03.

 

Covenants

     22   

SECTION 3.04.

 

Other Actions

     25   

SECTION 3.05.

 

Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral

     26   
ARTICLE IV   
Remedies   

SECTION 4.01.

 

Remedies Upon Default

     27   

SECTION 4.02.

 

Application of Proceeds

     29   

SECTION 4.03.

 

Securities Act, Etc

     30   
ARTICLE V   
Other First Lien Obligations   

SECTION 5.01.

 

Other First Lien Obligations

     30   


ARTICLE VI   
Miscellaneous   

SECTION 6.01.

 

Notices

     31   

SECTION 6.02.

 

Security Interest Absolute

     31   

SECTION 6.03.

 

Limitation By Law

     32   

SECTION 6.04.

 

Binding Effect; Several Agreements

     32   

SECTION 6.05.

 

Successors and Assigns

     32   

SECTION 6.06.

 

Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification

     32   

SECTION 6.07.

 

Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact

     34   

SECTION 6.08.

 

Governing Law

     34   

SECTION 6.09.

 

Waivers; Amendment

     34   

SECTION 6.10.

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     36   

SECTION 6.11.

 

Severability

     36   

SECTION 6.12.

 

Counterparts

     36   

SECTION 6.13.

 

Headings

     36   

SECTION 6.14.

 

Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     36   

SECTION 6.15.

 

Termination or Release

     37   

SECTION 6.16.

 

Additional Subsidiary Guarantors

     38   

SECTION 6.17.

 

ABL Facility

     39   

SECTION 6.18.

 

General Authority of the Collateral Agent

     39   

SECTION 6.19.

 

Conflicts

     39   

 

Schedules
Schedule I    Subsidiary Guarantors
Schedule II    Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule III    Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt Securities
Schedule IV    Intellectual Property
Schedule V    Filing Offices
Exhibits
Exhibit I    Form of Supplement to the First Lien Collateral Agreement
Exhibit II    Form of Additional Secured Party Consent


   This FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGREEMENT , dated and effective as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), is among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), each Subsidiary Guarantor of the Issuer party hereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Secured Parties.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

Reference is made to (i) the Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”) and collateral agent and (ii) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ ABL Intercreditor Agreement ”), among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“ JPMorgan ”), as ABL Facility Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Issuer, Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC and the other parties party thereto.

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer has issued 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “ Notes ”), and the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes will be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.

The Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors will derive substantial benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Pledgors have agreed to grant a security interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Holders) to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, subject to the terms hereof and of the Intercreditor Agreements, including with respect to the relative rights and priorities in respect of the Collateral.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Indenture and ABL Intercreditor Agreement. (a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture or the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable. All terms defined in the New York UCC and not defined in


this Agreement, the Indenture or the ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall have the meanings specified therein. The term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.04 of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABL Facility Collateral Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent under the ABL Facility, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

ABL Intercreditor Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

Account Debtor ” means any person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

Additional Secured Party Consent ” means a completed additional secured party consent substantially in the form of Exhibit II hereto.

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Applicable Agent ” means, (i) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the Collateral Agent and (ii) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent.

Applicable First Lien Agent ” means, at any time, the Authorized Representative that is the “Applicable Authorized Representative” (or equivalent term) under and as defined in any first-lien intercreditor agreement or other applicable First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents that may be entered into after the date hereof with respect to different Series of First-Priority Lien Obligations; provided that, until such time as any such person is appointed, the Applicable First Lien Agent shall be the Collateral Agent.

Article 9 Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Authorized Representative ” means (a) the Trustee, with respect to the Notes Obligations, and (b) any duly authorized representative of holders of Other First Lien Obligations designated as an “Authorized Representative” pursuant to Section 5.01 with respect to such Other First Lien Obligations.

CFC ” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

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Collateral ” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.

Collateral Agent ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Copyright License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any Pledgor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including, without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Copyrights ” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor (or, as required in the context of the definition of “Copyright License”, any third party licensor): (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV ; (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.

Designated Credit Agreement ” means any Credit Agreement (as defined in the Indenture) that is designated by the Company to be the Designated Credit Agreement under the Indenture.

Designated Securities ” means any securities the granting of a security interest in which would require separate financial statements of a Subsidiary of the Issuer to be filed with the SEC (or any other government agency), pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (or any successor regulation or any other law, rule or regulation), but only for so long as, and only to the extent, necessary not to be subject to such requirement.

Event of Default ” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement, as applicable.

Excluded Property ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

Excluded Swap Obligations ” means (as such definition may be modified from time to time as agreed by the Issuer and the Collateral Agent), with respect to any guarantor guaranteeing any of the Obligations, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order thereunder (or the application

 

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or official interpretation of any thereof) (a “ CEA Swap Obligation ”), if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such guarantor of, or the grant by such guarantor of a security interest to secure, as applicable, such CEA Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order thereunder (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such CEA Swap Obligation. If a CEA Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such CEA Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Federal Securities Laws ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03.

First-Priority Lien Obligations ” means (a) the Notes Obligations and (b) the Other First Lien Obligations.

General Intangibles ” means all “General Intangibles” as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, swap agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.

Holders ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.

Indenture ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

Indenture Documents ” means (a) the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, this Agreement and each other Security Document which by its terms is for the benefit of holders of Notes Obligations and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the Indenture or any such Security Document, in each case, as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Intellectual Property ” means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including, inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and all related documentation.

Intercreditor Agreements ” means each of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement entered into in compliance with the Indenture Documents, and each Other First Lien Agreement.

Issue Date ” means October 24, 2014.

Issuer ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Japan Acquisition Co. ” means Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLC and any successor thereto.

Japanese Intercompany Notes ” means, collectively, (i) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000, (ii) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000, (iii) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000 and (iv) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000.

JPMorgan ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

New York UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Notes ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

Notes Obligations ” means the due and punctual payment of (a) all principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on all indebtedness under the Indenture, and (b) all other monetary obligations, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Pledgors or any of their subsidiaries to the Secured Parties under the Indenture Documents, and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Indenture Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

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Obligations ” means (i) the Notes Obligations and (ii) if any Other First Lien Obligations are incurred and designated by the Issuer as Obligations pursuant to Section 5.01, the due and punctual payment of (A) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) owing to any holder of Other First Lien Obligations under any Other First Lien Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (B) all other monetary obligations of any Pledgor to any holder of Other First Lien Obligations under any Other First Lien Agreement, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding); provided , however, that the Obligations, with respect to any Guarantor, shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.

Officer ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

Other First Lien Agreement ” means any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which any Pledgor has or will incur Other First Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.01.

Other First Lien Obligations ” means other Indebtedness of the Pledgors that is equally and ratably secured with the Notes Obligations as permitted by the Indenture and this Agreement and is designated by the Issuer as an Other First Lien Obligation pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.01.

Patent License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party (including, without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Patents ” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor (or, as required in the context of the definition of “Patent License”, any third party licensor): (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including those listed on Schedule IV , (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.

 

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Permitted Liens ” means any Liens (a) not prohibited by Section 4.12 of the Indenture and (b) not prohibited by the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.

Pledged Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Debt Securities ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Securities ” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

Pledged Stock ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledgor ” means any of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor.

Qualified CFC Holding Company shall mean a person that has no material assets other than Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other Qualified CFC Holding Companies.

Secured Parties ” means (a) the Applicable First Lien Agent and the Collateral Agent, (b) the Trustee and each Holder and (c) subject to compliance with Section 5.01, each holder of Other First Lien Obligations and its Authorized Representative.

Security Documents ” means this Agreement and each other agreement entered into in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing any of the Obligations, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Security Interest ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Series ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture) of the Issuer.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any subsidiary set forth on Schedule I and any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 6.16.

Trademark License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party (including, without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

 

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Trademarks ” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor (or, as required in the context of the definition of “Trademark License”, any third party licensor): (a) all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof (except for “intent-to-use” applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) and 1(d) of Lanham Act has been filed, to the extent, if any, that any assignment of an “intent-to-use” application prior to such filing would violate the Lanham Act), and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV , (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby, (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.

Trustee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

ULC ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06.

ULC Interests ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06.

ARTICLE II

Pledge of Securities

SECTION 2.01. Pledge . Subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.01(a), as security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby (except in the case of ULC Interests) assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under:

(a) the Equity Interests directly owned by it (which such Equity Interests constituting Pledged Stock on the Issue Date shall be listed on Schedule III ) and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “ Pledged Stock ”); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include (i)(A) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity

 

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Interests of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by such Pledgor, (B) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company directly owned by such Pledgor, (C) any issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary, or (D) any issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Qualified CFC Holding Company that is not a “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company, (ii) to the extent applicable law requires that a subsidiary of such Pledgor issue directors’ qualifying shares, such shares or nominee or other similar shares, (iii) if any Designated Credit Agreement is outstanding, any Equity Interests not pledged as security for the Obligations under such Designated Credit Agreement, (iv) any Equity Interests in a person owned on or acquired after the Issue Date in accordance with the Indenture if, and to the extent that, (A) with respect to contractual obligations, such Equity Interests constitute less than 100% of all applicable Equity Interests of such person and the persons holding the remainder of such Equity Interests are not Affiliates, (B) granting a security interest in such Equity Interests would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests and (C) with respect to contractual obligations, such obligation existed at the time of the acquisition of such Equity Interests and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such person, (v) any Equity Interests of a person that is not directly or indirectly a Subsidiary, (vi) any Designated Securities or (vii) any Equity Interests, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, that constitute Excluded Property;

(b) (i) the debt securities currently issued to any Pledgor (which such debt securities constituting Pledged Debt Securities on the Issue Date shall be listed on Schedule III ), (ii) any debt obligations in the future issued to such Pledgor having, in the case of each instance of debt securities, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million, and (iii) the certificates, promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such debt obligations (the “ Pledged Debt Securities ” and, together with the property described in clauses (b)(i) and (ii) above, the “ Pledged Debt ”); provided that the Pledged Debt shall exclude (1) the Japanese Intercompany Notes, (2) if any Designated Credit Agreement is outstanding, any debt obligations or instruments not pledged as security for the Obligations under such Designated Credit Agreement, (3) any Designated Securities and (4) any debt obligations or securities that constitute Excluded Property;

(c) subject to Section 2.05, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt;

(d) subject to Section 2.05, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt and other property referred to in clause (c) above; and

(e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt and other property referred to in clauses (c) through (e) being collectively referred to as the “ Pledged Collateral ”).

 

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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral . (a) Each Pledgor agrees promptly (i) after the Issue Date, with respect to items held by any Pledgor as of the Issue Date and (ii) after receipt thereof, with respect to items acquired after the Issue Date, to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities are either (i) Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02. If any Pledged Stock that is uncertificated on the date hereof shall hereinafter become certificated, the applicable Pledgor shall promptly cause the certificate or certificates representing such Pledged Stock to be delivered to the Applicable Agent, together with accompanying stock powers or other documentation required by Section 2.02(c). None of the Pledgors shall permit any party other than the Applicable Agent to “control” (for purposes of Section 8-106 of the New York UCC (or any analogous provision of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the jurisdiction whose law applies)) any uncertificated securities that constitute Pledged Collateral.

(b) To the extent any Indebtedness for borrowed money constitutes Pledged Collateral (other than (i) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and (ii) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) owed to any Pledgor by the Issuer or any Subsidiary is evidenced by a promissory note, such Pledgor shall cause such promissory note to be pledged and delivered to the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the Applicable Agent, to immediately demand payment thereunder upon (i) an Event of Default specified under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e), (f) or (g) of the Indenture or (ii) any equivalent provision under any Other First Lien Agreement, in each case, unless such demand would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose Pledgor to liability to the maker.

(c) Upon delivery to the Applicable Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Applicable Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents (including issuer acknowledgements in respect

 

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of uncertificated securities) as the Applicable Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto under Schedule III (or a supplement to Schedule III , as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) subject to the exclusions set forth in Sections 2.01(a) and (b), Schedule III correctly sets forth, as of the date hereof, the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock and includes (i) all Equity Interests pledged hereunder and (ii) all debt securities and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness, in each case under this clause (ii), pledged hereunder and in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million;

(b) the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities issued by a person that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer or an Affiliate of any such Subsidiary, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and nonassessable (subject to the assessability of the shares of a ULC) and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities issued by a person that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer or an Affiliate of any such Subsidiary, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;

(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder (or otherwise permitted under the Indenture Documents and the Other First Lien Agreements), each Pledgor (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Indenture and any Other First Lien Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Collateral indicated on Schedule III as owned by such Pledgor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Indenture and any Other First Lien Agreement and other than Permitted Liens, and (iv) subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Indenture Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all persons;

 

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(d) other than as set forth in the Indenture or in any Other First Lien Agreement or the schedules thereto, and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Indenture Documents, any Other First Lien Agreement, the ABL Facility or securities laws generally, or, in the case of shares of a ULC, any requirement that transfers of such shares be approved by the directors of the ULC, or otherwise permitted to exist pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement, the Pledged Stock (other than partnership interests) is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Stock is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law or articles of association provisions or contractual restriction of any nature, other than restrictions on transfer in the articles of association of a ULC, that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Stock hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(e) each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;

(f) other than as set forth in the Indenture, any Other First Lien Agreement or in the ABL Facility or the schedules thereto, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (or the transfer of the Pledged Securities upon a foreclosure thereof (other than compliance with any securities law applicable to the transfer of securities, or, in the case of shares of a ULC, any requirement that transfers of such shares be approved by the directors of the ULC)), in each case other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect;

(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements, when any Pledged Securities (including Pledged Stock of any Domestic Subsidiary or any Qualified CFC Holding Company) are delivered to the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements, and a financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party and covering the Pledged Collateral to which such Pledged Securities relate is filed in the appropriate filing office, the Collateral Agent will obtain, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Collateral under the New York UCC, subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations;

 

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(h) each Pledgor that is an issuer of the Pledged Collateral confirms that it has received notice of the security interest granted hereunder and consents to such security interest and, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, agrees to transfer record ownership of the securities issued by it in connection with any request by the Applicable Agent; and

(i) each Pledgor consents to the grant by each other Pledgor of the security interests granted hereby and to the transfer of the Pledged Stock to the Applicable Agent or its designee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Applicable Agent or its designee or the purchaser upon any foreclosure sale as the holder and beneficial owner of such Pledged Stock.

SECTION 2.04. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Applicable Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities (other than Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests) in the name of the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Applicable Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor will promptly give to the Applicable Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Agent shall have the right, following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities (other than Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests) held by it for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, at any time at which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Agent shall have the right, following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, to require the Pledgors to cause the ULC Interests to be transferred and registered as the Applicable Agent may direct and each applicable Pledgor covenants that, at the time of any such transfer, it will provide all required consents and approvals. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Subsidiary that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the Applicable Agent, pursuant to this Section 2.04, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Subsidiary for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.

SECTION 2.05. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc. (a)Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Applicable Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Pledgors of the Applicable Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder:

(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the other Indenture Documents, and any Other First Lien Agreement; provided that, except as permitted under the Indenture and

 

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any Other First Lien Agreement, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Collateral, the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the other Indenture Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this subparagraph (i) shall be read to suggest that a Pledgor holding ULC Interests does not have all of the rights described in Section 2.06.

(ii) Where any Pledged Collateral is registered in the name of the Applicable Agent, the Applicable Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.

(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Indenture Documents, any Other First Lien Agreement and applicable laws; provided that (A) any non-cash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions, payments or other consideration in respect thereof, including any rights to receive the same to the extent not so distributed or paid, that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities, received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise or (B) any non-cash dividends and other distributions paid or payable in respect of any Pledged Securities that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid in surplus, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured

 

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Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this subparagraph (iii) shall be read to suggest that a Pledgor holding ULC Interests does not have all of the rights described in Section 2.06.

(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice by the Applicable Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Applicable Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions with respect to Pledged Securities that are not ULC Interests that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.05 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Applicable Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.05 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and an Officer of the Issuer has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.05 and that have not already been distributed and remain in such account. Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall limit any of the rights of any Pledgor holding Pledged Securities which are ULC Interests to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions, and no such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions shall become vested or held in trust for or on behalf of the Applicable Agent.

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice by the Applicable Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Applicable Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.05 with respect to Pledged Securities that are not ULC Interests, and the obligations of the Applicable Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.05, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and

 

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authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that the Applicable Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and an Officer of the Issuer has delivered to the Applicable Agent a certificate to that effect, each Pledgor shall have the right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above and the obligations of the Applicable Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) shall be in effect. Nothing in this paragraph (c) shall limit voting and/or other consensual rights and powers of any Pledgor holding Pledged Securities which are ULC Interests, and no such rights shall become vested in the Applicable Agent pursuant hereto.

SECTION 2.06. Unlimited Corporate Entities. Notwithstanding the grant of security interest made by a Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, of any or all of its Pledged Securities, any Pledgor that is the legal or beneficial holder of, or controls, any shares or other equity interests (“ ULC Interests ”) in any unlimited company, unlimited liability company or unlimited liability corporation existing under the laws of any province of Canada (a “ ULC ”) pledged hereunder shall remain the sole registered and/or beneficial owner of such ULC Interests (and continue, where applicable, to be registered as such) and will remain so until such time as such ULC Interests are effectively transferred into the name of the Collateral Agent or any other person on the books and records of such ULC. Accordingly, such Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain for its own account any dividend on or other distribution, if any, in respect of such ULC Interests and shall have the right to vote such ULC Interests and to control the direction, management and policies of the issuer of such ULC Interests to the same extent as such Pledgor would if such ULC Interests were not pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto. Nothing in this Agreement or any other document or agreement among all or some of the parties hereto is intended to, or shall, constitute the Collateral Agent or any other person as a shareholder of any ULC until such time as notice is given to such Pledgor and further steps are taken thereunder so as to register the Collateral Agent or any other person as the holder of the ULC Interests upon the books of such ULC. To the extent any provision hereof would have the effect of constituting the Collateral Agent or any other person as a shareholder or member of a ULC prior to such time, such provision shall be severed herefrom and ineffective with respect to the ULC Interests of such ULC without otherwise invalidating or rendering unenforceable this Agreement or invalidating or rendering unenforceable such provision insofar as it relates to Pledged Stock which are not ULC Interests. Except upon the exercise of rights to sell or otherwise dispose of ULC Interests following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder and the giving of notice to which has not been withdrawn, no Pledgor shall cause or permit, or enable any ULC in which it holds ULC Interests to cause or permit, the Collateral Agent to: (a) be registered as a shareholder or member of such ULC; (b) have any notation entered in its favor in the share register or other equity register of such ULC; (c) be held out as a shareholder or member of such ULC; (d) receive, directly or indirectly, any dividends, property or other distributions from such ULC by reason of the Collateral Agent holding a security interest in such ULC; or (e) act as a shareholder or

 

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member of such ULC, or exercise any rights of a shareholder or member of such ULC, including the right to attend a meeting of, or to vote the shares or other ULC Interests of, such ULC. Upon any pledge of a Pledged Security constituting a ULC Interest to the Collateral Agent hereunder, the applicable Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof and identify such Pledged Security as a ULC Interest.

ARTICLE III

Security Interests in Other Personal Property

SECTION 3.01. Security Interest. (a) Subject to the last paragraph of this Section 3.01(a), as security for the payment or performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “ Security Interest ”) in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “ Article 9 Collateral ”):

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Chattel Paper;

(iii) all cash, deposit accounts and securities accounts;

(iv) all Documents;

(v) all Equipment;

(vi) all General Intangibles, including Intellectual Property;

(vii) all Instruments;

(viii) all Inventory and all other Goods not otherwise described above;

(ix) all Investment Property (other than ULC Interests);

(x) all Letter of Credit Rights;

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(xii) all other personal property not otherwise described above (except for ULC Interests and property specifically excluded from any defined term used in any of the foregoing clauses);

(xiii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and

(xiv) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing, other than ULC Interests, and all collateral security and guarantees given by any person with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the other Indenture Documents, or any Other First Lien Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest by any Pledgor in (and the Article 9 Collateral shall not include) (a) any vehicle covered by a certificate of title or ownership, (b) any assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, that constitute Excluded Property, (c) any assets owned on or acquired after the Issue Date, to the extent that, and for long as, granting a security interest in such assets would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such assets; provided that, if any such contractual restrictions are waived or eliminated and any such assets are pledged as collateral to secure any Other First Lien Obligations, ABL Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations (as defined in the Indenture), such assets shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (c), (d) any property excluded from the definition of Pledged Collateral pursuant to Section 2.01, including, without limitation, any Designated Securities, (e) any Letter of Credit Rights to the extent any Pledgor is required by applicable law to apply the proceeds of a drawing of such Letter of Credit for a specified purpose, (f) any Pledgor’s right, title or interest in any license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor is a party or any of its right, title or interest thereunder to the extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under the terms of such license, contract or agreement, result in a breach of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of, that license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor is a party (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the New York UCC or any other applicable law (including, without limitation, Title 11 of the United States Code) or principles of equity); provided that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such provision, the Article 9 Collateral shall include, and such Pledgor shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all such rights and interests as if such provision had never been in effect, (g) any Equipment owned by any Pledgor that is subject to a purchase money lien or a Capitalized Lease Obligation if the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Capitalized Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any person other than the Pledgors as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such Equipment, (h) any intent-to-use United States trademark applications for which an amendment to alleged use or statement of use has not been filed under 15 U.S.C. §1051(c) or 15 U.S.C. §1051(d), respectively, or, if

 

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filed, has not been deemed in conformance with 15 U.S.C. §1051(a) or examined and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (i) if any Designated Credit Agreement is outstanding, all assets not pledged to secure obligations thereunder, (j) if any ABL Facility is outstanding, any assets that would otherwise constitute ABL Priority Collateral that are not pledged to secure obligations thereunder or (k) solely with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, any asset that is not intended to be collateral with respect to such Series pursuant to the terms of the Other First Lien Agreement governing such Series.

Excluded Property ” means:

(i) (A) any real property held by any of the Pledgors as a lessee under a lease and (B) any real property (i) owned on the Issue Date that did not secure First-Priority Lien Obligations in effect immediately prior to the Issue Date and (ii) acquired after the Issue Date to the extent having a value at the time of acquisition not in excess of $10.0 million;

(ii) (A) entities that become Subsidiaries after the Issue Date if the First Priority Representative, after consultation with the Issuer, shall reasonably determine that the costs or other consequences of obtaining a guarantee of the applicable Obligations from such entities is excessive in relation to the value to be afforded to the Secured Parties thereby or (B) those assets as to which the First Priority Representative, after consultation with the Issuer, shall reasonably determine that the costs or other consequences of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such assets are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby, including (x) the costs of obtaining such guarantee or security interest, or perfecting such security interest, in relation to the value of the credit support to be afforded thereby, (y) general statutory limitations, financial assistance, corporate benefit, fraudulent preference, thin capitalization, retention of title claims and similar principles and (z) the fiduciary duties of directors, contravention of legal prohibitions or risk of personal or criminal liability on the part of any officer;

(iii) assets to the extent the perfection of any security interest therein (or the steps required to provide such perfection) would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the relevant Pledgor to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course as permitted by the Indenture; and

(iv) cash, deposit accounts and securities accounts other than to the extent constituting ABL Priority Collateral.

(b) The Collateral Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including a description of collateral that describes such property in any manner as the Collateral Agent may determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Article 9 Collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such property as “all assets” or “all property”

 

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The Collateral Agent shall also have the right, but not the obligation, to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) such documents as the Collateral Agent may determine is necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by any Pledgor, without the signature of such Pledgor, and naming any Pledgor or the Pledgors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.

(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the other Indenture Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement, the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, file financing or continuation statements or documents necessary for creation, perfection or maintenance of a security interest and each Pledgor is hereby obligated and directed to make such filings on the Collateral Agent’s behalf for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties, and the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for the foregoing.

SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties . The Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that:

(a) Each Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise been disclosed herein, in the Indenture, in any Other First Lien Agreement or in any offering circular related thereto or the schedules thereto.

(b) Except as required or permitted by the Indenture to be provided in the future, the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral that have been prepared for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule V hereto constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than additional filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks and United States registered Copyrights)

 

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that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that a fully executed agreement in the form hereof (or a short form hereof which form shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of material Intellectual Property with respect to United States issued Patents (and Patents for which United States registration applications are pending), United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending) and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States registration applications are pending) has been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, and otherwise as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of such material Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration with respect to the Security Interest in the Intellectual Property is necessary (other than the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to above and other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights acquired or developed after the date hereof).

(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) subject to Section 3.02(b), a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of this Agreement (or a short form hereof) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office upon the making of such filings with such office, in each case, as applicable, with respect to Article 9 Collateral consisting of material Intellectual Property. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral other than Permitted Liens (excluding Junior Lien Obligations and the Liens securing the ABL Obligations that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations in respect of the Notes Priority Collateral) or Liens arising by operation of law.

 

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(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Pledgors free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, none of the Pledgors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.

(e) None of the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually in excess of $5.0 million as of the date hereof except as indicated on Schedule II hereto.

(f) As of the date hereof, all Accounts owned by the Pledgors have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory owned by the Pledgors has been produced or acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 3.03. Covenants . (a) Each Pledgor agrees to notify the Collateral Agent promptly in writing of any change (i) in its corporate or organization name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iii) in its federal taxpayer identification number or organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Pledgor agrees to promptly provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Pledgor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any applicable statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Pledgor agrees to promptly notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Pledgor is damaged or destroyed.

(b) Subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Indenture Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement to dispose of Collateral, each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien and to defend the priority thereof against any Junior Lien Obligations and any Liens securing the ABL Obligations that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations in respect of the Notes Priority Collateral.

 

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(c) Each Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such instruments and further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request and as may be necessary under applicable law to better assure, preserve, protect, defend and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including, without limitation, the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith, all in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Indenture and any Other First Lien Agreement. If any Indebtedness payable under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral that is in excess of $5.0 million shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Applicable Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Pledgors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule IV or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that constitutes material Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses or Trademark Licenses; provided that any Pledgor shall have the right, exercisable within 30 days after such Pledgor has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral, to advise the Collateral Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Pledgor hereunder with respect to such Article 9 Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary such that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct in all material respects with respect to such Article 9 Collateral within 30 days after the date it has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral.

(d) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Applicable Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Applicable Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

(e) The Applicable Agent may discharge any past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and that is not a Permitted Lien and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Indenture Documents, this Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Applicable Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable

 

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expense incurred by the Applicable Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided , however, that nothing in this Section 3.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Applicable Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein, in the other Indenture Documents or in any Other First Lien Agreement.

(f) Each Pledgor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

(g) None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as permitted by the Indenture Documents and not prohibited by any Other First Lien Agreement. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it (unless delivered to the Applicable Agent in the case of Pledged Securities), except as permitted by the Indenture Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and not prohibited by any Other First Lien Agreement.

(h) The Pledgors, at their own expense, shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgors may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation in the same general line of business in the same general area customarily self-insure.

(i) Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Applicable Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Applicable Agent) as such Pledgor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required by the Indenture Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Applicable Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such

 

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policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Applicable Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Applicable Agent in connection with this Section 3.03(i), including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Pledgors to the Applicable Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.

SECTION 3.04. Other Actions . In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper . If any Pledgor shall at any time own or acquire any Instruments (other than checks received and processed in the ordinary course of business) or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $5.0 million, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Applicable Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Applicable Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

(b) Investment Property . Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II , if any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire any Certificated Security included in the Pledged Collateral, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Applicable Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Applicable Agent may from time to time reasonably specify. If any security of a domestic issuer now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor is uncertificated and is issued to such Pledgor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Applicable Agent, of such uncertificated securities and upon the Applicable Agent’s reasonable request following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Applicable Agent as to such security, without further consent of any Pledgor or such nominee, or (ii) cause the issuer to register the Applicable Agent as the registered owner of such security.

(c) Commercial Tort Claims . If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $5.0 million, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Collateral Agent in writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

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SECTION 3.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral . Except as permitted by the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement:

(a) Each Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may become prematurely invalidated, abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable patent laws.

(b) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each material Trademark necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration or claim of trademark or service mark as required under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees’ use of such Trademark in violation of any third-party rights.

(c) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business that it publishes, displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable copyright laws.

(d) Each Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may imminently become abandoned, lapsed, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions and similar determinations or developments in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court regarding such Pledgor’s ownership of any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.

(e) Each Pledgor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) inform the Collateral Agent on an annual basis of each application by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office filed during the preceding twelve-month period, in each case to the extent such application or registration relates to Intellectual Property material to the normal course of such Pledgor’s business and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright.

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(and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business and to maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark and each Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgor’s reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.

(g) In the event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, sue and recover any and all damages, and take such other actions as are reasonable or appropriate under the circumstances.

ARTICLE IV

Remedies

SECTION 4.01. Remedies Upon Default . In accordance with, and to the extent consistent with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Collateral Agent may, following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, take any action specified in this Section 4.01. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Collateral Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right, following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the Collateral Agent or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained with the use of commercially reasonable efforts, which each Pledgor hereby agrees to use) and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s

 

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board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.01, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

To the extent any notice is required by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Pledgors ten (10) Business Days’ written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 4.01, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property in accordance with Section 4.02 without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to

 

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carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall, following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral, as follows:

FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Indenture Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or any of the Obligations secured by such Collateral, including, without limitation, all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances (if any) made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Indenture Document or any Other First Lien Agreement on behalf of any Pledgor, any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder, under any other Indenture Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, and all other fees, indemnities and other amounts owing or reimbursable to the Collateral Agent under any Indenture Document or any Other First Lien Agreement in its capacity as such;

SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations secured by such Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts of such Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amount received from any guarantor, or from the proceeds of Collateral pledged by such guarantor, shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations of such guarantor.

Following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, the Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a

 

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judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

SECTION 4.03. Securities Act, Etc. In view of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “ Federal Securities Laws ”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 4.03 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells.

ARTICLE V

Other First Lien Obligations

SECTION 5.01. Other First Lien Obligations . The Issuer may from time to time designate Other First Lien Obligations permitted by the Indenture and not prohibited by any Other First Lien Agreement, to be secured by a Lien on the Collateral as Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Collateral Agent (a) a certificate signed by an Officer of the Issuer (i) identifying the Other First Lien Obligations so

 

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designated and the aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such Other First Lien Obligations are designated as Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation complies with the terms of the Indenture Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for the holders of such Other First Lien Obligations and (b) a fully executed Additional Secured Party Consent. The Collateral Agent agrees that, upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Collateral Agent shall act as collateral agent under and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including, without limitation, any Secured Parties that hold any such Other First Lien Obligations. Each Authorized Representative that executes any Additional Secured Party Consent agrees to the appointment, and acceptance of the appointment, of the Collateral Agent as collateral agent for the holders of such Other First Lien Obligations and agrees, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party it represents, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements and, with respect to the rights, duties and immunities of the Collateral Agent, by the Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 5.01, such Other First Lien Obligations shall become Obligations hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally included in the Obligations hereunder. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Other First Lien Obligations to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

Miscellaneous

SECTION 6.01. Notices . All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture or the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.

SECTION 6.02. Security Interest Absolute . To the extent permitted by law, all rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest in the Article 9 Collateral, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Indenture Document, any Other First Lien Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Indenture Document, any Other First Lien Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).

 

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SECTION 6.03. Limitation By Law . All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

SECTION 6.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreements. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party, the Applicable First Lien Agent and the Collateral Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Applicable First Lien Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any party without the approval of any other party and without affecting the obligations of any other party hereunder.

SECTION 6.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor, the Applicable First Lien Agent or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 6.06. Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in the Indenture and each Other First Lien Agreement.

(a) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the Indenture Documents and each Other First Lien Agreement, each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and its Affiliates, and each of their respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors (each such person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, any other Indenture Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder or the

 

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consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or (ii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether or not any of the foregoing is raised or initiated by a third party or any Pledgor or any Subsidiary; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(b) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement, any other Indenture Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, any other Indenture Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement indemnification or other amount requested.

(c) In no event shall the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable 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 or hardware) services. Actions permitted hereunder shall not be deemed obligations of the Collateral Agent.

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, none of the parties hereto shall be responsible or liable to any other party or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement; provided that each Pledgor shall indemnify and reimburse any Indemnitee for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages that such Indemnitee may be liable for to the extent otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Section 6.06.

(e) The agreements in this Section 6.06 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent and the termination of this Agreement.

(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Articles VII, XI and Section 13.02 of the Indenture, as applicable to the collateral agent and the trustee thereunder, shall also apply to the Collateral Agent acting under or in connection with this Agreement; provided , however that the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed a fiduciary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be directed at all times by the Applicable First Lien Agent. No provision of

 

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this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

SECTION 6.07. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Except in the case of any matter relating to ULC Interests, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (but subject to the Intercreditor Agreements), following written instruction from the Applicable First Lien Agent, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise, realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 6.08. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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applicable, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Applicable First Lien Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder, under the Indenture Documents and under any Other First Lien Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture and any similar provision of documentation relating to Other First Lien Obligations.

(c) For the purpose of Section 6.09(b) above, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i) written confirmation from the agent managing the solicitation of consents and/or a certificate signed by two Officers of the Issuer as to the receipt of valid consents from the relevant Secured Parties to amend this Agreement, in accordance with the requirements as to such amendment contained in the Indenture and each Other First Lien Agreement, and (ii) any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person and the Collateral Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. At any time that the Issuer desires that this Agreement be amended as provided in Section 6.09(b) above, the Issuer shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate signed by two Officers of the Issuer stating that the amendment of this Agreement is permitted pursuant to Section 6.09(b) above. If requested by the Collateral Agent (although the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request), the Issuer shall furnish appropriate legal opinions (from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the effect set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. Such officers’ certificate and legal opinion will contain the statements required by Section 13.05 of the Indenture or, if applicable, the equivalent provision of each Other First Lien Agreement. If requested by the Collateral Agent (although the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request), the Issuer shall furnish to the Collateral Agent copies of officers’ certificates and legal opinions delivered to the Trustee or the Authorized Representative under any Other First Lien Agreement in connection with any amendment to the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement, respectively, affecting the operation of this Section 6.09. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificates or opinions.

 

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SECTION 6.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER FIRST LIEN AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.10.

SECTION 6.11. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement, any other Indenture Document or any Other First Lien Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 6.12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 6.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.

SECTION 6.13. Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 6.14. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. Subject to clause (e) of the following sentence, all judicial proceedings brought against any party arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Indenture Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or any of the Obligations shall be brought in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State, County and City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. By executing and delivering this Agreement, each party hereto, for itself and in connection with its properties, irrevocably (a) accepts generally and unconditionally the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts (other than with respect to actions by the Collateral Agent in respect of rights under any Security Document governed by laws other than the laws of the State of New York or with respect to any Collateral subject thereto); (b) waives any defense of forum non conveniens;

 

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(c) agrees that service of all process in any such proceeding in any such court may be made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the applicable parties at its address provided in accordance with Section 6.01; (d) agrees that service as provided in clause (c) above is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over the applicable party in any such proceeding in any such court, and otherwise constitutes effective and binding service in every aspect, and (e) agrees that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties retain the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to bring proceedings against any Pledgor in the courts of any other jurisdiction in connection with the exercise of any rights under any Security Document or the enforcement of any judgment.

SECTION 6.15. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the pledges made herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby, and all other Security Documents securing the Obligations, shall automatically terminate upon the Collateral Agent’s receipt of a notice from (i) the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.07 of the Indenture, stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture), and any rights it has under the Security Documents and (ii) each Authorized Representative with respect to the Other First Lien Obligations, stating that such Authorized Representative, on behalf of the holders of the applicable Other First Lien Obligations, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (as defined in the applicable indenture or agreement governing such Other First Lien Obligations) and any right it has under the Security Documents. In connection with such termination, the Collateral Agent shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release all such security interests as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(b) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Indenture and not prohibited by any Other First Lien Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Issuer or otherwise ceases to be a Pledgor; provided that the requisite Secured Parties shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent such consent is required by the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement, as applicable) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise.

(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Indenture and not prohibited by any Other First Lien Agreement to any person that is not a Pledgor, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to the Indenture and each Other First Lien Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.

(d) In the case of a Pledgor making a Transfer (as defined in the Indenture) that is permitted by clause (y) of the last paragraph of Article V of the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement and such permitted Transfer is to a Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture) that is not a Pledgor, the security interest in the Collateral of such Pledgor shall be automatically released.

 

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(e) If any of the Collateral shall become subject to the release provisions set forth in Section 2.05 of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or the equivalent provision of any other Intercreditor Agreement, or Section 11.04 of the Indenture or the equivalent provision of each Other First Lien Agreement, such Collateral shall be automatically released from the security interest in such Collateral to the extent provided therein.

(f) There shall be an automatic release of the Lien hereunder on any property and assets of any Pledgor that would constitute ABL Priority Collateral but is at such time not subject to a Lien securing ABL Obligations, other than any assets or property that cease to be subject to a Lien securing ABL Obligations in connection with a release or discharge by or as a result of payment in full and termination of the ABL Obligations; provided that, if such property and assets are subsequently subject to a Lien securing ABL Obligations (other than Excluded Property), such property and assets shall subsequently constitute Collateral hereunder.

(g) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 6.15, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such Pledgor’s expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including Uniform Commercial Code termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action under this Section 6.15(g) unless such Pledgor shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, together with such request, which may be incorporated into such request, (i) a reasonably detailed description of the Collateral, which in any event shall be sufficient to effect the appropriate termination or release without affecting any other Collateral, and (ii) a certificate of an Officer of the Issuer certifying that the transaction giving rise to such termination or release is permitted by the Indenture, was consummated in compliance with the Indenture Documents and is not prohibited under any Other First Lien Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

For the avoidance of doubt, no Lien on any asset or property of a Pledgor created hereunder to secure the Obligations shall be released hereunder unless the release of such Lien is permitted by and pursuant to this Section 6.15.

SECTION 6.16. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. Upon execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and any Subsidiary that is required to become a party hereto by Section 4.11 of the Indenture and the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement of an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto, such subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Pledgor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Pledgor herein.

 

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The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Guarantor to this Agreement.

SECTION 6.17. ABL Facility . The Collateral Agent acknowledges, on behalf of itself and each other Secured Party, that (i) the ABL Facility is secured by liens on the ABL Priority Collateral that are senior in priority to the liens on such ABL Priority Collateral that secures the Obligations as provided in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, until the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the Pledgors shall not be required to act or refrain from acting pursuant to this Agreement or with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral in any manner that would result in a default under the terms and provisions of the ABL Facility.

SECTION 6.18. General Authority of the Collateral Agent . By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other applicable Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Pledgor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Pledgor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not individually take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against any Pledgor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements or such other Security Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements and such other Security Documents.

SECTION 6.19. Conflicts . In the event of any conflict between the terms of any first-lien intercreditor agreement that may be entered into after the date hereof with respect to different Series of First-Priority Lien Obligations and the terms of this Agreement or the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, except insofar as this Agreement relates to ULC Interests (including, without limitation, Section 2.06), the terms of any such first-lien intercreditor agreement or the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, shall govern.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

ISSUER:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to First Lien Collateral Agreement]


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. ,
as Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

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Schedule I to the

First Lien Collateral Agreement

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

1. Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC

 

2. Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide LLC

 

3. Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc.

 

4. Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc.

 

5. Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc.

 

6. Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC

 

7. Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC

 

8. Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC

 

9. Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC

 

10. MPM Silicones, LLC


Exhibit I to the

First Lien Collateral Agreement

SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ] , dated as of [ ], 20[ ][ ] (this “ Supplement ”), to the First Lien Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Collateral Agreement ”), among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), each Subsidiary of the Issuer from time to time party thereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

A. Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or the Collateral Agreement, as applicable.

C. The Pledgors have entered into the Collateral Agreement pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Indenture. Section 6.16 of the Collateral Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Issuer may become Pledgors under the Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “ New Subsidiary ”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture and any Other First Lien Agreement to become a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement.

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 6.16 of the Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor, and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured


Parties and their successors and assigns, a security interest in and Lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Pledgor” in the Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) subject to the exclusions set forth in Sections 2.01(a) and (b) of the Collateral Agreement, Schedule I attached hereto correctly sets forth, as of the date hereof, (i) the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock now owned by the New Subsidiary and (ii) all debt securities and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness now owned by the New Subsidiary, in each case under this clause (ii) pledged under the Collateral Agreement and in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million; (b) set forth in Schedule II attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of any and all material Intellectual Property now owned by the New Subsidiary; and (c) set forth under its signature hereto is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of organization and the location of its chief executive office.

SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the


validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Collateral Agreement) be in writing and given as provided in Section 6.01 of the Collateral Agreement.

SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent promptly upon receipt of a written invoice for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the First Lien Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[ NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY ]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title
Legal name:  

 

Jurisdiction of organization:  

 

Location of chief executive office:  

 

 

[Signature Page to Supplement to First Lien Collateral Agreement]


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. ,
as Collateral Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title

 

[Signature Page to Supplement to First Lien Collateral Agreement]


Schedule I

to Supplement No.      to the

First Lien Collateral Agreement

PLEDGED STOCK; PLEDGED DEBT SECURITIES

Pledged Stock

 

Number of Issuer Certificate

   Registered Owner    Number and Class
of Equity Interest
   Percentage of
Equity Interests
        
        
        
        
        
        

Pledged Debt Securities

 

Securities

   Issuer    Lender    Initial Principal
Amount
        
        
        
        
        
        


Schedule II

to Supplement No.      to the

First Lien Collateral Agreement

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY


Exhibit II to the

First Lien Collateral Agreement

[FORM OF]

ADDITIONAL SECURED PARTY CONSENT

[Name of Authorized Representative]

[Address of Authorized Representative]

[Date]

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38 th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile: 412-234-7535

The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the “ New Secured Parties ”) under the First Lien Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Collateral Agreement ”), among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), each Subsidiary of the Issuer from time to time party thereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”). Capitalized terms in this Additional Secured Party Consent but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Collateral Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:

(i) represents that it has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Collateral Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [describe applicable Other First Lien Agreement] (the “ New Agreement ” and the obligations under the New Agreement, the “ New Secured Obligations ”) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;

(ii) appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Collateral Agreement as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and

(iii) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms of the Collateral Agreement applicable to holders of Other First Lien Obligations,

 

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with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the effective date of the Collateral Agreement.

The Collateral Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Additional Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment set forth in clause (ii) above.

The name and address of the Authorized Representative for purposes of Section 6.01 of the Collateral Agreement are as follows:

[Insert name and address of Authorized Representative.]

THIS ADDITIONAL SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has caused this Additional Secured Party Consent to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the      day of             , 20    .

 

[ NAME OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE ]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Additional Secured Party Consent]


Acknowledged and Agreed:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. ,

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. ,

as Issuer

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Additional Secured Party Consent]

Exhibit 4.4

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

dated and effective as of

October 24, 2014

among

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

as Issuer

each Subsidiary Guarantor

party hereto

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted to (a) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent (and its permitted successors) pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent and the other parties party thereto, entered into in connection with the Indenture dated as of October 24, 2014 relating to the 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021, or (b) any agent or trustee for any other Senior Lenders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), pursuant to, and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of, the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”), by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and Intercreditor Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Notes Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Collateral Agent, Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the other parties party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

       

Page

ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01  

Indenture and Intercreditor Agreement

  1
SECTION 1.02  

Other Defined Terms

  2
ARTICLE II
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 2.01  

Pledge

  6
SECTION 2.02  

Delivery of the Pledged Collateral

  7
SECTION 2.03  

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

  8
SECTION 2.04  

Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations

  10
SECTION 2.05  

Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.

  10
SECTION 2.06  

Unlimited Liability Corporations

  13
ARTICLE III
Security Interests in Other Personal Property
SECTION 3.01  

Security Interest

  13
SECTION 3.02  

Representations and Warranties

  15
SECTION 3.03  

Covenants

  17
SECTION 3.04  

Other Actions

  19
SECTION 3.05  

Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral

  20
ARTICLE IV
Remedies
SECTION 4.01  

Remedies Upon Default

  22
SECTION 4.02  

Application of Proceeds

  23
SECTION 4.03  

Securities Act, Etc.

  24
ARTICLE V
Other Pari Passu Obligations
SECTION 5.01  

Other Pari Passu Obligations

  25


ARTICLE VI

Miscellaneous

SECTION 6.01  

Notices

  25
SECTION 6.02  

Security Interest Absolute

  25
SECTION 6.03  

Limitation By Law

  26
SECTION 6.04  

Binding Effect; Several Agreements

  26
SECTION 6.05  

Successors and Assigns

  26
SECTION 6.06  

Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification

  26
SECTION 6.07  

Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact

  27
SECTION 6.08  

Governing Law

  28
SECTION 6.09  

Waivers; Amendment

  28
SECTION 6.10  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

  29
SECTION 6.11  

Severability

  29
SECTION 6.12  

Counterparts

  29
SECTION 6.13  

Headings

  29
SECTION 6.14  

Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

  30
SECTION 6.15  

Termination or Release

  30
SECTION 6.16  

Additional Subsidiaries

  31
SECTION 6.17  

Senior Collateral Documents

  31
SECTION 6.18  

General Authority of the Collateral Agent

  31
SECTION 6.19  

Conflicts

  34


Schedules

 

Schedule I    Subsidiary Guarantors
Schedule II    Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule III    Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt Securities
Schedule IV    Intellectual Property
Schedule V    Filing Offices
Exhibits   
Exhibit I    Form of Supplement to the Second Lien Collateral Agreement
Exhibit II    Form of Additional Secured Party Consent


SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated and effective as of October 24, 2014, (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., (the “ Issuer ”), each Subsidiary Guarantor of the Issuer party hereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Reference is made to (i) the Indenture dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and Collateral Agent and (ii) the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”), among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and Intercreditor Agent, Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Notes Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Collateral Agent, the Issuer and the other Loan Parties referred to therein.

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer has issued 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”) and the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and Notes will be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors will derive substantial benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Pledgors have agreed to grant a security interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Holders to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, including with respect to the relative rights and priorities in respect of the Collateral. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Indenture and Intercreditor Agreement. (a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement, the Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement have the meanings specified therein. The term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.04 of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.


SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Account Debtor ” means any person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect to or on account of an Account, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles, Instruments or Investment Property.

Additional Secured Debt Documents ” means any document or instrument executed and delivered with respect to any Other Pari Passu Obligation.

Additional Secured Party Consent ” means a completed additional secured party consent substantially in the form of Exhibit II hereto.

Article 9 Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Authorized Representative ” means, (a) with respect to the Note Obligations, the Trustee and (b) with respect to any holder of Other Pari Passu Obligations, the agent or trustee under the agreement pursuant to which such Other Pari Passu Obligations are issued or incurred.

CFC ” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

Collateral ” means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.

Copyright License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any Pledgor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including, without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Copyrights ” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV ; (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.

Designated Securities ” means any securities, the granting of a security interest in which would require separate financial statements of a Subsidiary of the Issuer to be filed with the SEC (or any other government agency), pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (or any successor regulation or any other law, rule or regulation) but only for so long as, and only to the extent, necessary to not be subject to such requirement.

 

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Equity Interests ” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.

Federal Securities Laws ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03.

General Intangibles ” means all “General Intangibles” as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, swap agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.

Indenture ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

Indenture Documents ” means (a) the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, this Agreement and the other Security Documents and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the Indenture or any Security Document, in each case, as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Intercreditor Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

Intercreditor Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Intellectual Property ” means all intellectual property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including, inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, knowhow, show-how or other data or information and all related documentation.

 

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Intellectual Property Security Agreement ” means a security agreement in the form hereof or a short form hereof, in each case, which form shall be reasonably acceptable to the Intercreditor Agent (or, after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent).

IP Agreements ” means all material Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, and all other agreements, permits, consents, orders and franchises relating to the license, development, use or disclosure of any material Intellectual Property to which a Pledgor, now or hereafter, is a party or a beneficiary, including, without limitation, the agreements set forth on Schedule IV hereto.

Japan Acquisition Co. ” means Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLC and any successor thereto.

Japan Notes ” means, collectively, (i) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000, (ii) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000, (iii) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000 and (iv) the note issued by Japan Acquisition Co. to Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC in an original principal amount of $210,000,000.

New York UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Note Obligations ” means the due and punctual payment of (a) all principal of and interest (including any post-petition interest) on all indebtedness under the Indenture, and (b) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including post-petition interest), of the Pledgors or any of their Subsidiaries to the Secured Parties under the Indenture Documents, and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Indenture Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Notes ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

Obligations ” means (a) the Note Obligations and (b) if any Other Pari Passu Obligations are incurred and designated by the Issuer as Obligations pursuant to Section 5.01, the due and punctual payment of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) owing to any holder of Other Pari Passu Obligations under any Additional Secured Debt Document, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of any Pledgor to any holder of Other Pari Passu Obligations under the Additional Secured Debt Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

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Other Pari Passu Obligations ” means obligations with respect to other Indebtedness of the Pledgors permitted to be incurred under the Indenture which is by its terms intended to be secured equally and ratably with the Notes and is designated by the Issuer as an Other Pari Passu Obligation pursuant to Section 5.01.

Patent License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party (including, without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Patents ” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or jurisdiction, including those listed on Schedule IV , and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or jurisdiction, including those listed on Schedule IV , (b) all provisionals, reissues, extensions, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, reexaminations or revisions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use, import and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.

Permitted Liens ” means any Lien not prohibited by Section 4.12 of the Indenture.

Pledged Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Debt Securities ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Securities ” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

Pledged Stock ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledgor ” means the Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

Qualified CFC Holding Company ” shall mean a person that has no material assets other than Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other Qualified CFC Holding Companies.

Secured Parties ” means (a) the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and each Holder and (b) subject to compliance with Section 5.01, each holder of Other Pari Passu Obligations and its Authorized Representative.

Security Interest ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any subsidiary set forth on Schedule I and any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 6.16.

 

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Trademark License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party (including, without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Trademarks ” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof (except for “intent-to-use” applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) and 1(d) of Lanham Act has been filed, to the extent, if any, that any assignment of an “intent-to-use” application prior to such filing would violate the Lanham Act), and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV , (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby, (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.

ULC ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06.

ULC Interest ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06.

ARTICLE II

Pledge of Securities

SECTION 2.01. Pledge . Subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.01(a), as security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) the Equity Interests directly owned by it (including those listed on Schedule III ) and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “ Pledged Stock ”); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include (i) (A) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by such Pledgor, (B) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company directly owned by such Pledgor, (C) any issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary, or (D) any issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Qualified CFC Holding Company that is not a “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company, (ii) to the extent applicable law requires that a subsidiary of such Pledgor issue directors’ qualifying shares, such shares or nominee or other similar shares, (iii) any Equity Interests that are not required to be pledged as

 

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security for Senior Lender Claims, (iv) any Equity Interests in a person owned on or acquired after the Issue Date in accordance with the Indenture if, and to the extent that, (A) such Equity Interests constitute less than 100% of all applicable Equity Interests of such person and the persons holding the remainder of such Equity Interests are not Affiliates, (B) granting a security interest in such Equity Interests would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests and (C) with respect to contractual obligations, such obligation existed at the time of acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such person, (v) any Equity Interests of a person that is not directly or indirectly a Subsidiary or (vi) any Designated Securities; (b) (i) the debt obligations listed opposite the name of such Pledgor on Schedule III , (ii) any debt obligations in the future issued to such Pledgor having, in the case of each instance of debt securities, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million, and (iii) the certificates, promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such debt obligations (the “ Pledged Debt Securities ” and, together with the property described in clauses (b)(i) and (ii) above, the “ Pledged Debt ”); provided that (x) the Pledged Debt shall exclude (1) the Japan Notes, (2) any debt obligations or instruments that are not required to be pledged as security for Senior Lender Claims and (3) any Designated Securities; (c) subject to Section 2.05 hereof, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt; (d) subject to Section 2.05 hereof, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt and other property referred to in clause (c) above; and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt and other property referred to in clauses (c) through (e) above being collectively referred to as the “ Pledged Collateral ”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral . (a) Each Pledgor agrees promptly (i) after the Issue Date, with respect to items held by any Pledgor as of the Issue Date and (ii) after receipt thereof, with respect to items acquired after the Issue Date, to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities are either (i) Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02. If any Pledged Stock that is uncertificated on the date hereof shall hereinafter become certificated, the applicable Pledgor shall promptly cause the certificate or certificates representing such Pledged Stock to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent) together with accompanying stock powers or other documentation required by Section 2.02(c).

(b) To the extent any Indebtedness for borrowed money constitutes Pledged Collateral (other than (i) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries

 

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and (ii) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) owed to any Pledgor by the Issuer or any Subsidiary is evidenced by a promissory note, such Pledgor shall cause such promissory note to be pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the Collateral Agent, to immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under Section 6.01(a), (b), (e), (f) or (g) of the Indenture unless such demand would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose Pledgor to liability to the maker.

(c) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent, and by such other instruments and documents as, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents as, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule III (or a supplement to Schedule III , as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) Subject to any applicable exclusion of Designated Securities, Schedule III correctly sets forth as of the Issue Date the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock and includes (i) all Equity Interests pledged hereunder and (ii) all debt securities and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness, in each case under this clause (ii) pledged hereunder and in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million;

(b) the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities issued by a person that is not a subsidiary of the Issuer or an Affiliate of any such subsidiary, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and nonassessable (subject to the assessability of the shares of a ULC) and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities issued by a person that is not a subsidiary of the Issuer or an Affiliate of any

 

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such subsidiary, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;

(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder (and those securing any Senior Lender Claims), each Pledgor (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Indenture, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule III as owned by such Pledgor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Indenture and other than Permitted Liens and (iv) subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Indenture Documents to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest hereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all persons;

(d) other than as set forth in the Indenture, and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Indenture Documents, the Senior Lender Documents or securities laws generally, or, in the case of shares of a ULC, any requirement that transfers of such shares be approved by the directors of the ULC, or otherwise permitted to exist pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Pledged Stock (other than partnership interests) is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Stock is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature, other than restrictions on transfer in the articles of association of a ULC, that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Stock hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(e) each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;

(f) other than as set forth in the Indenture or in the Senior Lender Documents, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (or the transfer of the Pledged Securities upon a foreclosure thereof (other than compliance with any securities law applicable to the transfer of securities, or, in the case of shares of a ULC, any requirement that transfers of such shares be approved by the directors of the ULC)), in each case other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect;

(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, when any Pledged Securities (including Pledged Stock of any Domestic Subsidiary or any Qualified CFC Holding Company) are

 

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delivered to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement and a financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party and covering such Pledged Securities is filed in the appropriate filing office, the Collateral Agent will obtain, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities under the New York UCC, subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations; and

(h) each Pledgor that is an issuer of the Pledged Collateral confirms that it has received notice of the security interest granted hereunder and consents to such security interest and, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, agrees to transfer record ownership of the securities issued by it in connection with any request by the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 2.04. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. Following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities (other than Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests) in the name of the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, each Pledgor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities (other than Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests) held by it for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, at any time at which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to require the Pledgors to cause the ULC Interests to be transferred and registered as the Collateral Agent may direct and each applicable Pledgor covenants that, at the time of any such transfer, it will provide all required consents and approvals. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Subsidiary that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the Collateral Agent, pursuant to this Section 2.04, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Subsidiary for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.

SECTION 2.05. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc. (a)  Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent) shall have given notice to the relevant Pledgors of the Collateral Agent’s (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent’s) intention to exercise its rights hereunder:

(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the

 

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Indenture and the other Indenture Documents; provided , that, except as permitted under the Indenture, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Collateral, the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Indenture Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.

(ii) The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.

(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the other Indenture Documents and applicable laws; provided, that (A) any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions, payments or other consideration in respect thereof, including any rights to receive the same to the extent not so distributed or paid, that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities, received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise or (B) any non-cash dividends and other distributions paid or payable in respect of any Pledged Securities that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid in surplus, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (or, until Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent).

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rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions with respect to Pledged Securities that are not ULC Interests that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.05 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral Agent which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.05 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (or, until Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and an Officer has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.05 and that have not already been distributed and remain in such account. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, all rights of any Pledgor to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.05 shall continue and not become vested or held in trust for or on behalf of the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent).

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims and after notice by the Collateral Agent to the Issuer of the Collateral Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.05 with respect to Pledged Securities that are not ULC Interests, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.05, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by (i) the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class and (ii) the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of each class of Other Pari Passu Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and an Officer has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, each Pledgor shall have the right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers

 

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that such Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) shall be in effect. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or other consensual rights and powers that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.05 shall continue and all such rights shall not become vested in the Collateral Agent or the Intercreditor Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

SECTION 2.06. Unlimited Liability Corporations. Notwithstanding the grant of security interest made by a Pledgor in favour of the Collateral Agent, its successor and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, of all of its Pledged Securities, any Pledgor that controls any interest (for the purposes of this Article II, “ ULC Interests ”) in any unlimited liability corporation (for the purposes of this Article II, a ULC ”) pledged hereunder shall remain registered as the sole registered and beneficial owner of such ULC Interests and will remain as registered and beneficial owner until such time as such ULC Interests are effectively transferred into the name of the Collateral Agent or any other person on the books and records of such ULC. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall constitute the Collateral Agent or any person as a shareholder of any ULC until such time as notice is given to such ULC and further steps are taken thereunder so as to register the Collateral Agent or any other person as the holder of the ULC Interests of such ULC. To the extent any provision hereof would have the effect of constituting the Collateral Agent or any other person as a shareholder of a ULC prior to such time, such provision shall be severed therefrom and ineffective with respect to the ULC Interests of such ULC without otherwise invalidating or rendering unenforceable this Agreement or invalidating or rendering unenforceable such provision insofar as it relates to Pledged Stock which are not ULC Interests. Except upon the exercise of rights to sell or otherwise dispose of ULC Interests following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, no Pledgor shall cause or permit, or enable any ULC in which it holds ULC’ Interests to cause or permit, the Collateral Agent to: (a) be registered as shareholders of such ULC; (b) have any notation entered in its favour in the share register of such ULC; (c) be held out as a shareholder of such ULC; (d) receive, directly or indirectly, any dividends, property or other distributions from such ULC by reason of the Collateral Agent holding a security interest in such ULC; or (e) act as a shareholder of such ULC, or exercise any rights of a shareholder of such ULC including the right to attend a meeting of, or to vote the shares of, such ULC. Upon any pledge of a Pledged Security constituting a ULC Interest to the Collateral Agent hereunder, the applicable Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof and identify such Pledged Security as a ULC Interest.

ARTICLE III

Security Interests in Other Personal Property

SECTION 3.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), as the case may be, in full of its Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “ Security Interest ”) in all right, title and interest in

 

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or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “ Article 9 Collateral ”):

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Chattel Paper;

(iii) [Reserved];

(iv) all Documents;

(v) all Equipment;

(vi) all General Intangibles;

(vii) all Instruments;

(viii) all Inventory and all other Goods not otherwise described above;

(ix) all Investment Property;

(x) all Letter of Credit Rights;

(xi) all Commercial Tort Claims (as described on Schedule II hereto);

(xii) all other personal property not otherwise described above (except property specifically excluded from any defined term used in any of the foregoing clauses);

(xiii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and

(xiv) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any person with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the other Indenture Documents or any Additional Secured Debt Document, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the Collateral shall not include) (a) any vehicle covered by a certificate of title or ownership, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (b) any cash, deposit account or securities account, (c) any assets owned on or acquired after the Issue Date, to the extent that, and for long as, granting a security interest in such assets would violate an enforceable contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such assets; provided , that, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), the Issuer shall, and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or eliminated any such contractual obligation, (d) any property excluded from the definition of Pledged Collateral

 

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pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, including without limitation any Designated Securities, (e) any Letter of Credit Rights to the extent any Pledgor, is required by applicable law to apply the proceeds of a drawing of such Letter of Credit for a specified purpose, (f) any Pledgor’s right, title or interest in any license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor is a party or any of its right, title or interest thereunder to the extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under the terms of such license, contract or agreement, result in a breach of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of, that license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor is a party (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the New York UCC or any other applicable law (including, without limitation, Title 11 of the United States Code) or principles of equity); provided , that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such provision, the Collateral shall include, and such Pledgor shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all such rights and interests as if such provision had never been in effect, (g) any Equipment owned by any Pledgor that is subject to a purchase money lien or a Capitalized Lease Obligation if the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Capitalized Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any person other than the Pledgors as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such Equipment, (h) solely with respect to any Other Pari Passu Obligations, any asset that is not intended to be collateral with respect to such Other Pari Passu Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Additional Secured Debt Document governing such Other Pari Passu Obligations and (i) any property of a Pledgor that is not required to be pledged as security for Senior Lender Claims.

(b) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the Indenture, the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, file financing or continuation statements or documents necessary for creation, perfection or maintenance of a security interest and each Pledgor is hereby obligated and directed to make such filings on the Collateral Agent’s behalf for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for the foregoing.

SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties . The Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that:

(a) Each Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise been disclosed herein or in the Indenture or in any offering circular related thereto.

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applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral that have been prepared for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule V hereto constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks and United States registered Copyrights) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof), and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that a fully executed Intellectual Property Security Agreement containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of material Intellectual Property with respect to United States Patents (and Patents for which United States registration applications are pending), United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending) and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States registration applications are pending) has been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of such material Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to above and other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the Issue Date).

(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral (other than Article 9 Collateral described in Section 3.01(a)(xii)) securing the payment and performance of the Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office upon the making of such filings with such office, in each case, as applicable, with respect to material Intellectual Property Collateral. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral other than Permitted Liens.

 

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(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Pledgors free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens. None of the Pledgors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.

(e) None of the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually in excess of $5.0 million as of the Issue Date except as indicated on Schedule II hereto.

(f) As of the Issue Date, all Accounts owned by the Pledgors have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory owned by the Pledgors has been produced or acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 3.03. Covenants. (a) Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate or organization name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Pledgor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any applicable statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Pledgor is damaged or destroyed.

(b) Subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Indenture Documents to dispose of Collateral, each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.

(c) Each Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such instruments and further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request and as may be necessary under applicable law, to better assure, preserve, protect, defend and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including, without limitation, the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements

 

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(including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith, all in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Indenture. If any Indebtedness payable under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral that is in excess of $5.0 million shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory, following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Collateral Agent.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Pledgors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule IV or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that constitutes material Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses or Trademark Licenses; provided that any Pledgor shall have the right, exercisable within 30 days after the Issuer has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral, to advise the Collateral Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Pledgor hereunder with respect to such Article 9 Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct in all material respects with respect to such Article 9 Collateral within 30 days after the date it has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral.

(d) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

(e) Following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, at its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not a Permitted Lien, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Indenture or this Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 3.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Indenture Documents.

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observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

(g) None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as permitted by the Indenture. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it (unless delivered to the Intercreditor Agent), except as permitted by the Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement.

(h) The Pledgors, at their own expense, shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgors may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation in the same general line of business in the same general area customarily self-insure.

(i) Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Pledgor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default and after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required hereby or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Collateral Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this Section 3.03(i), including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Pledgors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.

SECTION 3.04. Other Actions . In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

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of business) or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $5.0 million, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent (or, if prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Intercreditor Agent), accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent (or, if prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.

(b) Investment Property . Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II , if any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire any Certificated Security included in the Pledged Collateral, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Intercreditor Agent), accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent (or, if prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent) may from time to time reasonably specify. If any security of a domestic issuer now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor is uncertificated and is issued to such Pledgor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent (or, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Intercreditor Agent), of such uncertificated securities and (a) upon the Collateral Agent’s (or, if prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent’s) reasonable request or (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent (or, if prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent) as to such security, without further consent of any Pledgor or such nominee, or (ii) cause the issuer to register the Collateral Agent (or, if prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent) as the registered owner of such security.

(c) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $5.0 million, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Collateral Agent in writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 3.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral . Except as permitted by the Indenture, (a) each Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may become prematurely invalidated, abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable patent laws.

(b) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each material Trademark necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any

 

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adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration or claim of trademark or service mark as required under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees’ use of such Trademark in violation of any third-party rights.

(c) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business that it publishes, displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable copyright laws.

(d) Each Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may imminently become abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions and similar determinations or developments in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, any court or any similar office of any country, regarding such Pledgor’s ownership of any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.

(e) Each Pledgor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) inform the Collateral Agent on an annual basis of each application by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office filed during the preceding twelve-month period, in each case to the extent such application or registration relates to Intellectual Property material to the normal course of such Pledgor’s business and (ii) execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may otherwise reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright.

(f) Each Pledgor shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office with respect to maintaining and pursuing each material application relating to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business and to maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark and each Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgor’s reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.

(g) In the event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, promptly sue and recover any and all damages, and take such other actions as are reasonable or appropriate under the circumstances.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Remedies

SECTION 4.01. Remedies Upon Default. In accordance with, and to the extent consistent with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent may take any action specified in this Section 4.01. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Collateral Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the Collateral Agent or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained with the use of commercially reasonable efforts, which each Pledgor hereby agrees to use) and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.01 the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

To the extent any notice is required by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Pledgors 10 Business Days’ written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of

 

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a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 4.01, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral, as follows:

FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with the Indenture, any other Indenture Document or any of the Obligations secured by such Collateral, including without limitation all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances (if any) made by the Collateral Agent under the Indenture or under any other Indenture Document on behalf of any Pledgor, any other

 

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costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Indenture Document, and all other fees, indemnities and other amounts owing or reimbursable to the Collateral Agent under any Indenture Document in its capacity as such;

SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations secured by such Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts of such Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

SECTION 4.03. Securities Act, Etc. In view of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “ Federal Securities Laws ”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after

 

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registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 4.03 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells.

ARTICLE V

Other Pari Passu Obligations

SECTION 5.01.  Other Pari Passu Obligations . The Issuer may from time to time designate Other Pari Passu Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured by a Lien on the Collateral as Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Collateral Agent (a) a certificate signed by an Officer of the Issuer (i) identifying the Other Pari Passu Obligations so designated and the aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such Other Pari Passu Obligations are designated as Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation complies with the terms of the Indenture Documents and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for the holders of such Other Pari Passu Obligations and (b) a fully executed Additional Secured Party Consent. The Collateral Agent agrees that upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Collateral Agent shall act as collateral agent under and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including without limitation, any Secured Parties that hold any such Other Pari Passu Obligations. Each Authorized Representative that executes any Additional Secured Party Consent agrees to the appointment, and acceptance of the appointment, of the Collateral Agent as collateral agent for the holders of such Other Pari Passu Obligations and agrees, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party it represents, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement and, with respect to the rights, duties and immunities of the Collateral Agent, by the Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 5.01, such Other Pari Passu Obligations shall become Obligations hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally included in the Obligations hereunder. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Obligations to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

Miscellaneous

SECTION 6.01. Notices . All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

SECTION 6.02. Security Interest Absolute . To the extent permitted by law, all rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest in the Article 9 Collateral, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Indenture, any other Indenture Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time,

 

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manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Indenture, any other Indenture Document, the Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).

SECTION 6.03. Limitation By Law. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

SECTION 6.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreements. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Collateral Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or the Indenture. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any party without the approval of any other party and without affecting the obligations of any other party hereunder.

SECTION 6.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 6.06. Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in the Indenture.

(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Indenture Documents, each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and its Affiliates, and each of their respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors (each such person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against

 

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any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Indenture Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and other transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Indenture Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Indenture Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement indemnification or other amount requested.

(d) In no event shall the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable 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 or hardware) services. Actions permitted hereunder shall not be deemed obligations of the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 6.07. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. The Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise, realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise,

 

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compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 6.08. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 6.09. Waivers; Amendment. (a)  No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Indenture Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Indenture Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture and any similar provision of documentation relating to Other Pari Passu Obligations.

(c) For the purpose of Section 6.09(b) above, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i) written confirmation from the agent managing the solicitation of consents and/or a certificate signed by two Officers of the Issuer, as to the receipt of valid consents from the relevant Secured Parties to amend this Agreement, in accordance with the requirements as to such amendment contained in the Indenture and each Additional Secured Debt Document, and (ii) any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person and the Collateral Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the

 

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document. At any time that the Issuer desires that this Agreement be amended as provided in Section 6.09(b) above, the Issuer shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate signed by two Officers of the Issuer stating that the amendment of this Agreement is permitted pursuant to Section 6.09(b) above. If requested by the Collateral Agent (although the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request), the Issuer shall furnish appropriate legal opinions (from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the effect set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. Such officers’ certificate and legal opinion will contain the statements required by Section 13.05 of the Indenture. If requested by the Collateral Agent (although the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request), the Issuer shall furnish to the Collateral Agent copies of officers’ certificates and legal opinions delivered to the Trustee in connection with any amendment to the Indenture affecting the operation of this Section 6.09. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificates or opinions.

SECTION 6.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.10.

SECTION 6.11. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Indenture Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 6.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 6.04 hereof. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.

SECTION 6.13. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 6.14. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a)  Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Indenture Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Indenture Document against any Pledgor, or its properties, in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Indenture Document in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

SECTION 6.15. Termination or Release. (a)  This Agreement, the pledges made herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby, and all other Security Documents securing the Obligations, shall automatically terminate upon the Collateral Agent’s receipt of a notice from (i) the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.07 of the Indenture, stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture), and any rights it has under the Security Documents and (ii) each Authorized Representative with respect to the Other Pari Passu Obligations, stating that such Authorized Representative, on behalf of the holders of the applicable Other Pari Passu Obligations, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (as defined in the applicable indenture or agreement governing such Other Pari Passu Obligations) and any right it has under the Security Documents. In connection with such termination, the Collateral Agent shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release all such security interests as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(b) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Indenture as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary of Issuer or otherwise ceases to be a Pledgor; provided that the requisite Holders shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent such consent is required by the Indenture) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise.

(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Indenture to any person that is not a Pledgor (including in connection with

 

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an Event of Loss), or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to the Indenture, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.

(d) In the case of a Pledgor making a Transfer that is permitted by clause (y) of the last paragraph of Article V of the Indenture and such permitted Transfer is to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Pledgor, the security interest in the Collateral of such Pledgor shall be automatically released.

(e) If any of the Collateral shall become subject to the release provisions set forth in Section 5.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement and/or Section 11.04 of the Indenture or the equivalent provision of each Additional Secured Debt Document, such Collateral shall be automatically released from the security interest in such Collateral to the extent provided therein.

(f) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 6.15, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such Pledgor’s, expense all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

For the avoidance of doubt, no Lien on any asset or property of a Pledgor created hereunder to secure the Obligations shall be released hereunder unless the release of such Lien is permitted by and pursuant to this Section 6.15.

SECTION 6.16. Additional Subsidiaries. Upon execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and any Subsidiary that is required to become a party hereto by Section 4.11 of the Indenture of an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto, such subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Pledgor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Pledgor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Agreement.

SECTION 6.17. Senior Collateral Documents . The Collateral Agent acknowledges, on behalf of itself and any Secured Party, that, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Pledgors shall not be required to act or refrain from acting pursuant to this Agreement or with respect to any Collateral on which the Intercreditor Agent has a Lien superior in priority to the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon in any manner that would result in a default under the terms and provisions of the Senior Lender Documents.

SECTION 6.18. General Authority of the Collateral Agent . By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the

 

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Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Pledgor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Pledgor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against any Pledgor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and any other Security Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

ISSUER:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Collateral Agreement]


SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:  

George F. Knight

  Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
 

By:

 

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:  

George F. Knight

    Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
 

By:

 

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:  

George F. Knight

    Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Collateral Agreement]


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
 

By:

 

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORAMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:  

George F. Knight

  Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

   

Name:

    George F. Knight
   

Title:

    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Collateral Agreement]


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Collateral Agreement]


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Collateral Agreement]


Schedule I to the

Second Lien Collateral Agreement

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

1. Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc.

 

2. Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide Inc.

 

3. Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc.

 

4. Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc.

 

5. Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc.

 

6. Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC

 

7. Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC

 

8. Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC

 

9. Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC

 

10. MPM Silicones, LLC

 

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Exhibit I to the

Second Lien Collateral Agreement

SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ] (this “ Supplement ”) dated as of [ ], 20[ ][ ] to the Second Lien Collateral Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (the “ Collateral Agreement ”), among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. (the “ Issuer ”), each Subsidiary of the Issuer from time to time party thereto (each, a “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

A. Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral trustee.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or the Collateral Agreement, as applicable.

C. The Pledgors have entered into the Collateral Agreement pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 11.01 of the Indenture. Section 6.16 of the Collateral Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Issuer may become Pledgors under the Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “ New Subsidiary ”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture to become a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement.

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 6.16 of the Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Pledgor” in the Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and

 

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delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of (i) any and all Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities now owned by the New Subsidiary and (ii) any and all material Intellectual Property now owned by the New Subsidiary and (b) set forth under its signature hereto, is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of organization and the location of its chief executive office.

SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Collateral Agreement) be in writing and given as provided in Section 6.01 of the Collateral Agreement.

SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent promptly upon receipt of a written invoice for its reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY]
BY:  

 

Name:
Title
Address:
Legal Name:
Jurisdiction of Formation:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
BY:  

 

Name:
Title

 

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Exhibit II to the

Second Lien Collateral Agreement

[FORM OF]

ADDITIONAL SECURED PARTY CONSENT

[Name of Authorized Representative]

[Address of Authorized Representative]

[Date]

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38 th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile: 412-234-7535

The undersigned is the agent or trustee (the “ Authorized Representative ”) for persons wishing to become “Secured Parties” (the “ New Secured Parties ”) under the Second Lien Collateral Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended and/or supplemented, the “ Collateral Agreement ”) among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), each subsidiary of the Issuer from time to time party thereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) Capitalized terms in this Additional Secured Party Consent not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Collateral Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:

(i) represents that the Authorized Representative has been authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Collateral Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the “ New Agreement ”, and, the obligations under the New Agreement, the “ New Secured Obligations ”) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;

(ii) appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Collateral Agreement as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and

(iii) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms of the Collateral Agreement applicable to holders of Other Pari Passu Obligations, with all the

 

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rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the effective date of the Collateral Agreement.

The Collateral Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Additional Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment set forth in clause (ii) above.

The name and address of the Authorized Representative for purposes of Section 6.01 of the Collateral Agreement are as follows:

[Insert name and address of Authorized Representative.]

THIS ADDITIONAL SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Additional Secured Party Consent to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the      day of         , 20    .

 

[NAME OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE],
  by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
by:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. 
by:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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Exhibit 4.5

EXECUTION VERSION

ABL INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

dated as of

October 24, 2014

among

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as ABL Facility Collateral Agent,

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Applicable First-Lien Agent and First-Lien Collateral Agent,

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC

and

The Subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. Named Herein


This ABL INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of October 24, 2014, is among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the ABL Facility Secured Parties referred to herein (together with its successors or co-agents in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed, the “ ABL Facility Collateral Agent ”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Applicable First-Lien Agent and collateral agent for the First-Lien Secured Parties (together with its successors and co-agents in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed, the “ First-Lien Collateral Agent ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC (f/k/a Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc.), a Delaware corporation, the other Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto, each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto.

MPM Intermediate Holdings Inc., the Company, Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC (f/k/a Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc.), as U.S. borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany, as Germany silicone borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany, as Germany quartz borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, an unlimited company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia (Canada), as Canadian borrower, the lenders and other parties party thereto from time to time and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent are party to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ ABL Credit Agreement ”).

The Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee for the First-Lien Noteholders (together with such trustee’s successors or co-agents or co-trustees in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed as trustee, the “ Trustee ”), are party to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ First-Lien Note Indenture ”), pursuant to which 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “ First-Lien Notes ”) were issued.

This Agreement governs the relationship between the First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined herein) as a group, on the one hand, and the ABL Facility Secured Parties, on the other hand, with respect to the Collateral. In addition, it is understood and agreed that not all of the Secured Parties may have security interests in all of the Collateral and nothing in this Agreement is intended to give rights to any Person in any Collateral in which such Person (or their Representative or Collateral Agent) does not otherwise have a security interest under their respective security documents.

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Construction; Certain Defined Terms.

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive.

(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below.

ABL Credit Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

ABL Facility ” means (a) the ABL Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof (except to the extent any such refinancing, replacement or restructuring is designated by the Company not to be included in the definition of “ABL Facility”), and (b) whether or not the facility referred to in clause (a) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “ABL Facility” and subject to the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 6.15, one or more (i) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (iii) instruments or agreements

 

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evidencing any other indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

ABL Facility Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

ABL Facility Documents ” means the ABL Facility, the ABL Facility Security Documents and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the ABL Facility.

ABL Facility Secured Parties ” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the ABL Facility.

ABL Facility Security Agreement ” means the Collateral Agreement, dated as April 24, 2013, among the Company, each other pledgor party thereto and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

ABL Facility Security Documents ” means the ABL Facility Security Agreement, the ABL Mortgages and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any ABL Obligations.

ABL Mortgages ” means all “Mortgages” as defined in the ABL Facility.

ABL Obligations ” means all “Obligations” (as such term is defined in the ABL Facility) of the borrowers and other obligors under the ABL Facility, any of the other ABL Facility Documents or the Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the ABL Facility), to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the ABL Facility Documents or such Ancillary Agreements and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the ABL Facility Documents and the counterparties to such Ancillary Agreements, according to the respective terms thereof.

ABL Priority Collateral ” means any and all of the following Collateral now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Company or any other Grantor to the extent a security interest in such Collateral has been or may hereafter be granted to the ABL Facility Collateral Agent under the ABL Facility Security Documents: (a) all Accounts; (b) all Inventory; (c) to the extent evidencing, governing, securing or otherwise related to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) and (b), all (i) General Intangibles, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) Instruments and (iv) Documents; (d) all Payment Intangibles (including corporate tax refunds), other than any Payment Intangibles that represent tax refunds in respect of or otherwise related to Real Estate Assets, Fixtures or Equipment; (e) all payments received from Grantors’ credit card clearing houses and processors or otherwise in respect of all credit card charges for sales of inventory by the Grantors; (f) all collection accounts, deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodity accounts and any cash or other assets in any such accounts (other than separately identified cash proceeds of Notes Priority Collateral) and securities entitlements and other rights

 

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with respect thereto; (g) to the extent relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (f) constituting ABL Priority Collateral, all Supporting Obligations and letter-of-credit rights; (h) all books and records related to the foregoing; and (i) all products and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing in whatever form received, including proceeds of insurance policies related to Inventory of any Grantor and business interruption insurance (in each case, except to the extent constituting proceeds of Notes Priority Collateral). All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.

ABL Priority Possessory Collateral ” means ABL Priority Collateral that is Possessory Collateral.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Applicable First-Lien Agent ” means (i) on the date hereof, the Trustee under the First-Lien Notes and (ii) after the incurrence of any other First-Priority Lien Obligations, the “Applicable Authorized Representative” (or similar term) under and as defined in the first-lien intercreditor agreement or other applicable First-Priority Lien Obligations Document entered into with respect to different Series of First-Priority Lien Obligations. For purposes of this Agreement, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent may treat the Trustee as the Applicable First-Lien Agent until notified in writing by the First-Lien Collateral Agent that another representative has become the Applicable First-Lien Agent.

Applicable Junior Collateral Agent ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the First-Lien Collateral Agent.

Applicable Possessory Collateral Agent ” means (a) with respect to ABL Priority Possessory Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and (b) with respect to Notes Priority Possessory Collateral, the First-Lien Collateral Agent.

Applicable Senior Collateral Agent ” means (a) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and (b) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the First-Lien Collateral Agent.

Bankruptcy Case ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or on which banking institutions in the State of New York are required or authorized by law or other governmental action to close.

Class ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Senior Secured Obligations.

Collateral ” means all assets and properties subject to Liens in favor of any Secured Party created by any of the ABL Facility Security Documents or the First-Lien Security Documents, as applicable, to secure the ABL Obligations or any First-Priority Lien Obligations, as applicable.

 

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Collateral Agent ” means the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent, or all of the foregoing, as the context may require.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Comparable Junior Priority Collateral Document ” means, in relation to any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral subject to any Lien created under any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Document, those Junior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents that create a Lien on the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.

DIP Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).

DIP Financing Liens ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).

DIP Lenders ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).

Discharge ” means, with respect to any Obligations, except to the extent otherwise provided herein or in any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the reinstatement or continuation of any such Obligations, the payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all such Obligations then outstanding, if any, and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding under the agreements or instruments (collectively, the “ Relevant Instruments ”) governing such Obligations, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in a manner consistent with such agreement or instrument, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder, and the termination of all commitments of “secured parties” under the Relevant Instruments; provided that (i) the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made in connection with the establishment of a replacement ABL Facility (unless in connection with such replacement all of the ABL Obligations are repaid in full in cash (and the other conditions set forth in this definition prior to the proviso are satisfied) with the proceeds of a Qualified Receivables Financing (as defined in the First-Lien Note Indenture), in which case a Discharge of ABL Obligations shall be deemed to have occurred) and (ii) the Discharge of First-Priority Lien Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other First-Priority Lien Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such Obligations or First-Priority Lien Obligations. In the event any Obligations are modified and such Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified, in each case, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, such Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new or modified indebtedness shall have been satisfied. The term “ Discharged ” shall have a corresponding meaning.

Event of Default ” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the ABL Facility, the Indenture and/or any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, as the context may require.

 

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First-Lien Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

First-Lien Mortgages ” means all mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents now existing or to be entered into by and among the Company, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the First-Lien Collateral Agent that create Liens on real property of any Grantor to secure any First-Priority Lien Obligations.

First-Lien Note Documents ” means the First-Lien Note Indenture, the First-Lien Security Agreement, the First-Lien Mortgages and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any First-Lien Note Obligations.

First-Lien Note Guarantee ” means any guarantee of the Obligations of the Company under the First-Lien Note Indenture and the First-Lien Notes by any Person in accordance with the provisions of the First-Lien Note Indenture.

First-Lien Note Guarantor ” means any Person that incurs a First-Lien Note Guarantee; provided that, upon the release or discharge of such Person from its First-Lien Note Guarantee in accordance with the First-Lien Note Indenture, such Person ceases to be a First-Lien Note Guarantor.

First-Lien Note Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

First-Lien Note Obligations ” means all “Note Obligations” (as such term is defined in the First-Lien Note Indenture) of the Company and any other obligor under the First-Lien Note Indenture or any of the other First-Lien Note Documents, including any First-Lien Note Guarantor, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the First-Lien Note Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the First-Lien Note Guarantors to the Trustee and the holders of the First-Lien Notes under the First-Lien Note Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.

First-Lien Note Secured Parties ” means, at any time, (a) the First-Lien Noteholders, (b) the Trustee, (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any of the Company and its Subsidiaries under any First-Lien Note Document and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.

First-Lien Noteholders ” means the holders of the First-Lien Notes.

First-Lien Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

First-Lien Secured Parties ” means (a) the First-Lien Collateral Agent, (b) the First-Lien Note Secured Parties and (c) each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Secured Party.

 

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First-Lien Security Agreement ” means the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the First-Lien Collateral Agent that creates Liens on property of any Grantor to secure any First-Priority Lien Obligations.

First-Lien Security Documents ” means the First-Lien Security Agreement, the First-Lien Note Indenture (in the case of the First-Lien Note Obligations), the First-Lien Mortgages and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any First-Priority Lien Obligations.

First-Priority Lien Obligations ” means (a) the First-Lien Note Obligations and (b) the Other First-Priority Lien Obligations.

First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents ” means (a) the First-Lien Note Documents and (b) each of the Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents.

First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative ” means, collectively, the Applicable First-Lien Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Trustee and each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative.

Grantor ” means the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company that shall have granted any Lien in favor of any Collateral Agent on any of its assets or properties to secure any of the Obligations.

Indenture ” means (a) the First-Lien Note Indenture, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, and (b) whether or not the Indenture referred to in clause (a) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “Indenture”, and subject to the requirements of Section 6.15, one or more (i) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (iii) instruments or agreements evidencing any other indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” means (a) any case or proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any other process or proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization, restructuring, adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor or any receivership

 

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or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or relating to all or a substantial part of the property or assets of the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor, or their respective property or their respective creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary; (b) any process or proceeding for the appointment of any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, receiver and manager, interim receiver, administrator, liquidator, monitor, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or any similar official appointed for or relating to the Company or any other Grantor or all or a substantial portion of their respective property and assets, in each case whether or not voluntary; (c) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or (d) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor, or of a class of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor, are stayed, compromised, restructured or determined and any payment, distribution, restructuring or arrangement is or may be made on account of or in relation to such claims.

Intercreditor Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16.

Joinder Agreement ” means an agreement in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A or Exhibit B hereto, as applicable, pursuant to which any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Secured Parties or any other ABL Facility Secured Parties, as applicable, either directly or through their respective Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and/or Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent or collateral agent for the new ABL Obligations, as applicable, become a party hereto in accordance with Section 6.15 hereof.

Junior Claims ” means (a) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the First-Priority Lien Obligations secured by such Collateral, and (b) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Obligations secured by such Collateral.

Junior Collateral Agent ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent.

Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreements means (a) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (b) any other intercreditor agreements governing any junior priority liens on the Collateral (junior to both the ABL Obligations and the First-Priority Lien Obligations) that is incurred after the date hereof in compliance with the ABL Facility and the First-Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents.

Junior Representative ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, each First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative.

Junior Secured Obligations ” means (a) with respect to the ABL Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral), the First-Priority Lien Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral), and (b) with respect to the First-Priority Lien Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the Notes Priority Collateral), the ABL Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the Notes Priority Collateral).

 

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Junior Secured Obligations Collateral ” means, with respect to any Obligations, the Collateral in respect of which such Obligations constitute Junior Claims.

Junior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents ” means (a) with respect to the First-Priority Lien Obligations, the ABL Facility Security Documents, and (b) with respect to the ABL Obligations, the First-Lien Security Documents.

Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Secured Parties (to the extent that the Obligations owing to such ABL Facility Secured Parties are secured by the Notes Priority Collateral), and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the applicable First-Lien Secured Parties (to the extent that the Obligations owing to such First-Lien Secured Parties are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral).

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, assignment by way of security, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset, provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Memorandum ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c).

Mortgages ” means the ABL Mortgages and the First-Lien Mortgages.

New York UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Notes Priority Collateral ” means any and all of the following Collateral now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Company or any other Grantor to the extent a security interest in such Collateral has been or may hereafter be granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties under the First-Lien Security Documents: (a) all Real Estate Assets, Fixtures and Equipment; (b) all intellectual property; (c) all equity interests in each Grantor’s subsidiaries (limited to 65% of the voting interests of the Grantors’ foreign subsidiaries); (d) all General Intangibles, Chattel Paper, Instruments and Documents (other than General Intangibles, Chattel Paper, Instruments and Documents that are ABL Priority Collateral); (e) all Payment Intangibles that represent tax refunds in respect of or otherwise relate to Real Estate Assets, Fixtures or Equipment; (f) all intercompany indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries; (g) all permits and licenses related to any of the foregoing (including any permits or licenses related to the ownership or operation of Real Estate Assets, Fixtures or Equipment of any Grantor); (h) all proceeds of insurance policies (excluding any such proceeds that relate to ABL Priority Collateral); (i) all books and records related to the foregoing and not relating to ABL Priority Collateral; (j) all products and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than any such proceeds that are ABL Priority Collateral); and (k) all other Collateral not constituting ABL Priority Collateral. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.

 

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Notes Priority Possessory Collateral ” means Notes Priority Collateral that is Possessory Collateral.

Obligations ” means the ABL Obligations and the First-Priority Lien Obligations.

Other First-Priority Lien Obligations ” means (i) all “Obligations” as defined in the First-Lien Security Agreement (other than the First-Lien Note Obligations) and (ii) any other Obligations of the Company and the First-Lien Note Guarantors (other than the First-Lien Note Obligations and the ABL Obligations) that are equally and ratably secured with the First-Lien Note Obligations and are designated by the Company as “Other First-Priority Lien Obligations”; provided that, with respect to this clause (ii), the requirements set forth in Section 6.15 shall have been satisfied.

Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent ” means, with respect to any Series of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations, the Person elected, designated or appointed as the collateral agent of such Series by or on behalf of the holders of such Series of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations and its respective successors in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed (which, with respect to any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations that are secured under the First-Lien Security Documents, shall be the First-Lien Collateral Agent).

Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document ” means any (a) instruments, agreements or documents evidencing debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (b) debt securities, indentures and/or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (c) instruments or agreements evidencing any other indebtedness, in each case to the extent that (i) the obligations in respect thereof constitute Other First-Priority Lien Obligations and (ii) if applicable, the Representative with respect thereto has become a party hereto in accordance with Section 6.15 hereof.

Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents ” means each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document and each First-Lien Security Document related thereto.

Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative ” means, with respect to any Series of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations or any separate facility within such Series, the Person elected, designated or appointed as the administrative agent, trustee or other authorized representative of such Series or such separate facility within such Series by or on behalf of the holders of such Series of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations or such separate facility within such Series, and its respective successors in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed.

 

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Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Secured Parties ” means (i) the “Secured Parties” as defined in the First-Lien Security Agreement (other than the First-Lien Note Secured Parties) and (ii) any other holders of any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations who have, directly or through their respective Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and/or Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent, become party to and bound by this Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.15 hereof.

Permitted Remedies ” means, with respect to any Junior Secured Obligations:

(i) filing a claim or statement of interest with respect to such Obligations; provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor;

(ii) taking any action (not adverse to the Liens securing Senior Secured Obligations, the priority status thereof, or the rights of the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any of the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties to exercise rights, powers and/or remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its Lien on any of the Collateral;

(iii) filing any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, including any claims secured by the Junior Secured Obligations Collateral, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(iv) filing any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or applicable law (including the bankruptcy laws of any applicable jurisdiction); and

(v) voting on any Plan of Reorganization, filing any proof of claim, making other filings and making any arguments, obligations and motions (including in support of or opposition to, as applicable, the confirmation or approval of any Plan of Reorganization) that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Plan of Reorganization ” means any plan of reorganization, scheme of arrangement, plan of arrangement or compromise, proposal, plan of liquidation, agreement for composition or other type of plan, proposal or arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

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jurisdiction. Possessory Collateral includes, without limitation, any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments and Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of any Collateral Agent under the terms of the ABL Facility Security Documents or the First-Lien Security Documents. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.

Possessory Collateral Agent ” means, with respect to any Possessory Collateral, the Collateral Agent having possession or control (including through its agents or bailees) of same.

Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

Refinance ” means to amend, restate, supplement, waive, replace (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original parties or otherwise), restructure, repay, refund, refinance or otherwise modify from time to time (including by means of any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the obligations under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof); provided that any of the foregoing that increases the principal amount of Senior Claims with respect to any Collateral shall be effective for purposes hereof only if such increase does not contravene the documents pursuant to which any Junior Claims with respect to such Collateral have been incurred. “ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ” shall have correlative meanings.

Real Estate Asset ” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Grantor in any real property.

Representative ” means (a) in the case of any ABL Obligations, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and (b) in the case of any First-Priority Lien Obligations, the applicable First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative with respect thereto.

Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as intercreditor agent and as senior-priority agent for the senior lender claims under the ABL Credit Agreement, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the first lien note claims under the First-Lien Note Indenture, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the second lien note claims under the Second-Lien Notes Indenture referred to therein, the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Second Priority Collateral Agreement ” means the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, relating to the Company’s 4.69% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022.

 

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Secured Parties ” means (a) the ABL Facility Secured Parties and (b) the First-Lien Secured Parties.

Senior Claims ” means (a) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Obligations secured by such Collateral, and (b) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the First-Priority Lien Obligations secured by such Collateral.

Senior Collateral Agent ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent, and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent.

Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent ” means the First-Lien Collateral Agent and each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent.

Senior Representative ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, each First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative, and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent.

Senior Secured Obligations ” means (a) with respect to the ABL Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the Notes Priority Collateral), the applicable First-Priority Lien Obligations, and (b) with respect to the First-Priority Lien Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral), the ABL Obligations; the First-Priority Lien Obligations shall, collectively, constitute one “ Class ” of Senior Secured Obligations and the ABL Obligations shall constitute a separate “ Class ” of Senior Secured Obligations.

Senior Secured Obligations Collateral ” means, with respect to any Obligations, the Collateral in respect of which such Obligations constitute Senior Claims.

Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents ” means (a) with respect to the First-Priority Lien Obligations, the First-Lien Security Documents, and (b) with respect to the ABL Obligations, the ABL Facility Security Documents.

Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties ” means (a) with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral, the applicable First-Lien Secured Parties (to the extent that the Obligations owing to such First-Lien Secured Parties are secured by the Notes Priority Collateral), and (b) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Secured Parties (to the extent that the Obligations owing to such ABL Facility Secured Parties are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral).

Series ” means (a) the First-Lien Note Obligations and each series of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations, each of which shall constitute a separate Series of the Class of Senior Secured Obligations constituting First-Priority Lien Obligations, except that to the extent that the First-Lien Note Obligations and/or any one or more series of such Other First-Priority Lien Obligations (i) are secured by identical Collateral held by a common collateral agent and (ii) have their security interests documented by a single set of security documents, such First-Lien Note Obligations and/or each such series of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations shall collectively constitute a single Series; and (b) the ABL Obligations, which shall constitute the

 

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sole Series of the Class of Senior Secured Obligations constituting ABL Obligations. With respect to the First-Lien Secured Parties, the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to each Series of First-Priority Lien Obligations shall constitute a separate Series of First-Lien Secured Parties.

Subsidiary ” means any “Subsidiary” of the Company as defined in the Indenture.

Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

ARTICLE II

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Collateral

SECTION 2.01 Priority of Claims. (a) Anything contained herein or in any of the ABL Facility Documents or the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and any Collateral Agent is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Collateral (whether in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise), or any distribution is made in respect of any Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor, the Proceeds (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to Section 2.06 hereof) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “ Proceeds ”) shall be applied as follows:

 

  (i) In the case of Notes Priority Collateral,

FIRST, to the First-Lien Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents (including any intercreditor agreements with respect thereto), until payment in full of any First-Priority Lien Obligations secured by such Notes Priority Collateral, and

SECOND, to the payment in full of the ABL Obligations in accordance with Section 4.02 of the ABL Facility Security Agreement and the other applicable provisions of the ABL Facility Security Documents.

If any ABL Obligations remain outstanding after the Discharge of the First-Priority Lien Obligations, all proceeds of the Notes Priority Collateral will be applied to the repayment of any outstanding ABL Obligations.

 

  (ii) In the case of ABL Priority Collateral,

FIRST, to the payment in full of the ABL Obligations in accordance with Section 4.02 of the ABL Facility Security Agreement and the other applicable provisions of the ABL Facility Security Documents, and

 

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SECOND, to the First-Lien Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents (including any intercreditor agreements with respect thereto).

If any First-Priority Lien Obligations remain outstanding after the Discharge of the ABL Obligations, all proceeds of the ABL Priority Collateral will be applied to the repayment of any outstanding First-Priority Lien Obligations.

Following the Discharge of the First-Priority Lien Obligations and the Discharge of the ABL Obligations, all remaining Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with the terms of any applicable Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement then in effect.

(b) It is acknowledged that (i) the aggregate amount of any Senior Secured Obligations may, subject to the limitations set forth in the ABL Facility, the Indenture and any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, be Refinanced from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the ABL Facility Secured Parties and the First-Lien Secured Parties, and (ii) a portion of the Senior Secured Obligations consists or may consist of indebtedness that is revolving in nature, and the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed. The priorities provided for herein shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any Refinancing of either the Junior Secured Obligations (or any part thereof) or the Senior Secured Obligations (or any part thereof), by the release of any Collateral or of any guarantees for any Junior Secured Obligations or Senior Secured Obligations or by any action that any Representative or Secured Party may take or fail to take in respect of any Collateral.

(c) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the First-Priority Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the ABL Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable legislation of any jurisdiction, or any other applicable law or the ABL Facility Documents or the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, or any defect or deficiencies in or failure to perfect any such Liens or any other circumstance whatsoever:

 

  (i) (1) the Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral securing the First-Priority Lien Obligations will rank senior to any Liens on such Notes Priority Collateral securing the ABL Obligations, and (2) the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Obligations will rank senior to any Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral securing the First-Priority Lien Obligations, and

 

  (ii)

the First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First-Lien Secured Parties, and each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Secured Parties, each hereby agrees that the Liens of each such Collateral Agent on which both of such Collateral Agents have a

 

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  Lien shall be of equal priority; provided , however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to alter the relative rights or priorities of the various Series of First-Priority Lien Obligations against each other Series of First-Priority Lien Obligations, which rights and priorities shall be governed by the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents (including any intercreditor agreements with respect thereto), nor shall the foregoing be construed to grant, or otherwise provide the benefits of, a Lien on any Collateral in favor of a Secured Party that does not hold any Obligations that are secured by such Collateral.

SECTION 2.02 Actions With Respect to Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens.

(a) Until the Discharge of all of the Senior Secured Obligations of a particular Class, (i) only the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral of such Class and then only on the instructions of the applicable Senior Representative (which, in the case of the Notes Priority Collateral, shall be the Applicable First-Lien Agent), (ii) no Collateral Agent shall follow any instructions with respect to such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral from any Junior Representative or from any Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, and (iii) each Junior Representative and the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties shall not, and shall not instruct any Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, receiver and manager, agent, liquidator, administrator, custodian or similar official, person or agent appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Junior Secured Obligations Collateral, whether under any ABL Facility Security Document or any First-Lien Security Document, as applicable, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that (A) only the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, acting in accordance with the ABL Facility Security Documents or the First-Lien Security Documents, as applicable, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies, or to cause any Collateral Agent to do so and (B) notwithstanding the foregoing, each Junior Representative may take Permitted Remedies. Each Senior Collateral Agent may deal with the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral as if they had a senior Lien on such Collateral; provided that, with respect to the Applicable First-Lien Agent and each Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent, the provisions of the applicable First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents (including any intercreditor agreements with respect thereto) shall also be complied with. No Junior Collateral Agent, Junior Representative or Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by any Senior Collateral Agent, Senior Representative or Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party or any other exercise by such Senior Collateral Agent, Senior Representative or Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral.

(b) Each of the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the other First-Lien Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the

 

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ABL Facility Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement, and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and each of the ABL Facility Secured Parties each agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First-Lien Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the other ABL Facility Secured Parties, the First-Lien Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Secured Parties to enforce this Agreement.

(c) The parties hereto agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver a Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement (“ Memorandum ”), together with such other documents in furtherance hereof or thereof, in each case, in proper form for recording in connection with any Mortgages and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, in those jurisdictions where such recording is reasonably recommended or requested by local real estate counsel and/or the title insurance company, or as otherwise deemed reasonably necessary or proper by the parties hereto.

SECTION 2.03 No Duties of Senior Representative; Provision of Notice

(a) Each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that none of the Senior Collateral Agents, the Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party shall have any duties or other obligations to such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, other than to transfer to the Applicable Junior Collateral Agent any proceeds of any such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral remaining in its possession or under its control following any sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral (in each case, unless the Junior Secured Obligations have been Discharged prior to or concurrently with such sale, transfer, disposition, payment or satisfaction) and the Discharge of the Senior Secured Obligations secured thereby, or if a Senior Collateral Agent shall be in possession or control of all or any part of such Collateral after such payment and satisfaction in full and termination, such Collateral or any part thereof remaining, in each case without representation or warranty on the part of any Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that, until the Senior Secured Obligations secured by any Collateral shall have been Discharged, the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Secured Obligations, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or cause the sale, transfer or other disposition of, such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral as provided herein and in the ABL Facility Documents and any First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, as applicable, without regard to any Junior Claims or any rights to which the holders of the Junior Secured Obligations would otherwise be entitled as a result of such Junior Claims. Without limiting the foregoing, each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agrees that none of the Senior Collateral Agents, the Senior Representatives nor any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Senior Secured Obligations Collateral (or any other collateral securing the Senior Secured Obligations), or to sell, dispose of, realize on or liquidate all or any portion of such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral (or any other collateral securing the Senior Secured

 

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Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties waives any claim such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party may now or hereafter have against any Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party (or their representatives, including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint) arising out of (i) any actions which any Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties (or their representatives, including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint) take or omit to take (including, actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, actions with respect to the preservation, foreclosure upon, realization, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the Senior Secured Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the ABL Facility Documents and the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the Senior Secured Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the Senior Secured Obligations, (ii) any election by any Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (iii) subject to Section 2.06, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession.

(b) The First-Lien Collateral Agent shall, after obtaining actual knowledge that it is no longer authorized by the Applicable First-Lien Agent to act as the First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, notify the Company and the other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representatives and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent of the same. Necessary amendments to this agreement shall be made to reflect this Section 2.03(b).

SECTION 2.04 No Interference; Payment Over; Reinstatement. (a) Each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party, each Junior Representative and each Junior Collateral Agent agrees that (i) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or effect of which is, or could be, to make any Junior Claim pari passu with, or to give such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, any Senior Claim with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral or any part thereof, (ii) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any ABL Facility Security Document or First-Lien Security Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under the ABL Facility Security Documents or the First-Lien Security Documents, or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement, (iii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties or any Senior Representative acting on their behalf (or their respective representatives, including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint), (iv) it shall have no right to

 

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(A) direct the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any holder of Senior Secured Obligations (or their respective representatives, including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint) to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral or (B) consent to the exercise by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party (or their respective representatives, including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint) of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, (v) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, injunction, directions, instructions or otherwise with respect to, and none of the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Senior Collateral Agent, such Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, (vi) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral and (vii) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the other ABL Facility Secured Parties, the First-Lien Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Secured Parties to enforce this Agreement.

(b) Each Junior Collateral Agent, each Junior Representative and each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party hereby agrees that, if it shall obtain possession or control of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, pursuant to any ABL Facility Security Document or First-Lien Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under any applicable law or in any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency or similar process or proceeding or through any other exercise of rights or remedies, at any time prior to the Discharge of the Senior Secured Obligations, then it shall hold such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties and transfer such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent reasonably promptly after obtaining actual knowledge, or notice from the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, that it is in possession or control of such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, proceeds or payment. Each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agrees that if, at any time, it receives notice or obtains actual knowledge that all or part of any payment with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations previously made shall be rescinded for any reason whatsoever, such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party shall promptly pay over to the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent any payment received by it and then in its possession or under its control in respect of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral and shall promptly turn over any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral then held by it over to the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, and the provisions set forth in this Agreement shall be reinstated as if such payment had not been made, until the payment and satisfaction in full of the Senior Secured Obligations.

 

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(c) Prior to the Discharge of Senior Secured Obligations, if any Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party holds any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Junior Claims that are intended to secure the Senior Claims pursuant to the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents but are not already subject to a senior Lien in favor of the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party, upon demand by any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party, will assign such Lien to the applicable Senior Representative, as security for such Senior Secured Obligations (in which case the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties may retain a junior Lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof).

SECTION 2.05 Automatic Release of Junior Liens. (a) Each First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and each other First-Lien Secured Party agrees that, in the event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of any ABL Priority Collateral in connection with the foreclosure upon or other exercise of rights and remedies with respect to such ABL Priority Collateral that results in the release by the ABL Facility Collateral Agent of the Lien held by the ABL Facility Collateral Agent on such ABL Priority Collateral (regardless of whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents at the time of such sale, transfer or other disposition), the Lien held by the First-Lien Collateral Agent on such ABL Priority Collateral shall be automatically released; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, all holders of the First-Priority Lien Obligations shall be entitled to any proceeds of a sale, transfer or other disposition under this clause (a) that remain after Discharge of the ABL Obligations, and the Liens on such remaining proceeds securing the First-Priority Lien Obligations shall not be automatically released pursuant to this Section 2.05(a).

(b) The ABL Facility Collateral Agent and each other ABL Facility Secured Party agrees that, in the event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of any Notes Priority Collateral in connection with the foreclosure upon or other exercise of rights and remedies with respect to such Notes Priority Collateral that results in the release by the First-Lien Collateral Agent of the Lien held by the First-Lien Collateral Agent on such Notes Priority Collateral (regardless of whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the ABL Facility Documents at the time of such sale, transfer or other disposition), the Lien held by the ABL Facility Collateral Agent on such Notes Priority Collateral shall be automatically released; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, all holders of the ABL Obligations shall be entitled to any proceeds of a sale, transfer or other disposition under this clause (a) that remain after Discharge of all First-Priority Lien Obligations, and the Liens on such remaining proceeds securing the ABL Obligations shall not be automatically released pursuant to this Section 2.05(b).

(c) Each Junior Representative and each Junior Collateral Agent agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the applicable Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the applicable Senior Representative or the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Junior Collateral provided for in this Section.

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Subsidiaries) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (i) by the owner of such Collateral in a transaction permitted under the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents and the ABL Facility Documents, or (ii) during the existence of any Event of Default under the ABL Facility, the Indenture or any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document, as applicable, to the extent the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent has consented to such sale, transfer or disposition, then the Liens in favor of the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties upon such Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral are released and discharged; provided that the proceeds of such sale, transfer or disposition shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.01(a). Upon delivery to each Junior Collateral Agent of a notice from the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent stating that any release of Liens securing or supporting the Senior Secured Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon each Junior Collateral Agent’s release), each Junior Collateral Agent will promptly execute and deliver such instruments, releases, terminations statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms. In the case of the sale of all or substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries, the guarantee in favor of the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, if any, made by such Grantor or Subsidiary will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, the guarantee by such Grantor or Subsidiary of Senior Secured Obligations is released and discharged.

SECTION 2.06 Certain Agreements With Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. (a) This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar law by or against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(b) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.06, if the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall become subject to a case (a “ Bankruptcy Case ”) under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other similar law:

(i) if the ABL Facility Collateral Agent desires to permit any Grantor to become subject to a Bankruptcy Case, as debtor(s)-in-possession, and move for the approval of financing (“ DIP Financing ”) secured by a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral, to be provided by one or more lenders (the “ DIP Lenders ”) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, then the Applicable First-Lien Agent and the First-Lien Secured Parties hereby agree not to object to any such financing or to the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the same (“ DIP Financing Liens ”) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes ABL Priority Collateral, unless the ABL Facility Collateral Agent shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral that constitutes ABL Priority Collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such ABL Priority Collateral for the benefit of the ABL Facility Secured Parties, each First-Lien Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such ABL Priority Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the ABL Facility Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any ABL Facility Secured Party constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such ABL Priority Collateral granted to secure the ABL Obligations of the ABL Facility Secured Parties, each First-Lien Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such ABL Priority Collateral as set forth herein), in

 

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each case so long as (A) the First-Lien Secured Parties retain the benefit of their Liens on all such ABL Priority Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding (other than any Liens constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the First-Lien Secured Parties are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any ABL Facility Secured Party as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the ABL Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any ABL Facility Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection are applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the First-Lien Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral that shall not constitute ABL Priority Collateral; and provided further that the First-Lien Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other First-Lien Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such First-Lien Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral; and

(ii) if the Applicable First-Lien Agent desires to permit any Grantor to become subject to a Bankruptcy Case, as debtor(s)-in-possession, and move for the approval of a DIP Financing secured by a Lien on Notes Priority Collateral, to be provided by DIP Lenders under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, then the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and the ABL Facility Secured Parties hereby agree not to object to any such financing or to the DIP Financing Liens or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Notes Priority Collateral, unless the Applicable First-Lien Agent shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral that constitutes Notes Priority Collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Notes Priority Collateral for the benefit of the First-Lien Secured Parties, each ABL Facility Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Notes Priority Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the First-Lien Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any ABL Facility Secured Party constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Notes Priority Collateral granted to secure the First-Priority Lien Obligations of the First-Lien Secured Parties, each ABL Facility Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Notes Priority Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the ABL Facility Secured Parties retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Notes Priority Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding (other than any Liens constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the ABL Facility Secured Parties are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First-Lien Secured Party as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the First-Priority Lien Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any First-Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the ABL Facility Secured Parties shall have a right to

 

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object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral that shall not constitute Notes Priority Collateral; and provided further that the ABL Facility Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other ABL Facility Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such ABL Facility Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.

(c) The Applicable Junior Collateral Agent and each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agrees that it will not object to and will not otherwise contest: (i) any motion for relief from the automatic stay (including by way of moratorium) or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of the Senior Secured Obligations made by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party; (ii) any lawful exercise by any holder of Senior Claims of the right to credit bid Senior Claims in any sale of Collateral that is Senior Secured Obligations Collateral with respect to such Senior Claims; (iii) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral; (iv) any sale or other disposition of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral (or any portion thereof) under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code, if the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties of any Series shall have consented to such sale or disposition of such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral; or (v) any order relating to a sale of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent has consented which provides that, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, the Liens securing the Senior Secured Obligations and the Junior Secured Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens securing such Obligations on the assets being sold, in accordance with this Agreement.

(d) The Applicable Junior Collateral Agent and each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agrees that it will not seek relief from the automatic stay (including by way of moratorium) or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to Senior Secured Obligations Collateral without the prior consent of the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent.

(e) The Applicable Junior Collateral Agent and each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party hereby agrees that it will not object to and will not otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting): (i) any request by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party for adequate protection or (ii) any objection by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party claiming a lack of adequate protection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (x) if the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar law, then the Applicable Junior Collateral Agent may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such additional collateral, so long as, with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, such Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing the Senior Secured Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto), on the same basis as

 

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the other Liens securing Junior Secured Obligations on the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral are subordinated to the Liens on Senior Secured Obligations Collateral securing the Senior Secured Obligations under this Agreement and (y) in the event the Applicable Junior Collateral Agent seeks or requests adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then the Applicable Junior Collateral Agent and the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties hereby agree that the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties shall also be granted a Lien on such additional collateral as security for the Senior Secured Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral that constitutes Senior Secured Obligations Collateral securing the Junior Secured Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Secured Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens on Senior Secured Obligations Collateral granted to the holders of Senior Secured Obligations as adequate protection on the same basis as the Liens securing Junior Secured Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing the Senior Secured Obligations under this Agreement.

(f) The Applicable Junior Collateral Agent and each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party hereby agrees that (i) it will not oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party for allowance of Senior Secured Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties on the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, and (ii) until the Discharge of Senior Secured Obligations has occurred, the Applicable Junior Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, senior to or on a parity with the Liens on Senior Secured Obligations Collateral securing the Senior Secured Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Collateral.

(g) The First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First-Lien Secured Parties, and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, on behalf of the ABL Facility Secured Parties, acknowledge and intend that the grants of Liens pursuant to the First-Lien Security Documents, on the one hand, and the ABL Facility Security Documents, on the other hand, constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens, and because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the First-Priority Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the ABL Obligations and must be separately classified in any Plan of Reorganization proposed or confirmed (or approved) in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Facility Secured Parties and the First-Lien Secured Parties in respect of any Collateral constitute claims in the same class (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the ABL Facility Secured Parties and the First-Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Obligations and First-Priority Lien Obligations against the Grantors (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the ABL Priority Collateral or the Notes Priority Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the other Secured Parties for whom such Collateral is Junior Secured Obligations Collateral), the ABL Facility Secured Parties or the First-Lien Secured Parties, respectively, shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all

 

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amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, fees or expenses that are available from the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral for each of the ABL Facility Secured Parties and the First-Lien Secured Parties, respectively, before any distribution is made in respect of the Junior Claims with respect to such Collateral, with the holder of such Junior Claims hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the respective other Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries).

SECTION 2.07 Reinstatement. In the event that any of the Senior Secured Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar law), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until all such Senior Secured Obligations shall again have been irrevocably paid in full in cash.

SECTION 2.08 Entry Upon Premises by the ABL Facility Collateral Agent. (a) If the ABL Facility Collateral Agent takes any enforcement action with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, the First-Lien Secured Parties (i) shall cooperate with the ABL Facility Collateral Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and subject to the condition that the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to the First-Lien Secured Parties) in its efforts to enforce its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral and to finish any work-in-process and assemble the ABL Priority Collateral, (ii) shall not take or direct any Collateral Agent (including any receiver, receiver and manager or agent appointed by it) to take any action designed or intended to hinder or restrict in any respect the ABL Facility Collateral Agent (including any receiver, receiver and manager or agent appointed by it) from enforcing its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral or from finishing any work-in-process or assembling the ABL Priority Collateral, and (iii) shall permit and direct the First-Lien Collateral Agent and each other Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent (including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint) to permit the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, and their respective employees, advisers and representatives (including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint), at the sole cost and expense of the ABL Facility Secured Parties and upon reasonable advance notice, to enter upon and use the Notes Priority Collateral (including (x) equipment, processors, computers and other machinery related to the storage or processing of records, documents or files and (y) intellectual property) for a period not to exceed 180 days after the taking of such enforcement action, for purposes (to the extent permitted under applicable law) of (A) assembling and storing the ABL Priority Collateral and completing the processing of and turning into finished goods of any ABL Priority Collateral consisting of work-in-process, (B) selling any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral located on such Notes Priority Collateral, whether in bulk, in lots or to customers in the ordinary course of business or otherwise, (C) removing any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral located on such Notes Priority Collateral, or (D) taking reasonable actions to protect, secure, and otherwise enforce the rights and remedies of the ABL Facility Secured Parties and the ABL Facility Collateral Agent in and to and relating to the ABL Priority Collateral; provided , however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall restrict the rights of a Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent (acting on the instructions of the applicable First-Lien Secured Parties) from selling, assigning or otherwise

 

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transferring any Notes Priority Collateral prior to the expiration of such 180-day period if the purchaser, assignee or transferee thereof agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section. If any stay or other order prohibiting the exercise of remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, such 180-day period shall be tolled during the pendency of any such stay or other order. If the ABL Facility Collateral Agent (including any receiver, receiver and manager or agent appointed by it) conducts a public auction or private sale of the ABL Priority Collateral at any of the real property included within the Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent shall use reasonable efforts to hold such auction or sale in a manner which would not unduly disrupt any Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent’s use of such real property for the benefit of the First-Lien Secured Parties.

(b) During the period of actual occupation, use or control by the ABL Facility Secured Parties or their agents or representatives (including the ABL Facility Collateral Agent to the extent acting on behalf of such parties and including any receiver, receiver and manager, delegate or agent they may appoint) of any Notes Priority Collateral, the ABL Facility Secured Parties shall be obligated to repair at their expense any physical damage to such Notes Priority Collateral or other assets or property resulting from such occupancy, use or control, and to leave such Notes Priority Collateral or other assets or property in substantially the same condition as it was at the commencement of such occupancy, use or control, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the ABL Facility Secured Parties have any liability to the First-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to this Section as a result of any condition (including any environmental condition, claim or liability) on or with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral existing prior to the date of the exercise by the ABL Facility Secured Parties of their rights under this Section and the ABL Facility Secured Parties shall have no duty or liability to maintain the Notes Priority Collateral in a condition or manner better than that in which it was maintained prior to the use thereof by the ABL Facility Secured Parties, or for any diminution in the value of the Notes Priority Collateral that results solely from ordinary wear and tear resulting from the use of the Notes Priority Collateral by the ABL Facility Secured Parties in the manner and for the time periods specified under this Section 2.08. Without limiting the rights granted in this paragraph, the ABL Facility Secured Parties shall cooperate with the First-Lien Collateral Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the First-Lien Collateral Agent and subject to the condition that the ABL Facility Secured Parties shall have no obligation or duty to take any action or refrain from taking any action that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability or damage to the ABL Facility Secured Parties) in connection with any efforts made by it to cause the Notes Priority Collateral to be sold.

(c) In addition, the First-Lien Secured Parties and their respective Senior Representatives hereby grant to the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and the ABL Facility Secured Parties a non-exclusive worldwide license or right to use, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent of their interest therein, exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation, any of the Notes Priority Collateral consisting of intellectual property in connection with the liquidation, collection, disposition or other realization upon the ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to any enforcement action by the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and the ABL Facility Secured Parties; provided , however, such non-exclusive license shall immediately expire upon the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all such ABL Priority Collateral.

 

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SECTION 2.09 Insurance. Unless and until the ABL Obligations have been Discharged, as between the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and the First-Lien Collateral Agent, on the other hand, only the ABL Facility Collateral Agent will have the right (subject to the rights of the Grantors under the ABL Facility Documents and the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents) to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting ABL Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the ABL Priority Collateral. Unless and until the First-Priority Lien Obligations have been Discharged, as between the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and the First-Lien Collateral Agent, on the other hand, only the First-Lien Collateral Agent will have the right (subject to the rights of the Grantors under the ABL Facility Documents and the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents) to adjust or settle any insurance policy covering or constituting Notes Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding solely affecting the Notes Priority Collateral. To the extent that an insured loss covers or constitutes ABL Priority Collateral and Notes Priority Collateral, then the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent will work jointly and in good faith to collect, adjust or settle (subject to the rights of the Grantors under the ABL Facility Documents and the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents) under the relevant insurance policy.

SECTION 2.10 Refinancings. Each of the ABL Obligations and the First-Priority Lien Obligations and the agreements or indentures governing them may be Refinanced, in each case without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any ABL Facility Document or any First-Priority Lien Obligations Document), of any ABL Facility Secured Party or any First-Lien Secured Party, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided , however, that the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their behalf) bind themselves in writing (to the extent they are not already so bound) to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to such Refinancing documents or agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as each Applicable Senior Collateral Agent, shall reasonably request and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Applicable Senior Collateral Agent. In connection with any Refinancing contemplated by this Section 2.10, this Agreement may be amended at the request and sole expense of the Company, and without the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit such Refinancing transaction under any ABL Facility Document or any First-Priority Lien Obligations Document) of any Representative, (a) to add parties (or any authorized agent or trustee therefor) providing any such Refinancing, (b) to confirm that such Refinancing indebtedness in respect of any First-Priority Lien Obligations shall have the same rights and priorities in respect of any Notes Priority Collateral as the indebtedness being Refinanced and (c) to confirm that such Refinancing indebtedness in respect of any ABL Obligations shall have the same rights and priorities in respect of any ABL Priority Collateral as the indebtedness being Refinanced, all on the terms provided for herein immediately prior to such Refinancing. Any such additional party and each Applicable Senior Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on the determination of officers of the Company that such modifications do not violate the ABL Facility Documents or the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents if such determination is set forth in an officers’ certificate delivered to such party and each Applicable Senior Collateral Agent; provided , however, that such determination will not affect whether or not the Company has complied with its undertakings in any such document or this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 2.11 Amendments to Security Documents .

(a) Each of the First-Priority Lien Obligations Representatives and other First-Lien Secured Parties agrees that, without the prior written consent of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, no First-Lien Security Document to which such First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative or First-Lien Secured Party is party may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification or the terms of any new First-Lien Security Document would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Each of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent and other ABL Facility Secured Parties agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Agent and each Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent, no ABL Facility Security Document to which the ABL Facility Collateral Agent or ABL Facility Secured Parties are party may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification or the terms of any new ABL Facility Security Document would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement.

(c) In the event that any Senior Collateral Agent or Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of or replace any of the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of such Senior Collateral Agent, such Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, the Company or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in the applicable Senior Secured Obligations Collateral), then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each Comparable Junior Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Junior Collateral Agent or any Junior Lien Obligations Secured Party and without any action by any Junior Collateral Agent, any Junior Lien Obligations Secured Party, the Company or any other Grantor; provided , however, that (A) such amendment, waiver or consent does not materially adversely affect the rights of the applicable Junior Lien Obligations Secured Parties or the interests of the applicable Junior Lien Obligations Secured Parties in the applicable Junior Lien Obligations Collateral and not the Senior Collateral Agent or the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, as the case may be, that have a security interest in the affected collateral in a like or similar manner, and (B) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given by the Company to the Applicable Junior Collateral Agent.

SECTION 2.12 Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection. (a) Each Possessory Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Possessory Collateral that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for, or, as applicable, on trust for, the benefit of each Secured Party and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral pursuant to the ABL Facility Security Documents or the First-Lien Security Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.12. To the extent any Possessory Collateral is possessed by or is under the control of a Collateral Agent (either directly or through its agents or bailees) other than the Applicable Possessory Collateral Agent, such Collateral Agent shall deliver such Possessory Collateral to (or shall cause such Possessory

 

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Collateral to be delivered to) the Applicable Possessory Collateral Agent and shall take all actions reasonably requested in writing by the Applicable Possessory Collateral Agent to cause the Applicable Possessory Collateral Agent to have possession or control of same. Pending such delivery to the Applicable Possessory Collateral Agent, each other Collateral Agent agrees to hold any Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee for, or, as applicable, on trust for, the benefit of each other Secured Party and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable ABL Facility Security Documents or First-Lien Security Documents, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.12.

(b) Each Possessory Collateral Agent further agrees to hold the Possessory Collateral that is part of the Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for, or, as applicable, on trust for, the Intercreditor Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral pursuant to the Second Priority Collateral Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(c) The duties or responsibilities of each Possessory Collateral Agent and each other Collateral Agent under this Section 2.12 shall be limited solely to holding the Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee for, or, as applicable, on trust for, the benefit of (x) each Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the security interest held by the Secured Parties therein and (y) the Intercreditor Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral pursuant to the Second Priority Collateral Agreement.

(d) Upon the Discharge of all First-Priority Lien Obligations, each Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent shall deliver to the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Possessory Collateral (if any) held by it, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the ABL Facility Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Possessory Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify the Possessory Collateral Agent for loss or damage suffered by the Possessory Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by the Possessory Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. No Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent shall be obligated to follow instructions from the ABL Facility Collateral Agent in contravention of this Agreement.

(e) Upon the Discharge of all ABL Obligations, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent shall deliver to the First-Lien Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Possessory Collateral (if any) held by it, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the First-Lien Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Possessory Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify the Possessory Collateral Agent for loss or damage suffered by the Possessory Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by the Possessory Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The ABL Facility Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to follow instructions from any Senior First-Priority Collateral Agent in contravention of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III

Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations

Whenever a Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any Senior Secured Obligations (or the existence of any commitment to extend credit that would constitute Senior Secured Obligations) or Junior Secured Obligations, or the Collateral subject to any such Lien, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by the other Representatives and shall be entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided , however, that, if a Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination by such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Company. Each Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any Secured Party or any other Person as a result of such determination.

ARTICLE IV

Consent of Grantors

Each Grantor hereby consents to the provisions of this Agreement and the intercreditor arrangements provided for herein and agrees that the obligations of the Grantors under the ABL Facility Security Documents and the First-Lien Security Documents will in no way be diminished or otherwise affected by such provisions or arrangements (except as expressly provided herein, including under Section 2.05 and Section 6.11).

ARTICLE V

Representations and Warranties

SECTION 5.01 Representations and Warranties of Each Party. Each party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto as follows:

(a) Such party is duly organized or incorporated (as the case may be), validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation (as the case may be) and has all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

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(c) The execution, delivery and performance by such party of this Agreement (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any governmental authority of which the failure to obtain could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the ABL Facility), (ii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any order of any governmental authority or any credit agreement, agreement or other instrument binding upon such party which could reasonably be expected to have such a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) will not violate the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of such party.

SECTION 5.02 Representations and Warranties of Each Representative. Each Collateral Agent and Representative represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is authorized under the ABL Facility or the applicable First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, as applicable, to enter into this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

Miscellaneous

SECTION 6.01 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(a) if to the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3/Ops 2, Newark, DE 19713, Attention: Investment Bank Loan Operations, Evan Zacharias, Telephone: 302-634-1405, Telecopier: 302-634-1417, E-mail: evan.zacharias@jpmorgan.com;

(b) if to the First-Lien Collateral Agent, to it at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 525 William Penn Place, 38th floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15259, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, Telecopier: 412-234-7535;

(c) if to any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent or Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative, to it at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement;

(d) if to the Company, to it at 260 Hudson River Road, Waterford, New York 12188, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, Telecopier: 518-233-5208, with a copy to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Gregory A. Ezring, Telephone: 212-373-3458, Telecopier: 212-492-0458; and

(e) if to any other Grantor, to it in care of the Company as provided in clause (d) above.

Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (and for this purpose a notice to the Company shall be deemed to be a notice to each Grantor). All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement

 

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shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 6.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 6.01. As agreed to in writing among the Company, the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the Applicable First-Lien Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent and each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

SECTION 6.02 Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Subject to Sections 2.03, 2.10, 2.11 and 6.15, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Representative, each Collateral Agent and the Company (for and on behalf of each of the other Grantors). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company, at the Company’s expense and without the consent of any Representative, any Collateral Agent, any ABL Facility Secured Party or any First-Lien Secured Party, to (i) add other parties holding other ABL Obligations (or any agent or trustee therefor) and Other First-Priority Lien Obligations (or any agent or trustee therefor), in each case to the extent such indebtedness is not prohibited by the ABL Facility Documents or the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, (ii) in the case of other ABL Obligations, (A) establish that the Lien on the Notes Priority Collateral securing such other ABL Obligations shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral securing any First-Priority Lien Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the Notes Priority Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral securing any other ABL Obligations (subject to the terms of the ABL Facility Documents), (B) establish that the Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing such other ABL Obligations shall be superior in all respects to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any First-Priority Lien Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the ABL Priority Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any other ABL Obligations (subject to the terms of the ABL Facility Documents), and (C) provide to the holders of such other ABL Obligations (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent) as are provided to the holders of ABL Obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) in the case of Other First-Priority Lien Obligations, (A) establish that the

 

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Lien on the Notes Priority Collateral securing such Other First-Priority Lien Obligations shall be superior in all respects to all Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral securing any ABL Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the Notes Priority Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Notes Priority Collateral securing any other First-Priority Lien Obligations (subject to the terms of the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents), (B) establish that the Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing such Other First-Priority Lien Obligations shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any ABL Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the ABL Priority Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any other First-Priority Lien Obligations (subject to the terms of the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents), and (C) provide to the holders of such Other First-Priority Lien Obligations (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent) as are provided to the holders of then-existing First-Priority Lien Obligations under this Agreement, in each case so long as such modifications do not expressly violate the provisions of the ABL Facility Documents or the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents. Any such additional party and each Applicable Senior Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on the determination of officers of the Company that such modifications do not violate the ABL Facility Documents or the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents if such determination is set forth in an officers’ certificate delivered to such party and each Applicable Senior Collateral Agent; provided , however, that such determination will not affect whether or not the Company has complied with its undertakings in any such document or this Agreement.

SECTION 6.03 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other ABL Facility Secured Parties and the other First-Lien Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.

SECTION 6.04 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

SECTION 6.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or any other electronic means shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 6.06 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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SECTION 6.07 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party hereto may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 6.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 6.08 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 6.09 Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 6.10 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any of the ABL Facility Documents and/or any of the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.

 

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SECTION 6.11 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the ABL Facility Secured Parties and the First-Lien Secured Parties in relation to one another. None of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement ( provided that nothing in this Agreement (other than Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.10 and 2.11 and Article VI) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the ABL Facility or any First-Priority Lien Obligations Document), and none of the Company or any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.10 and 2.11 and Article VI). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any ABL Facility Document or any First-Priority Lien Obligations Document, the Grantors shall not be required to act or refrain from acting (a) pursuant to this Agreement or any First-Priority Lien Obligations Document with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral in any manner that would cause a default under any ABL Facility Document, or (b) pursuant to this Agreement or any ABL Facility Document with respect to any Notes Priority Collateral in any manner that would cause a default under any First-Priority Lien Obligations Document.

SECTION 6.12 Agent Capacities. Except as expressly set forth herein, none of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the Applicable First-Lien Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representatives or the Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agents shall have (i) any duties or obligations in respect of any of the Collateral, all of such duties and obligations, if any, being subject to and governed by the ABL Facility Documents and the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, as the case may be, or (ii) any liability or responsibility for the actions or omissions of any other Secured Party or for any other Secured Party’s compliance with (or failure to comply with) the terms of this Agreement. None of the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the Applicable First-Lien Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representatives or the Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agents shall have individual liability to any Person if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to any Secured Party (or Grantor) any amounts in violation of the terms of this Agreement, so long as such Person is acting in good faith and without gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 6.13 Applicable First-Lien Agent and First-Lien Collateral Agent. Each of the Applicable First-Lien Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its capacity as such and pursuant to directions set forth in the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents (including any intercreditor agreements with respect thereto); and in so doing, neither the Applicable First-Lien Agent nor the First-Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for any purpose. Neither the Applicable First-Lien Agent nor the First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have duties or obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement other than such duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement as duties on its part to be performed or observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to this Agreement,

 

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each of the Applicable First-Lien Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have and be protected by all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under the First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents (including any intercreditor agreements with respect thereto).

SECTION 6.14 Supplements. Upon the execution by any subsidiary of the Company of a supplement hereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agents, such subsidiary shall be a party to this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions hereof to the same extent as the Company and each Grantor are so bound. The Company shall cause any subsidiary that becomes a Grantor to execute and deliver such supplement.

SECTION 6.15 Joinder Requirements. The Company may designate additional obligations as Other First-Priority Lien Obligations or other ABL Obligations only if (x) the incurrence of such obligations is permitted under each of the ABL Facility, any existing First-Priority Lien Obligations Document, as applicable, and this Agreement, and (y) the Company shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to each Collateral Agent certifying to same. If so permitted, the Company shall (i) notify each Representative in writing of such designation and (ii) cause (1) the applicable Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and/or the applicable Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent or (2) the additional collateral agent for the new ABL Obligations to execute and deliver to each other Representative, a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B , as applicable, hereto and the respective joinder agreement to any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or intercreditor agreement with regard to the First-Priority Lien Obligations, as applicable.

SECTION 6.16 Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Applicable First-Lien Agent, each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and each Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent hereby appoint the ABL Facility Collateral Agent to act as “Intercreditor Agent” on their behalf pursuant to the Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any other Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (in such capacity, the “ Intercreditor Agent ”). The Intercreditor Agent, solely in such capacity under the Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any other Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, shall take direction from (i) the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, and (ii) the First-Lien Collateral Agent, with respect to the Notes Priority Collateral.

SECTION 6.17 Other Junior Intercreditor Agreements. In addition, in the event that the Company or any subsidiary incurs any obligations in addition to the Second-Lien Notes secured by a lien on any Collateral that is junior to the First-Priority Lien Obligations or the ABL Obligations, then the ABL Facility Collateral Agent, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Applicable First-Lien Agent, any such Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative and/or any Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent shall enter into a joinder to the Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement or another Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement with the agent or trustee for the secured parties with respect to such secured obligation to reflect the relative lien priorities of such parties with respect to the Collateral and governing the relative rights, benefits and privileges as among such parties in respect of the Collateral, including as to application of proceeds of the Collateral, voting rights, control of the Collateral and waivers with respect to the Collateral, in each case so long as such

 

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secured obligations are permitted under, and the terms of such intercreditor agreement do not violate or conflict with, the provisions of this Agreement or the other ABL Facility Documents or First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents, as the case may be; provided that the terms and conditions of any such intercreditor agreement shall not be materially less favorable to the holders of the obligations secured by senior Liens on such Collateral, taken as a whole, than the corresponding provisions of the Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any such intercreditor agreement that contains provisions substantially similar, taken as a whole, to those set forth in the Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to Liens over the Collateral securing the ABL Obligations and the First-Priority Lien Obligations, but contains other provisions in relation to Liens over the Collateral ranking junior to those securing the ABL Obligations and the First-Priority Lien Obligations, shall be deemed to comply with the requirement set forth in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence. Each party hereto agrees that the ABL Facility Secured Parties (as among themselves) and the First-Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) may each enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) with the Applicable Senior Collateral Agent governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the ABL Facility Secured Parties or the First-Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, in respect of the Collateral, this Agreement and the applicable Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents, as the case may be, including as to the application of proceeds of the Collateral, voting rights, control of the Collateral and waivers with respect to the Collateral, in each case so long as the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the other applicable Senior Secured Obligations Collateral Documents, as the case may be. If any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) is entered into, the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any other ABL Facility Document or First-Priority Lien Obligations Document, and the provisions of this Agreement and the other ABL Facility Documents and First-Priority Lien Obligations Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement)).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ,
as ABL Facility Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ Neil R. Boylan

  Name:   Neil R. Boylan
  Title:   Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to ABL Intercreditor Agreement]


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. , as Applicable First-Lien Agent and First-Lien Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

  Name:   R. Tarnas
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to ABL Intercreditor Agreement]


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:  

George F. Knight

  Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:  

George F. Knight

  Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to ABL Intercreditor Agreement]


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:  

Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member

  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:  

Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member

  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:  

George F. Knight

  Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:  

Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, its sole member

  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to ABL Intercreditor Agreement]


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to ABL Intercreditor Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

JOINDER AGREEMENT

(Other First-Priority Lien Obligations)

This JOINDER AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of [            ], [        ], is among [                    ] (the “ New Representative ”), as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative, [[                    ] (the “ New Collateral Agent ”), as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent,] 1 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as ABL Facility Collateral Agent, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as First-Lien Collateral Agent and MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. (on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries).

This Agreement is supplemental to that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”), by and among the parties (other than the New Representative [and the New Collateral Agent]) referred to above. This Agreement has been entered into to record the accession of the New Representative as Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative under the Intercreditor Agreement[, to record the accession of the New Collateral Agent as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement] and to evidence the authority granted by the New Representative to the Applicable First-Lien Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent to act on behalf of the New Representative under the Intercreditor Agreement.

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Intercreditor Agreement.

ARTICLE II

Accession

SECTION 2.01 The New Representative agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative as if it had originally been party to the Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative.

SECTION 2.02 [The New Collateral Agent agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent as if it had originally been party to the Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent.] The New

 

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Representative agrees that the Applicable First-Lien Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act on behalf of the New Representative under the Intercreditor Agreement, and each of the Applicable First-Lien Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent accepts such authority.

SECTION 2.03 The New Representative [and the New Collateral Agent] [confirms] [confirm] that [its] [their] address details for notices pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement are as follows: [                    ].

SECTION 2.04 Each party to this Agreement (other than the New Representative [and the New Collateral Agent]) confirms the acceptance of the New Representative [and the New Collateral Agent] as an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative [and an Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent, respectively,] for purposes of the Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 2.05 [                    ] is acting in its capacity as Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Representative [and [                    ] is acting in its capacity as Other First-Priority Lien Obligations Collateral Agent] solely for the Secured Parties under [                    ].

ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous

SECTION 3.01 This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to such Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

SECTION 3.02 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or any other electronic means shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

[INSERT SIGNATURE BLOCKS]


EXHIBIT B

JOINDER AGREEMENT

(ABL Obligations)

This JOINDER AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of [            ], [        ], is among [                    ], as an ABL Facility Collateral Agent (the “ New Collateral Agent ”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as ABL Facility Collateral Agent, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as First-Lien Collateral Agent and MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. (on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries).

This Agreement is supplemental to that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2014 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”), by and among the parties (other than the New Collateral Agent) referred to above. This Agreement has been entered into to record the accession of the New Collateral Agent as ABL Facility Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement.

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Intercreditor Agreement.

ARTICLE II

Accession

SECTION 2.01 The New Collateral Agent agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the Intercreditor Agreement as [an] ABL Facility Collateral Agent as if it had originally been party to the Intercreditor Agreement as an ABL Facility Collateral Agent.

SECTION 2.02 The New Collateral Agent confirms that its address details for notices pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement are as follows: [                    ].

SECTION 2.03 Each party to this Agreement (other than the New Collateral Agent) confirms the acceptance of the New Collateral Agent as an ABL Facility Collateral Agent for purposes of the Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 2.04 [                    ] is acting in its capacity as ABL Facility Collateral Agent solely for the Secured Parties under [                    ].


ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous

SECTION 3.01 This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to such Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

SECTION 3.02 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or any other electronic means shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

[INSERT SIGNATURE BLOCKS]

Exhibit 4.6

EXECUTION VERSION

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

dated as of

October 24, 2014

among

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and as Intercreditor Agent,

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as First-Lien Notes Agent,

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee and as Collateral Agent,

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

and

The Subsidiaries of Momentive Performance Materials Inc. Named Herein


INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of October 24, 2014, among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ( JPMCB ”), as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and as Intercreditor Agent, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as First-Lien Notes Agent, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each Subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto.

A. MPM Intermediate Holdings Inc., the Company, Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC (f/k/a Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc.), as U.S. borrower, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, as Germany silicone borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Quartz GmbH, as Germany quartz borrower, Momentive Performance Materials Nova Scotia ULC, as Canadian borrower, the lenders and other parties party thereto from time to time and JPMCB, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “ ABL Credit Agreement Agent ”) are party to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession and Exit Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ ABL Credit Agreement ”). The Obligations of the Company and certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries under the ABL Credit Agreement and the Senior Lender Documents executed or delivered pursuant thereto constitute First-Lien Indebtedness and Senior Lender Claims hereunder.

B. The Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent (the “ First-Lien Notes Agent ”), are party to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ First-Lien Notes Indenture ”), pursuant to which 3.88% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “ First-Lien Notes ”) are governed. The Obligations of the Company and certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries under the First-Lien Notes Indenture and the Senior Lender Documents executed or delivered pursuant thereto constitute First-Lien Indebtedness and Senior Lender Claims hereunder.

C. The Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and the Trustee are party to the Indenture, dated as of date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Second-Lien Notes Indenture ”), pursuant to which the Notes are governed. The Obligations of the Company, and certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries under the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, the Notes, and the other Noteholder Documents constitute Noteholder Claims and Second-Priority Claims hereunder.

D. This Agreement governs the relationship between the Senior Lenders as a group, on the one hand, and the Second-Priority Secured Parties as a group, on the other hand, with respect to the Common Collateral, while the ABL Intercreditor Agreement governs, as of the date hereof, the relationship among the Senior Lenders with respect to the Common Collateral.

Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

Section I. Definitions.

1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABL Credit Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

ABL Credit Agreement Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

ABL Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as

 

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of the date hereof, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Facility Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Company and Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Agreement ” shall mean this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Bankruptcy Law ” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or on which banking institutions in the State of New York are required or authorized by law or other governmental action to close.

Cash Management Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all obligations, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any other Person that arise from treasury, depositary or cash management services, including any automated clearing house transfers of funds or any similar transactions.

Collateral Agent ” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders under the Second-Lien Notes Indenture.

Common Collateral ” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting both Senior Lender Collateral and Second-Priority Collateral.

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Comparable Second-Priority Collateral Document ” shall mean, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under any Senior Collateral Document, those Second-Priority Collateral Documents that create a Lien on the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.

Deposit Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code.

Deposit Account Collateral ” shall mean that part of the Common Collateral (if any) comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts.

DIP Financing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

Discharge of Senior Lender Claims ” shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of (a) all Obligations in respect of all outstanding First-Lien Indebtedness and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with any Senior Debt Instrument, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other Senior Lender Claims that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid.

First-Lien Indebtedness ” shall mean (a) any Bank Indebtedness (as defined in the Second-Lien Notes Indenture on the date hereof), including all Indebtedness incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Senior Debt Instrument and the other Senior Lender Documents, that is secured by a Permitted Lien (as defined in the Second-Lien Notes Indenture on the date hereof) and that

 

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is designated by the Company as First-Lien Indebtedness hereunder, (b) all other Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness) of the Company and its Subsidiaries under the agreements governing such Bank Indebtedness, (c) the First-Lien Notes, (d) the ABL Obligations (as defined in the Second-Lien Notes Indenture) and (e) all other Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations or Cash Management Obligations in connection with Indebtedness described in clauses (a) or (d).

First-Lien Notes ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

First Lien Notes Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

First-Lien Notes Indenture ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

First-Priority Representative ” shall mean, at any time, the Intercreditor Agent hereunder at such time.

Future First-Lien Indebtedness ” shall mean any First-Lien Indebtedness, other than First-Lien Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement, the First-Lien Notes and the Senior Lender Documents entered into in connection therewith, that is designated by the Company as Future First-Lien Indebtedness.

Future Second-Lien Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness or Obligations (other than Noteholder Claims) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that is to be equally and ratably secured with the Noteholder Claims and is so designated by the Company as Future Second-Lien Indebtedness hereunder; provided, however, that such Future Second-Lien Indebtedness is permitted to be so incurred in accordance with any Senior Lender Documents and any Second-Priority Documents, as applicable.

Grantors ” shall mean the Company and each of the Subsidiaries that has executed and delivered a Second-Priority Collateral Document or a Senior Collateral Document.

Hedging Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (a) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements, and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

Indebtedness ” shall mean and include all obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the meaning of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or the First-Lien Notes Indenture, as applicable.

Indenture Secured Parties ” shall mean the Persons holding Noteholder Claims, including the Trustee.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” shall mean (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to any of its assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.

Intercreditor Agent ” shall mean the ABL Credit Agreement Agent, until it shall have notified in writing the Collateral Agent and each then Second-Priority Agent that another Intercreditor Agent has been appointed by the Senior Lenders pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or any other Senior Lender Document.

 

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JPMCB ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset.

Noteholder Claims ” shall mean all Obligations in respect of the Notes or arising under the Noteholder Documents or any of them, including all fees and expenses of the Trustee thereunder.

Noteholder Collateral ” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Noteholder Claim.

Noteholder Collateral Agreement ” shall mean the Second Lien Collateral Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 among the Company, certain other domestic Grantors and the Collateral Agent in respect of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture.

Noteholder Collateral Documents ” shall mean the Noteholder Collateral Agreement and any other document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted by any Grantor to secure any Noteholder Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Lien are governed.

Noteholder Documents ” shall mean (a) the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, the Notes, the Noteholder Collateral Documents and (b) any other related document or instrument executed and delivered pursuant to any Noteholder Document described in clause (a) above evidencing or governing any Obligations thereunder.

Notes ” shall mean (a) the initial $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of second-priority senior secured notes due 2022 issued pursuant to the Second-Lien Notes Indenture and (b) any additional notes issued under the Second-Lien Notes Indenture by the Company, to the extent permitted by the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, the ABL Credit Agreement, the First-Lien Notes Indenture, any other Senior Lender Documents and any other Second-Priority Document, as applicable.

Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness, any and all obligations, whether now owing or hereafter arising, with respect to the payment of (a) any principal of or interest (including interest accrued on or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) or premium on any Indebtedness, including any reimbursement obligation in respect of any letter of credit or letter of credit guaranty, (b) any fees, indemnification obligations, expense reimbursement obligations or other liabilities payable under the documentation governing such Indebtedness, (c) any obligation to post cash collateral in respect of letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties and any other obligations and (d) with respect to any Indebtedness constituting Senior Lender Claims, any Cash Management Obligations or Hedging Obligations owing to any of the Senior Lenders holding such Senior Lender Claims or any affiliates thereof.

Officers’ Certificate ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Second-Lien Notes Indenture.

Person ” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, entity or other party, including any government and any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.

Pledged Collateral ” shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of the Intercreditor Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof is necessary to perfect a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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Recovery ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.

Required Lenders ” shall mean, with respect to any Senior Debt Instrument, those Senior Lenders the approval of which is required to approve an amendment or modification of, termination or waiver of any provision of or consent to any departure from such Senior Debt Instrument (or would be required to effect such consent under this Agreement if such consent were treated as an amendment of the Senior Debt Instrument).

Second-Lien Notes Indenture ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Second-Priority Agents ” shall mean (a) the Collateral Agent as agent for the Indenture Secured Parties and (b) the collateral agent for any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness.

Second-Priority Claims ” shall mean the Noteholder Claims and all other Obligations in respect of, or arising under, the Second-Priority Documents, including all fees and expenses of the collateral agent for any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness.

Second-Priority Collateral ” shall mean the Noteholder Collateral and all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness.

Second-Priority Collateral Agreements ” shall mean the Noteholder Collateral Agreement and any comparable agreement with respect to any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness.

Second-Priority Collateral Documents ” shall mean the Noteholder Collateral Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted securing any Second-Priority Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.

Second-Priority Documents ” shall mean the Noteholder Documents and any other document or instrument evidencing or governing any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness.

Second-Priority Designated Agent ” shall mean such agent or trustee as is designated “Second-Priority Designated Agent” by Second-Priority Secured Parties holding a majority in principal amount of the Second-Priority Claims then outstanding; it being understood that as of the date of this agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be so designated Second-Priority Designated Agent.

Second-Priority Lien ” shall mean any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second-Priority Claims.

Second-Priority Secured Parties ” shall mean the Indenture Secured Parties and all other Persons holding any Second-Priority Claims, including the collateral agent for any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness.

Securities Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code.

Senior Collateral Documents ” shall mean any agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted securing any Senior Lender Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.

Senior Debt Instrument ” shall mean each of the ABL Credit Agreement, the First-Lien Notes Indenture and any other agreement governing any Future First-Lien Indebtedness.

 

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Senior Lender Cash Management Obligations ” shall mean any Cash Management Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the Senior Collateral Documents.

Senior Lender Claims ” shall mean (a) all First-Lien Indebtedness outstanding, including any Future First-Lien Indebtedness, and (b) all other Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness under any such First-Lien Indebtedness) with respect to First-Lien Indebtedness, including all Senior Lender Hedging Obligations and Senior Lender Cash Management Obligations. Senior Lender Claims shall include all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the relevant Senior Lender Document whether or not the claim for such interest or expenses is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Senior Lender Collateral ” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Senior Lender Claim.

Senior Lender Documents ” shall mean the Senior Debt Instruments, the Senior Collateral Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments (including each agreement, document or instrument providing for or evidencing a Senior Lender Hedging Obligation or Senior Lender Cash Management Obligation) providing for, evidencing or securing any Obligation under any Senior Debt Instrument or any Future First-Lien Indebtedness and any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any Senior Debt Instrument at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any Indebtedness arising under any Senior Debt Instrument including any intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) governing the Senior Lender Claims.

Senior Lender Hedging Obligations ” shall mean any Hedging Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the Senior Collateral Documents.

Senior Lenders ” shall mean the Persons holding Senior Lender Claims, including the Senior-Priority Agents.

Senior-Priority Agents ” shall mean (a) the ABL Credit Agreement Agent, (b) the First-Lien Notes Agent and (c) the collateral agent for any Future First-Lien Indebtedness.

Subsidiary ” shall mean any “Subsidiary” of the Company as defined in the Second-Lien Notes Indenture.

Trustee ” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee under the Second-Lien Notes Indenture and collateral agent under the Noteholder Collateral Documents, and its permitted successors.

Uniform Commercial Code ” or “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

1.2. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof and

 

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“hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

Section 2. Lien Priorities.

2.1. Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to the Second-Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders on the Common Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or the Second-Priority Documents or the Senior Lender Documents or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Claims, (b) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims and (c) with respect to any Second-Priority Claims (and as between the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties), the Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall rank equally and ratably in all respects. All Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Lender Claims are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.

2.2. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each Second-Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, and the Senior-Priority Agents, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Senior Lender, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of (a) a Lien securing any Senior Lender Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the Intercreditor Agent or any of the Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Lender Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Second-Priority Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Second-Priority Secured Party in the Common Collateral, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the Senior Lender Documents.

2.3. No New Liens. Subject to Section 11.04 of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture and the corresponding provision of any Second-Priority Document relating to Future Second-Lien Indebtedness, so long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that, after the date hereof, if any Second-Priority Agent shall hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second-Priority Claims that are not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the Senior Lender Claims under the Senior Lender Documents, such Second-Priority Agent shall notify

 

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the Intercreditor Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, upon demand by the Intercreditor Agent or the Company, will assign or release such Lien to the Intercreditor Agent (and/or its designee) as security for the applicable Senior Lender Claims (in the case of an assignment, each Second-Priority Agent may retain a junior lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof). Subject to Section 11.04 of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture and the corresponding provision of any Second-Priority Document relating to Future Second-Lien Indebtedness, each Second-Priority Agent agrees that, after the date hereof, if it shall hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second-Priority Claims that are not also subject to the Lien in favor of the other Second-Priority Agent such Second-Priority Agent shall notify any other Second-Priority Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof.

2.4. Perfection of Liens. Neither the Intercreditor Agent nor the Senior Lenders shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties. The provisions of this Intercreditor Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Lenders and the Second-Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the Intercreditor Agent, the Second-Priority Agents, the Second-Priority Secured Parties or the Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Common Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.

Section 3. Enforcement.

3.1. Exercise of Remedies.

(a) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, (i) no Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Common Collateral in respect of any applicable Second-Priority Claims, institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common Collateral by the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender in respect of the Senior Lender Claims, the exercise of any right by the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Lender Claims under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral under the Senior Lender Documents or otherwise in respect of Senior Lender Claims, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior Lenders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Common Collateral in respect of Senior Lender Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Intercreditor Agent and the Senior Lenders shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second-Priority Agent may file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Second-Priority Claims and (B) each Second-Priority Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral securing the Senior Lender Claims, or the rights of the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Common Collateral. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Lender Collateral, the Intercreditor Agent and the Senior Lenders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Lender Documents and exercise

 

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remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

(b) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that it will not, in the context of its role as secured creditor, take or receive any Common Collateral or any proceeds of Common Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Common Collateral in respect of the applicable Second-Priority Claims. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Common Collateral in respect of the applicable Second-Priority Claims pursuant to the Second-Priority Documents, as applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred.

(c) Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), (i) each Second-Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that no Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders with respect to the Common Collateral under the Senior Loan Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Second-Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby waives any and all rights it or any Second-Priority Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders seek to enforce or collect the Senior Lender Claims or the Liens granted in any of the Senior Lender Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Intercreditor Agent or Senior Lenders is adverse to the interests of the Second-Priority Secured Parties.

(d) Each Second-Priority Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Second-Priority Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders with respect to the Senior Lender Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Lender Documents.

3.2. Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Lenders and the Intercreditor Agent upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Common Collateral under any of the applicable Second-Priority Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable Second-Priority Claims.

Section 4. Payments.

4.1. Application of Proceeds. After an event of default under any First-Lien Indebtedness has occurred with respect to which the Intercreditor Agent has provided written notice to each Second-Priority Agent, and until such event of default is cured or waived, so long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, the Common Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Common Collateral upon the exercise of remedies, shall be applied by the Intercreditor Agent to the Senior Lender Claims in such order as specified in the

 

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relevant Senior Lender Documents until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent shall deliver promptly to the Second-Priority Designated Agent any Common Collateral or proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the Second-Priority Designated Agent ratably to the Second-Priority Claims and, with respect to each class of Second-Priority Claims, in such order as specified in the relevant Second-Priority Documents.

4.2. Payments Over. Any Common Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Common Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Intercreditor Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the applicable Senior Lenders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Intercreditor Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for any Second-Priority Agent or any such Second-Priority Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

Section 5. Other Agreements.

5.1. Releases.

(a) If, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any Senior Lender Claim delivers notice to each Second-Priority Agent that any specified Common Collateral (including all or substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of:

(i) by the owner of such Common Collateral in a transaction permitted under each Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture and each other Second-Priority Document (if any); or

(ii) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) each Senior Debt Instrument to the extent the Intercreditor Agent has consented to such sale, transfer or disposition:

then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Second-Priority Secured Parties upon such Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Collateral securing Senior Lender Claims are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each Second-Priority Agent of a notice from the Intercreditor Agent stating that any release of Liens securing or supporting the Senior Lender Claims has become effective (or shall become effective upon each Second-Priority Agent’s release), each Second-Priority Agent will promptly execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms. In the case of the sale of all or substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries, the guarantee in favor of the Second-Priority Secured Parties, if any, made by such Grantor or Subsidiary will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, the guarantee by such Grantor or Subsidiary of Senior Lender Claims is released and discharged.

(b) Each Second-Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Intercreditor Agent and any officer or agent of the Intercreditor Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of each Second-Priority Agent or such holder or in the Intercreditor Agent’s own name, from time to time in the Intercreditor Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.

 

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(c) Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each Second-Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of Deposit Account Collateral or proceeds of Common Collateral to the repayment of Senior Lender Claims pursuant to each Senior Debt Instrument; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Second-Priority Agents or the Second-Priority Secured Parties to receive proceeds in connection with the Second-Priority Claims not otherwise in contravention of this agreement.

5.2. Insurance. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, the Intercreditor Agent and the Senior Lenders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Lender Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the Common Collateral shall be paid (a) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Intercreditor Agent for the benefit of Senior Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Senior Lender Documents, (b) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Second-Priority Agents for the benefit of the Second-Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second-Priority Documents and (c) third, if no Second-Priority Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Intercreditor Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.

5.3. Amendments to Second-Priority Collateral Documents.

(a) Without the prior written consent of the Intercreditor Agent and the Required Lenders, no Second-Priority Collateral Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Second-Priority Collateral Document, would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. Each Second-Priority Agent agrees that each applicable Second-Priority Collateral Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the Intercreditor Agent):

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the [applicable Second-Priority Agent] pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted to (a) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as collateral agent (and its permitted successors) pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Momentive Performance Materials Inc., The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent and the other parties party thereto, (b) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent (and its permitted successors) pursuant to the Collateral Agreement dated as of April 24, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the other parties party thereto or (c) any agent or trustee for any other Senior Lenders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [applicable Second-Priority Agent] hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 24, 2014 (as amended,

 

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restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and Intercreditor Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as First-Lien Notes Agent, The Bank of New York Melon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Collateral Agent and Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and the other parties party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”

(b) In the event that the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of or replace any of the Senior Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Intercreditor Agent, the Senior Lenders, the Company or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Lender Collateral), then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each Comparable Second-Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party and without any action by any Second-Priority Agent, Second-Priority Secured Party, the Company or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (A) such amendment, waiver or consent does not materially adversely affect the rights of the Second-Priority Secured Parties or the interests of the Second-Priority Secured Parties in the Second-Priority Collateral and not the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders, as the case may be, that have a security interest in the affected collateral in a like or similar manner, and (B) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Second-Priority Agent.

5.4. Rights As Unsecured Creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against the Company or any Subsidiary that has guaranteed the Second-Priority Claims in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second-Priority Documents and applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Second-Priority Claims held by any of them. In the event any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second-Priority Claims, such judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Lender Claims on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Claims are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders may have with respect to the Senior Lender Collateral.

5.5. Intercreditor Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.

(a) The Intercreditor Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for each Second-Priority Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.

(b) The Intercreditor Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral and controlled by the Intercreditor Agent as gratuitous bailee for each Second-Priority Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.

 

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(c) In the event that the Intercreditor Agent (or its agent -or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property (as defined in the Noteholder Collateral Agreement) that is part of the Common Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Common Collateral, the Intercreditor Agent agrees to hold such Liens as gratuitous bailee for each Second-Priority Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.

(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1 and 4.1), until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, the Intercreditor Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Lender Documents as if the Liens under the Second-Priority Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

(e) The Intercreditor Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the Intercreditor Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee for each Second-Priority Agent for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Second-Priority Secured Parties.

(f) The Intercreditor Agent shall not have by reason of the Second-Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party and the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties hereby waive and release the Intercreditor Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Intercreditor Agent’s role under this Section 5.5, as agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the Common Collateral.

(g) Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent shall deliver to the Second-Priority Designated Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Second-Priority Designated Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify the Intercreditor Agent for loss or damage suffered by the Intercreditor Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by the Intercreditor Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The Intercreditor Agent has no obligation to follow instructions from any Second-Priority Agent in contravention of this Agreement.

(h) Neither the Intercreditor Agent nor the Senior Lenders shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ obligations to the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders under any Senior Debt Instrument or the Senior Collateral Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.

 

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5.6. Second-Priority Designated Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.

(a) Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second-Priority Designated Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for the other Second-Priority Agents and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the applicable Second-Priority Collateral Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.

(b) Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second-Priority Designated Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral and controlled by the Second-Priority Designated Agent as gratuitous bailee for the other Second-Priority Agents and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the applicable Second-Priority Collateral Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.

(c) In the event that the Second-Priority Designated Agent (or its agent or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property (as defined in the Noteholder Collateral Agreement) that is part of the Common Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Common Collateral, upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second-Priority Designated Agent agrees to hold such Liens as gratuitous bailee for the other Second-Priority Agents and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the applicable Second-Priority Collateral Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.

(d) The Second-Priority Designated Agent, in its capacity as gratuitous bailee, shall have no obligation whatsoever to the other Second-Priority Agents to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.6. The duties or responsibilities of the Second-Priority Designated Agent under this Section 5.6 upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee for the other Second-Priority Agents for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the applicable Second-Priority Secured Parties.

(e) The Second-Priority Designated Agent shall not have by reason of the Second-Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the other Second-Priority Agents (or the Second-Priority Secured Parties for which such other Second-Priority Agents is agent) and the other Second-Priority Agents hereby waive and release the Second-Priority Designated Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Second-Priority Designated Agent’s role under this Section 5.6, as agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the Common Collateral.

(f) In the event that the Second-Priority Designated Agent shall cease to be so designated the Second-Priority Designated Agent pursuant to the definition of such term, the then Second-Priority Designated Agent shall deliver to the successor Second-Priority Designated Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the successor Second-Priority Designated Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, and such successor Second-Priority Designated Agent shall perform all duties of the Second-Priority Designated Agent as set forth herein. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereto and shall indemnify the Second-Priority Designated Agent for loss or damage suffered by the Second-Priority Designated Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by the Second-Priority Designated Agent as a result of its own wilful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The Second-Priority Designated Agent has no obligation to follow instructions from the successor Second-Priority Designated Agent in contravention of this Agreement.

 

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5.7. When Discharge of Senior Lender Claims Deemed to Not Have Occurred . If, at any time after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, the Company incurs and designates any Future First-Lien Indebtedness, then such Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Senior Lender Claims), and the applicable agreement governing such Future First-Lien Indebtedness shall automatically be treated as a Senior Debt Instrument for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the Intercreditor Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder. Upon receipt of notice of such designation (including the identity of the new Intercreditor Agent), each Second-Priority Agent shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Company), including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as the Company or such new Intercreditor Agent shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new Intercreditor Agent the rights of the Intercreditor Agent contemplated hereby and (ii) to the extent then held by any Second-Priority Agent, deliver to the Intercreditor Agent the Pledged Collateral that is Common Collateral together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow such Intercreditor Agent to obtain possession or control of such Pledged Collateral).

5.8. No Release If Event of Default. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Agreement, if an Event of Default (as defined in the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Document, as applicable) exists on the date on which all First-Lien Indebtedness is repaid in full and terminated (including all commitments and letters of credit thereunder), the second-priority Liens on the Second-Priority Collateral securing the Second-Priority Claims relating to such Event of Default will not be released, except to the extent such Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the First-Lien Indebtedness secured by such Collateral, and thereafter the applicable Second-Priority Agent will have the right to direct the Intercreditor Agent to foreclose upon such Collateral (but in any such event, the Liens on such Collateral securing the applicable Second-Priority Claims will be released when such Event of Default and all other Events of Default under the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Document, as applicable, cease to exist).

Section 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

6.1. Financing Issues. If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Intercreditor Agent shall desire to permit the use of cash collateral or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law (“ DIP Financing ”), then each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that it will raise no (a) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) such use of cash collateral or DIP Financing and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except to the extent permitted by the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) and Section 6.3) and, to the extent the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims are subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing, will subordinate its Liens in the Common Collateral to such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Claims are so subordinated to Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement, (b) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of Senior Lender Claims made by the Intercreditor Agent or any holder of Senior Lender Claims, (c) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any lawful exercise by any holder of Senior Lender Claims of the right to credit bid Senior Lender Claims at any sale in foreclosure of Senior Lender Collateral, (d) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any holder of Senior Lender Claims relating to the lawful enforcement of any

 

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Lien on Senior Lender Collateral or (e) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any order relating to a sale of assets of any Grantor for which the Intercreditor Agent has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims and the Second-Priority Claims will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens securing the Senior Lender Collateral rank to the Liens securing the Second-Priority Collateral in accordance with this Agreement.

6.2. Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Common Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Intercreditor Agent and the Required Lenders.

6.3. Adequate Protection. Each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (a) any request by the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders for adequate protection or (b) any objection by the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Intercreditor Agent’s or the Senior Lenders’ claiming a lack of adequate protection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Lenders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law, then each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and any applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims and such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Claims are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement and (ii) in the event any Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or any applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, seeks or requests adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then such Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or each such Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that the Senior-Priority Agents shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the applicable Senior Lender Claims and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second-Priority Claims shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Lender Claims and any such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the Senior Lenders as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Claims are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement.

6.4. Preference Issues. If any Senior Lender is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a “ Recovery ”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then the Senior Lender Claims shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Lenders shall be entitled to a Discharge of Senior Lender Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.

6.5. Application. This Agreement shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the

 

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Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.

6.6. 506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Common Collateral.

Section 7. Reliance; Waivers; etc.

7.1. Reliance . All loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the Senior Lenders to the Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second-Priority Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the applicable Second-Priority Document, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second-Priority Document or this Agreement.

7.2. No Warranties or Liability. Each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, acknowledges and agrees that neither the Intercreditor Agent nor any Senior Lender has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Senior Lender Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Lenders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Lender Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior Lenders may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Second-Priority Agent or any of the Second-Priority Secured Parties have in the Common Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither the Intercreditor Agent nor any Senior Lender shall have any duty to any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (including the Second-Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agent, the Senior Lenders, the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectibility of any of the Second-Priority Claims, the Senior Lender Claims or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) the Company’s or any other Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Intercreditor Agreement.

7.3. Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Intercreditor Agent and the Senior Lenders, and the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

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(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Lender Claims or Second-Priority Claims, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Senior Debt Instrument or any other Senior Lender Document or of the terms of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Document;

(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Lender Claims or Second-Priority Claims or any guarantee thereof;

(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or

(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Lender Claims, or of any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.

Section 8. Miscellaneous.

8.1. Conflicts . Subject to Section 8.19:

(a) in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Senior Lender Document or any Second-Priority Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern; and

(b) for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Senior Lender Claims (taken as one group), in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement entered into in accordance with Section 8.21 relating to the relative priorities, rights or obligations of the parties holding the Senior Lender Claims, the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement shall govern.

8.2. Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability . Subject to Section 5.7 and Section 6.4, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall have occurred or such later time as all the Obligations in respect of the Second-Priority Claims shall have been paid in full. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the Senior Lenders may continue, at any time and without notice to each Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting Senior Lender Claims in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

8.3. Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each Second-Priority Agent (or its authorized agent) and each Senior-Priority Agent (or its authorized agent) and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. The Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are affected. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8.3 to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company, at the Company’s expense, and without the consent of any Second-Priority Agent, any Senior-Priority

 

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Agent, any Senior Lender or any Second-Priority Secured Party to (i) add other parties holding Future Second-Lien Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee therefor) and Future First-Lien Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee therefor) in each case to the extent such Indebtedness is not prohibited by any Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Document governing Future Second-Lien Indebtedness, (ii) in the case of Future Second-Lien Indebtedness, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Future Second-Lien Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims and shall share in the benefits of the Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Claims, and (b) provide to the holders of such Future Second-Lien Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the Intercreditor Agent) as are provided to the holders of Second-Priority Claims under this Agreement, and (iii) in the case of Future First-Lien Indebtedness, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Future First-Lien Indebtedness shall be superior in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Claims and any Future Second-Lien Indebtedness and shall share in the benefits of the Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims, and (b) provide to the holders of such Future First-Lien Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits as are provided to the holders of Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement, in each case so long as such modifications do not expressly violate the provisions of any Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Document governing Future Second-Lien Indebtedness. Any such additional party and each Second-Priority Agent shall be entitled to rely on the determination of officers of the Company that such modifications do not violate any Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Document governing Future Second-Lien Indebtedness if such determination is set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to such party, the Intercreditor Agent and each Second-Priority Agent; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether or not the Company has complied with its undertakings in any Senior Debt Instrument, the Senior Collateral Documents, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, any other Second-Priority Document governing Future Second-Lien Indebtedness, the Second-Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement.

8.4. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries. The Intercreditor Agent, the Senior Lenders, each Second-Priority Agent and the Second-Priority Secured Parties (other than the Trustee and Collateral Agent) shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the Second-Priority Claims or the Senior Lender Claims and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Second-Priority Claims or the Senior Lender Claims. The Intercreditor Agent, the Senior Lenders, each Second-Priority Agent and the Second-Priority Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that the Intercreditor Agent, any Senior Lender, any Second-Priority Agent or any Second-Priority Secured Party, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and the Intercreditor Agent, the Senior Lenders, the Second-Priority Agents and the Second-Priority Secured Parties shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

8.5. Subrogation. Each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred.

 

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8.6. Application of Payments . Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Senior Lenders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Lender Claims as the Senior Lenders, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Senior Lender Documents (including any intercreditor agreements, with respect thereto) Except as otherwise provided herein, each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior Lender Claims or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Lender Claims and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.

8.7. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers . The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York County, New York, and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 8.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. Each of the parties hereto waives any right it may have to trial by jury in respect of any litigation based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, or any course of conduct, course of dealing, verbal or written statement or action of any party hereto in connection with the subject matter hereof.

8.8. Notices . All notices to the Second-Priority Secured Parties and the Senior Lenders permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the Trustee, the Intercreditor Agent, the First-Lien Notes Agent or any Second-Priority Agent as provided in the ABL Credit Agreement, the First-Lien Notes Indenture, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, the other relevant Senior Lender Document or the relevant Second-Priority Document, as applicable. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. The Senior-Priority Agents hereby agree to promptly notify each Second-Priority Agent upon payment in full in cash of all Indebtedness under the applicable Senior Lender Documents (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made).

8.9. Further Assurances . Each of the Second-Priority Agents, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, and each of the Senior-Priority Agents on behalf of itself and each applicable Senior Lender, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver to the Intercreditor Agent and the Senior Lenders such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.

8.10. Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

8.11. Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Intercreditor Agent, the Senior-Priority Agents, the Senior Lenders, the Second-Priority Agents, the Second-Priority Secured Parties, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries party hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

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8.12. Specific Performance. The Intercreditor Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by the Intercreditor Agent.

8.13. Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.

8.14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or in portable document format (pdf), each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document.

8.15. Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

8.16. No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of, and be binding upon, the holders of Senior Lender Claims and Second-Priority Claims. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder.

8.17. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

8.18. Intercreditor Agent and Second-Priority Agents. It is understood and agreed that (a) JPMCB is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as ABL Credit Agreement Agent and the provisions of Article VIII of the ABL Credit Agreement applicable to JPMCB as administrative agent thereunder shall also apply to JPMCB as Intercreditor Agent hereunder, (b) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as the First-Lien Notes Agent, and the provisions of Article 7 of the First-Lien Notes Indenture applicable to the trustee thereunder shall also apply to the First-Lien Notes Agent hereunder and (c) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as Trustee and as Collateral Agent under the Notes, and the provisions of Article 7 of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture applicable to the Trustee thereunder shall also apply to the Trustee hereunder.

8.19. Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Section 5.3(b)), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of any Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Senior Lender Documents or Second-Priority Documents entered into in connection with any Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Senior Lender Document or Second-Priority Document or permit the Company or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Senior Debt Instrument or any other Senior Lender Documents entered into in connection with each Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the Senior Lender Claims or the Liens granted under the Senior Lender Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Senior Lenders, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the Senior Lenders in respect of the Common Collateral as among such Senior Lenders or (d) obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, each Senior Debt Instrument or any other Senior Lender Document entered into in connection with any Senior Debt Instrument, the Second-Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second-Priority Documents.

 

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8.20. References . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any references contained herein to any Section, clause, paragraph, definition or other provision of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture (including any definition contained therein) shall be deemed to be a reference to such Section, clause, paragraph, definition or other provision as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that any reference to any such Section, clause, paragraph or other provision shall refer to such Section, clause, paragraph or other provision of the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, as applicable (including any definition contained therein), as amended or modified from time to time if such amendment or modification has been (1) made in accordance with the Second-Lien Notes Indenture, and (2) approved in writing by, or on behalf of, (a) the requisite Holders (as defined in the First-Lien Notes Indenture) as are needed under the terms of the First-Lien Notes Indenture and (b) the requisite Senior Lenders as are needed under each other Senior Debt Instrument, in each case, to approve such amendment or modification (to the extent such approval is required under such relevant Senior Lender Documents).

8.21. Intercreditor Agreements. Each party hereto agrees that the Senior Lenders (as among themselves) and the Second-Priority Secured Parties (as among themselves) may each enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) with the Intercreditor Agent governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the Senior Lenders or the Second-Priority Secured Parties, as the case may be, in respect of the Common Collateral, this Agreement and the other Senior Collateral Documents or Second-Priority Collateral Documents, as the case may be, including as to application of proceeds of the Common Collateral, voting rights, control of the Common Collateral and waivers with respect to the Common Collateral, in each case so long as (A) the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the other Senior Collateral Documents or Second-Priority Collateral Documents, as the case may be, (B) in the case of any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) affecting any Senior Lenders, the Senior-Priority Agent acting on behalf of such Senior Lenders agrees in its sole discretion to enter into any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) and (C) in the case of any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) affecting the Senior Lenders holding Senior Lender Claims under any Senior Debt Instrument, the Required Lenders authorize the applicable Senior-Priority Agent to enter into any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) or such entry is otherwise permitted (or required) pursuant to the terms of the applicable Senior Lender Documents. In any event, if a respective intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) exists, the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any other Senior Collateral Document or Second-Priority Collateral Document, and the provisions of this Agreement and the other Senior Collateral Documents and Second-Priority Collateral Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement)).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INTERCREDITOR AGENT:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A .
By:  

/s/ Neil R. Boylan

  Name:   Neil R. Boylan
  Title:   Managing Director
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT AGENT:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A .
By:  

/s/ Neil R. Boylan

  Name:   Neil R. Boylan
  Title:   Managing Director

 

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FIRST-LIEN NOTES AGENT:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
  By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

    Name:   R. Tarnas
    Title:   Vice President

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
  By:  

/s/ R. Tarnas

    Name:   R. Tarnas
    Title:   Vice President

 

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MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials Inc., its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:   Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC, its sole member
  By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

    Name:   George F. Knight
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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SCHEDULE I

Subsidiary Parties

 

    Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide LLC

 

    Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC

 

    Juniper Bond Holdings I LLC

 

    Juniper Bond Holdings II LLC

 

    Juniper Bond Holdings III LLC

 

    Juniper Bond Holdings IV LLC

 

    Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc.

 

    MPM Silicones, LLC

 

    Momentive Performance Materials South America Inc.

 

    Momentive Performance Materials China SPV Inc.

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

WAIVER

WAIVER, dated as of October 24, 2014 (this “ Waiver ”), with respect to the AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR SECURED DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION AND EXIT ASSET-BASED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of May 12, 2014, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Intermediate Holdings ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “ U.S. Borrower ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GMBH, a company organized under the laws of Germany (the “ Germany Silicone Borrower ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ GMBH, a company organized under the laws of Germany (the “ Germany Quartz Borrower ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS NOVA SCOTIA ULC, an unlimited company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (the “ Canadian Borrower ”; the Canadian Borrower, the Germany Silicone Borrower, the Germany Quartz Borrower and the U.S. Borrower each a “ Borrower ” and collectively the “ Borrowers ”), the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES AG, as Syndication Agents, and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Documentation Agents.

WHEREAS pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make certain loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrowers;

WHEREAS on the Petition Date, the Debtors filed voluntary petitions in the Bankruptcy Court for relief, commenced the Chapter 11 Cases under the Bankruptcy Code and since then have continued in the possession of their assets and in the management of their businesses pursuant to sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;

WHEREAS the Borrowers intend to exercise the Exit Facility Option in order to convert the DIP Facility into an Exit Facility substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Approved Plan of Reorganization; and

WHEREAS the Borrowers have requested that, in connection with the Exit Facility Conversion, the Credit Agreement be waived and modified in the manner provided for in this Waiver, and the Lenders party hereto are willing to agree to such waiver and modification as provided for in this Waiver;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Defined Terms . (a) Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


(b) For purposes of this Waiver, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Joinder and Release Agreement ” means the Joinder and Release Agreement, dated as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date, among Holdings, New Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

New Holdings ” means MPM Intermediate Holdings Inc.

 

2. New Holdings Waiver . Subject to the terms hereof, the Lenders hereby agree to release Holdings on the Plan Effective Date from its guaranties, covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations and liabilities under the Loan Documents; provided that New Holdings shall (a) be the direct parent of Intermediate Holdings after giving effect to the effectiveness of the Approved Plan of Reorganization (the “ Plan Effective Date ”) and (b) assume, pursuant to the Joinder and Release Agreement (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), the guaranties, covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations and liabilities of Holdings under the Loan Documents. All references to “Holdings” in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall hereafter mean New Holdings.

 

3. Notice . The Lenders hereby waive (i) the requirement set forth in Section 4.05(a) of the Credit Agreement for delivery of three Business Days’ prior written notice of the exercise of the Exit Facility Option, and the Lenders are hereby deemed to have been delivered such notice pursuant to this Waiver and (ii) the requirement set forth in Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement for delivery of any prior notice of the prepayment of any Revolving Facility Loans, solely with respect to any voluntary prepayment to occur on the Exit Facility Conversion Date.

 

4. Approved Plan of Reorganization Waiver . Subject to the terms hereof, the Lenders hereby waive the condition precedent to the Exit Facility Conversion provided in Section 4.05(c) of the Credit Agreement requiring that the Confirmation Order be a final non-appealable order and agree that such condition precedent shall be satisfied if the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order (which order shall be deemed to be the “ Confirmation Order ” referred to in the Credit Agreement), reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, confirming the Approved Plan of Reorganization in accordance with section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be in full force and effect, shall not have been amended, vacated or reversed, shall not be subject to a stay, shall not discharge or otherwise affect in any way any of the Obligations under the DIP Facility other than by the payment in full in cash and/or the conversion into the Exit Facility and shall authorize the Loan Parties to execute and deliver, as applicable, and perform under all Loan Documents and all other documents contemplated thereunder, in each case as of the time of the Exit Facility Conversion. The Lenders and Holdings, New Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers agree that it shall be an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement if, following the Exit Facility Conversion, the Confirmation Order is reversed on appeal or ceases to be in full force and effect.

 

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5. Solvency Certificate . Pursuant to Section 4.05(f) of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders hereby agree that the Administrative Agent shall receive from the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, senior vice president or the treasurer of Intermediate Holdings or another officer of Intermediate Holdings reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B stating that, after giving effect to the consummation of the Approved Plan of Reorganization on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries are solvent on a consolidated basis on such date.

 

6. Opinion . Pursuant to 4.05(g) of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders hereby agree that the Administrative Agent shall receive a favorable written opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and/or Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, each counsel to the Loan Parties, dated as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date, addressing such matters with respect to the Exit Facility Conversion as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

7. Security Interests . Pursuant to Section 4.05(h) of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders and Holdings, New Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (i) on the Exit Facility Conversion Date, the Administrative Agent shall receive a written opinion of counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Exit Facility Conversion Date, with respect to the U.S. Collateral Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement and each of the security agreements governed by New York law (which opinion, for the avoidance of doubt, may be covered by the opinion referred to in Section 6 above); and (ii) not later than 45 days following the Exit Facility Conversion Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Loan Parties shall provide updated or amended and restated versions of all Security Documents (other than those provided on the Exit Facility Conversion Date) necessary to grant, perfect and protect the Liens and security interests created or purported to be created pursuant to the Final Order, the Confirmation Order and the Security Documents and that are required to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, and the Loan Parties shall (x) provide customary opinions, customary lien search results and UCC and other applicable financing statements for all applicable jurisdictions of the Loan Parties and (y) pay any fees or taxes required in connection with the filing of such documents, instruments or financing statements.

 

8. Perfection Certificate . Pursuant to Section 4.05(s) of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders hereby agree that the Borrowers and the Loan Parties shall provide a completed Perfection Certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of Intermediate Holdings, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the UCC (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent (to the extent such searches have not been provided on the Exit Facility Conversion Date) not later than 30 days following the Exit Facility Conversion Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion).

 

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9. Liens of Cash Flow Loan Documents . The Lenders hereby waive any condition set forth in Section 4.05(e) and any Default or Event of Default in connection with the existence of Liens securing Cash Flow Obligations after the Exit Facility Conversion Date; provided that (i) the Cash Flow Obligations shall be paid in full on the Exit Facility Conversion Date and (ii) such Liens shall not exist any later than 45 days after the Exit Facility Conversion Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion).

 

10. Conversions . The Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that upon the consummation of the Exit Facility Conversion, each of Momentive Performance Materials USA LLC and Momentive Performance Materials Worldwide LLC will be converted into Delaware limited liability companies, and that Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries may take such actions as are required to effect such conversions.

 

11. Release . The Borrowers each hereby release the Agent and each of the Lenders and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents from any and all claims, damages or actions against such parties that may have accrued in favor of any of the Borrowers on or before the date of this Waiver arising out of or related directly or indirectly to the Loan Documents or the administration or enforcement thereof or the consummation of any transactions contemplated thereby.

 

12. No Other Amendments or Waivers; Confirmation . Except as expressly waived or amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrowers to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Waiver shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

 

13. Representations and Warranties . The Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Agent and the Lenders that, as of the date hereof and after giving effect to the waivers and amendments contained herein:

(a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Waiver have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, notice to or action by, any person (including any Governmental Authority) in order to be effective and enforceable. The Credit Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrowers, enforceable against each in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

14.

Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness . This Waiver shall become effective on the date on which the Agent shall have received (i) counterparts hereof duly executed and

 

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  delivered by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders and (ii) reimbursement of the Agent’s expenses as required by this Waiver that are then due and payable in accordance with Section 15 below.

 

15. Expenses . The Borrowers agree to pay or reimburse the Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Agent.

 

16. Governing Law; Counterparts .

(a) This Waiver and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(b) This Waiver may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Waiver on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Waiver may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature pages hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

  as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

By:    

 

/s/ Neil R. Boylan

  Name:     Neil R. Boylan
  Title:     Managing Director


CITIBANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:    

 

/s/ Matthew Paquin

  Name:     Matthew Paquin
  Title:     Director & Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Bill O’Daly

  Name:     Bill O’Daly
  Title:     Authorized Signatory
By:      

/s/ D. Andrew Maletta

  Name:     D. Andrew Maletta
  Title:     Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


DEUTSCHEBANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Marcus Tarkington

 

Name:

    Marcus Tarkington
 

Title:

    Director
By:      

/s/ Lisa Wong

  Name:     Lisa Wong
  Title:     Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Michelle Latzom

  Name:     Michelle Latzom
  Title:     Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


ING Capital LLC

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Jerry L. McDonald

  Name:     Jerry L. McDonald
  Title:     Director
By:      

/s/ William C. Beddingfield

  Name:     William C. Beddingfield
  Title:     Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Peter S. Predun

  Name:     Peter S. Predun
  Title:     Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Lana Gifas

  Name:       Lana Gifas
  Title:       Director
By:      

/s/ Jennifer Anderson

  Name:       Jennifer Anderson
  Title:       Associate Director

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


Wells Fargo Principal Lending, LLC,

as a Lender

By:      

/s/ Dennis Ascher

  Name:       Dennis Ascher
  Title:       SVP

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS USA LLC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS GMBH
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Geschäftsführer/General Manager
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS NOVA SCOTIA ULC
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:   George F. Knight
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]


MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS QUARTZ GMBH
By:  

/s/ George F. Knight

  Name:       George F. Knight
  Title:       Geschäftsführer/General Manager

 

[Signature Page to Waiver]

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT

by and among

MOMENTIVE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC.,

MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.,

and

the other Persons party hereto

Dated as of October 24, 2014


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     2   

1.01

    

Definitions

     2   

ARTICLE II TERM

     6   

2.01

    

Term

     6   

ARTICLE III APPOINTMENT; SERVICES

     6   

3.01

    

Services

     6   

3.02

    

Changes to Services

     7   

3.03

    

Additional Services

     7   

3.04

    

Steering Committee

     7   

3.05

    

Certain Intellectual Property Matters

     8   

3.06

    

Certain Agreements Regarding Services

     9   

ARTICLE IV PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES

     9   

4.01

    

Standards

     9   

4.02

    

Employees

     10   

4.03

    

Independent Contractors

     10   

4.04

    

No Joint Venture or Partnership

     10   

4.05

    

Affiliate Transactions

     10   

4.06

    

Cooperation

     10   

ARTICLE V COST ALLOCATION

     11   

5.01

    

Allocation Formula; Capital Expenditures; Adjustments

     11   

5.02

    

Non-Cash Cost Allocation

     12   

5.03

    

Monthly Estimate Statements

     12   

5.04

    

Quarterly Statements

     13   

5.05

    

Quarterly Determination and Payment

     13   

5.06

    

Retrospective True-Up; Independent Verification; Payment

     14   

5.07

    

Taxes

     16   

ARTICLE VI COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

     17   

ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     17   

7.01

    

Representations and Warranties of MSC

     17   

7.02

    

Representations and Warranties of MPM

     17   

ARTICLE VIII INDEMNITY; LIABILITY

     18   

8.01

    

Indemnity by Service Provider

     18   

8.02

          18   

8.03

    

Indemnity by Recipient

     18   

8.04

    

Procedure

     18   

8.05

    

Limitation on Liability

     18   

 

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ARTICLE IX DEFAULT

     19   

9.01

    

Definition

     19   

9.02

    

Service Provider’s Default

     19   

9.03

    

Recipient’s Default

     19   

9.04

    

Bankruptcy

     19   

9.05

    

Reorganization/Receiver

     20   

9.06

    

Delays and Omissions

     20   

ARTICLE X TERMINATION

     20   

10.01

    

Terminating Events

     20   

10.02

    

Termination for Convenience

     20   

10.03

    

Effect of Termination

     20   

10.04

    

Transition Assistance

     20   

ARTICLE XI NOTICES

     21   

ARTICLE XII DISPUTE RESOLUTION

     23   

12.01

    

Resolution Procedure

     23   

12.02

    

Exchange Of Written Statements

     23   

12.03

    

Good Faith Negotiations

     23   

12.04

    

Determination Of Steering Committee

     23   

12.05

    

Disputes Submitted to Arbitration

     23   

12.06

    

Selection of Arbitrators

     24   

12.07

    

Submission of Evidence

     24   

12.08

    

Decisions of Arbitrators

     24   

12.09

    

Arbitration is Binding

     24   

ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

     25   

13.01

    

Assignment

     25   

13.02

    

Construction

     25   

13.03

    

Governing Law

     25   

13.04

    

Severability

     25   

13.05

    

Attorneys’ Fees

     25   

13.06

    

Entire Agreement

     25   

13.07

    

Counterparts

     25   

13.08

    

Force Majeure

     25   

13.09

    

No Warranties

     26   

13.10

    

Headings

     26   

13.11

    

Waiver

     26   

13.12

    

Consent to Jurisdiction

     26   

13.13

    

Waiver of Jury Trial

     26   

13.14

    

Third Party Beneficiaries

     27   

13.15

    

Amendments

     27   

13.16

    

Confidentiality; Data Security and Privacy

     27   

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Services
Exhibit B    Master Confidentiality and Joint Development Agreement
Exhibit C    MSC Subsidiaries
Exhibit D    MPM Subsidiaries
Exhibit E    Designated MPM Executives
Exhibit F    Termination Assistance Project Plan
Exhibit G    Audit Firm Candidates
Exhibit H    Allocation Principles
Exhibit I    Transition Asset Separation Principles

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Second Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement is dated as of October 24, 2014 and is made and entered into by and among Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., a New Jersey corporation (together with its subsidiaries, either referred to as a “ Service Provider ” or “ Recipient ” of a specific Service or “ MSC ”), Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ MPM Inc. ”), and those direct or indirect subsidiaries of MPM Inc. that are set forth on the signature pages hereto (collectively, either referred to as a “ Service Provider ” or “ Recipient ” of a specific Service or “ MPM ”). Capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in Article I .

RECITALS

A. Pursuant to the Combination Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2010, by and between Momentive Specialty Chemicals Holdings LLC (formerly known as Hexion LLC), a Delaware limited liability company and sole stockholder of MSC (“ MSC Holdings ”), and Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and sole stockholder at such time of MPM Inc. (“ MPM Holdings ”), MSC Holdings and MPM Holdings entered into a series of transactions that resulted in each of MSC Holdings and MPM Holdings becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Momentive Performance Materials Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

B. In connection with the above-described transaction, and in order to recognize economies of scale and generate cost savings for each of MSC and MPM that otherwise would have been unavailable, the parties entered into that certain Shared Services Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between MSC and MPM (the “ Original Agreement ”), in order that each could provide and/or receive certain services from the other, and in order to provide for a mechanism by which the costs of such service provision were to be allocated.

C. The Original Agreement was amended and restated by the parties as of March 17, 2011 (as so amended and restated, the “ First A/R Agreement ”).

D. On April 14, 2014, MPM Holdings and MPM Inc. filed for reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In connection with the emergence of MPM Holdings and MPM Inc. therefrom, the parties now desire to further amend and restate the First A/R Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth herein (as so amended, and as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, as the context may require, this “ Agreement ”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and with the intention of being bound by this Agreement, the parties stipulate and agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.01 Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

Actual Cost ” means, with respect to any period hereunder, one hundred percent (100%) of the actual, out of pocket expenses of a party (including fully burdened employee cost and overhead costs allocated to the relevant cost center in accordance with the historical practices of such party, but specifically excluding any divisional or product or sales-based costs) actually paid or expected to be paid within the three (3) months following such period (without duplication of any Actual Costs previously allocated between the parties), calculated in accordance with the accounting policies, principles, practices and procedures approved, from time to time, by the Steering Committee, caused by, incurred or otherwise arising from or relating to the Services during such period.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person. For purposes of the foregoing, from and after the Emergence Date, MSC and MPM shall not be considered Affiliates of each other, including due to the provision of Services hereunder.

Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.

Allocation Percentage ” shall mean 57% to MSC and 43% to MPM.

Apollo ” means Apollo Global Management, LLC and its Affiliates.

Approved Metrics ” is defined in Section 5.01(c) .

Audit Firm ” is defined in Section 5.06(b) .

Business Days ” means all weekdays except those that are official holidays of employees of the United States government. Unless specifically stated as “Business Days,” a reference in this Agreement to “days” means calendar days.

Capital Expenditure ” means any expenditure, or series of related expenditures, in excess of $1 million made by either MSC or MPM to the extent in furtherance of the provision of Services under this Agreement that is required to be capitalized in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect as of the date or for the period, as the case may be, implicated by the relevant provision of this Agreement.

Confidential Information ” means, as to MSC or MPM, any information and/or materials, including Personal Data, provided to the other in connection with the provision and/or receipt of Services or otherwise hereunder, or created by a party in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder to the extent such information and/or materials describe the business and legal activities and interests of the

 

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other party, in each case, other than any information or materials (i) generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of disclosure to the receiving party, (ii) that become generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after the owner party disclosed such information to the receiving party, other than through any act or omission of the receiving party in breach of Section 13.16 , or (iii) independently created or developed by such party without reference to the Confidential Information of the other party.

Control ” means the ability to direct the management and policies of a Person, through ownership of voting shares or other equity rights, pursuant to a written agreement or otherwise.

Data Subject ” means a natural person with whom certain Personal Data is identified or identifiable.

Designated MPM Executives ” means the new interim or permanent executive officers of MPM set forth in Exhibit E hereof, effective from and after the Emergence Date.

Designated MSC Executives ” means, as to any Designated MPM Executive, the equivalent executive officer of MSC (or, if no direct equivalent exists at MSC, the executive officer of MSC performing the function(s) most closely related to those performed by such Designated MPM Executive).

Disinterested Director ” is defined in the Top Holdco Charter.

Effective Date ” is defined in the recitals.

Emergence Date ” means October 24, 2014.

Estimated Monthly Allocation Payment ” is defined in Section 5.03 .

Event of Default ” is defined in Section 9.01 .

Exchange Rate ” means, with respect to a particular currency for a particular day and a particular party, the rate of exchange used in the preparation of the financial statements of such party for the most recent month for which financial statements are then available.

Excluded Costs ” means, from and after the Emergence Date, the fully burdened employee cost of any Designated MPM Executive, Designated MSC Executive and/or any respective predecessor thereof.

Excluded Services ” means (i) senior executive services and functions of the type performed by any Designated MPM Executive or Designated MSC Executive; and/or (ii) certification of Recipient’s financial statements or filings under applicable securities laws or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange.

 

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First A/R Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.

Functional Services ” means all Services other than Raw Materials/Logistics Services. For the avoidance of doubt, Functional Services shall include only corporate and/or administrative-type services, and shall not include divisional or sales functions.

Functional Services Costs ” means the Actual Cost of Functional Services, including the Actual Costs of the employees of either MSC or MPM who perform Raw Materials/Logistics Services, excluding any Excluded Costs.

Hexion Marks ” is defined in Section 3.05(b) .

including ” shall mean including without limitation.

Initial Term ” is defined in Section 2.01 .

MPM ” is defined in the caption.

MPM Inc. ” is defined in the caption.

MPM-Provided Services ” is defined in Section 3.01 .

MPM Holdings ” is defined in the recitals.

MPM Marks ” is defined in Section 3.05(a) .

MSC ” is defined in the caption.

MSC Holdings ” is defined in the recitals.

MSC-Provided Services ” is defined in Section 3.01 .

Original Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.

Past Period ” is defined in Section 5.06(a) .

Periodic Reconciliation Payment ” is defined in Section 5.06(a) .

Periodic True-Up ” is defined in Section 5.06(a) .

Person ” means any individual, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity.

Personal Data ” means any information that is identified or identifiable with a natural person, including employees, directors, shareholders, customers, prospects, contacts and suppliers of Recipient.

 

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Processing ” of Personal Data means and includes any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection; recording; organization; storage; adaptation or alteration; retrieval; accessing; consultation; use; disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available; alignment or combination; blocking; erasure or destruction; and the terms “ Process ” and “ Processed ” have correlative meanings.

Quarterly Reconciliation Payment ” is defined in Section 5.05(a) .

Quarterly Report ” is defined in Section 5.04 .

Raw Materials/Logistics Services ” means the procurement of Raw Materials and Logistics by a Service Provider hereunder.

Raw Materials and Logistics ” means raw materials and logistics services, including supplies, freight, equipment and electricity, and indirect costs of such raw materials and logistics services, including packaging, uniforms and pallets, in the case of any of the foregoing, required by or used in connection with the business of either or both of MSC and MPM, but excluding the Actual Costs of the employees of either MSC or MPM who perform Raw Materials/Logistics Services and allocated overhead associated with the performance of such services, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be treated as Functional Services Costs hereunder.

Recipient ” means MSC or MPM, as applicable, with respect to such party’s receipt of a particular Service.

Recipient Indemnitee ” means, collectively, Recipient and each of its Affiliates, and their respective officers, partners, stockholders, members, directors, managers, agents and employees.

Recipient Personal Data ” means, as it relates to the Services, (i) Personal Data obtained by Service Provider from Recipient, (ii) Personal Data (from whatever source) being Processed by Service Provider on behalf of Recipient, and (iii) Personal Data (from whatever source) pertaining to the personnel of Recipient.

Required Approval ” is defined in Section 5.01(c) .

Service Provider ” means MSC or MPM, as applicable, with respect to such party’s provision of a particular Service.

Service Provider Indemnitee ” means, collectively, Service Provider and each of its Affiliates, and their respective officers, partners, stockholders, members, directors, managers, agents and employees.

Services ” is defined in Section 3.01 .

Steering Committee ” is defined in Section 3.04 .

 

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Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means (i) all federal, state, local and foreign sales, use, value-added, gross receipts, privilege, utility, infrastructure maintenance, property, excise and similar levies, duties and other similar tax-like charges lawfully levied by a duly constituted taxing authority against or upon the Services; (ii) any penalties, interest or other additions to any such taxes; and (iii) any tax-related surcharges or fees that are related to the Services and authorized by applicable tariffs.

Term ” is defined in Section 2.01 .

Termination Assistance Project Plan ” means the termination assistance project plan set forth in Exhibit F.

Top Holdco ” means MPM Holdings Inc.

Top Holdco Charter ” means that certain Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MPM Holdings Inc., filed on October 24, 2014.

Transition Period ” is defined in Section 10.04(c) .

Unavoidable Delays ” is defined in Section 13.08 .

ARTICLE II

TERM

2.01 Term . The term of this Agreement (the “ Term ”) commenced upon the Effective Date and shall continue for five (5) years from the Effective Date (the “ Initial Term ”) and any renewal terms as provided in the following sentence, unless otherwise terminated in accordance with Article X . For the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Term shall expire on October 1, 2015. Upon the expiration of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive renewal terms of one (1) year each, absent contrary notice from either party given not less than thirty (30) days prior to such expiration.

ARTICLE III

APPOINTMENT; SERVICES

3.01 Services .

(a) During the Term, (i) MSC hereby engages MPM to provide, and MPM hereby accepts such appointment and undertakes to provide or cause to be provided to MSC, certain services in the categories identified in Exhibit A hereof as from time to time may be added to or deleted therefrom pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, the “ MPM-Provided Services ”) and (ii) MPM hereby engages MSC to provide, and MSC hereby accepts such appointment and undertakes to provide or cause to be provided to MPM, certain services in the categories identified in Exhibit A hereof as from time to time may be added to or deleted therefrom pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, the “ MSC-Provided Services ”, and together with the MPM-Provided Services, the “ Services ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither MSC nor MPM shall provide to the other, and the Services shall not include, Excluded Services.

(b) Each of MSC and MPM acknowledges and agrees that each will assist the other in obtaining favorable pricing with respect to purchases of Raw Materials and Logistics from third party suppliers. Any Actual Costs incurred by either MSC or MPM in assisting the other in this respect shall be allocated pursuant to Section 5.01 .

 

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3.02 Changes to Services .

(a) Subject to the following sentence, the parties may agree to modify the terms and conditions of Service Provider’s performance of any Service in order to reflect new procedures, processes or other methods of providing such Service. The parties will negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions upon which Service Provider would be willing to implement such change.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Service Provider may make: (i) changes to the process of performing a particular Service that do not adversely affect the benefits to Recipient of Service Provider’s provision or the quality of such Service in any material respect or increase Recipient’s cost for such Service; (ii) emergency changes in the manner in which a particular Service is provided on a temporary and short-term basis; and/or (iii) changes to a particular Service in order to comply with applicable law or regulatory requirements, in each case without obtaining the prior consent of Recipient.

3.03 Additional Services . Recipient may, from time to time, request additional services that are not listed in Exhibit A . The parties may agree to negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions by which Service Provider would be willing to perform such additional services, if at all.

3.04 Steering Committee .

(a) Generally . In order to monitor, coordinate and facilitate implementation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MSC and MPM shall establish a “ Steering Committee ” consisting of executive officers or other authorized designees of each of MSC and MPM and whereby each of MSC and MPM is equally represented.

(b) Composition . The size of the Steering Committee may be fixed from time to time by the unanimous vote of the Steering Committee, but shall not be less than one executive officer from each of MSC and MPM. The Steering Committee shall initially consist of two (2) representatives from each of MSC and MPM, comprised of MSC’s (i) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and (ii) Vice President and General Controller, and MPM’s (i) President and (ii) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Each of MSC and MPM may replace any of its respective Steering Committee representatives at any time by notice to the other party.

 

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(c) Meetings; Actions . The Steering Committee shall meet at least quarterly (or more frequently as may be agreed or upon the reasonable request by a representative) during the Term. Meetings may be in person or by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment pursuant to which all representatives can hear each other. A majority of the Steering Committee representatives shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Acts of the Steering Committee shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Steering Committee representatives present upon the existence of a quorum, unless a higher threshold is required under this Agreement; provided , that, no action shall be taken without the affirmative vote of not less than one (1) MSC representative and one (1) MPM representative. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Steering Committee may be taken without a meeting if a written consent thereto is signed by all Steering Committee representatives.

(d) Oversight . During the Term, the Steering Committee shall determine the Services to be provided and the payments to be made pursuant to Article V . Such determination with respect to the Services to be provided shall include the scope, manner, level, and place or places where such Services shall be provided. If the members of the Steering Committee are unable (whether by majority vote or in such other manner as the members of the Steering Committee decide) to determine whether a Service is to be provided, or the scope, manner, level and place or places at which such Service shall be provided, such Service shall not be provided until such time as the members of the Steering Committee determine the relevant matters, including as contemplated in Article XII . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Steering Committee may adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of its business, the provision of Services and the implementation of this Agreement. The Steering Committee representative(s) for each party shall stay reasonably apprised of the activities of the employees, agents and contractors of such party who are providing or receiving the Services in order to maximize efficiency in the provision and receipt of the Services.

3.05 Certain Intellectual Property Matters .

(a) MSC hereby acknowledges and agrees that MPM and its subsidiaries have certain intellectual property and common law rights associated with the word “Momentive” and all related trademarks, service marks, brand names, logos, certification marks, assumed names and trade names, including the “Momentive” stylized logo, colors, and other indicia as used in connection with the name and business of MPM (collectively, “ MPM Marks ”). During the Term (and during any transition period provided in Section 10.04 ), MPM hereby agrees not to, and to cause its respective controlled Affiliates not to, assert any claims against MSC, MSC Holdings and their respective controlled Affiliates or joint ventures with respect to the use of the word “Momentive” or any MPM Mark in their respective names, businesses and products and services; provided , such use shall be substantially consistent with the trademark practices and quality standards of MPM so as not to weaken the value of the MPM Marks. Such use, and all goodwill associated with such use, shall inure to the benefit of MPM. MPM shall have the right to monitor the quality of the products and services bearing the MPM Marks provided by MSC, including any promotional materials for the same. The MPM Marks shall remain the exclusive property of MPM.

 

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(b) MPM hereby acknowledges and agrees that MSC has certain intellectual property and common law rights associated with the word “Hexion” and all related trademarks, service marks, brand names, logos, certification marks, assumed names and trade names, including the “Hexion” stylized logo, colors, and other indicia as used in connection with the name and business of MSC (collectively, “ Hexion Marks ”). During the Term (and during any transition period provided in Section 10.04 ), MSC hereby agrees not to, and to cause its respective controlled Affiliates not to, assert any claims against MPM, MPM Holdings and their respective controlled Affiliates or joint ventures with respect to the use of the word “Hexion” or any Hexion Mark in their respective names, businesses and products and services; provided , that such use shall be substantially consistent with the trademark practices and quality standards of MSC so as not to weaken the value of the Hexion Marks. Such use, and all goodwill associated with such use, shall inure to the benefit of MSC. MSC shall have the right to monitor the quality of the products and services bearing the Hexion Marks provided by MPM, including any promotional materials for the same. The Hexion Marks shall remain the exclusive property of MSC.

(c) In connection with this Agreement, MSC and MPM entered into a Master Confidentiality and Joint Development Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (as amended from time to time, the “ Joint Development Agreement ”), which is incorporated by reference herein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Joint Development Agreement, the terms of the Joint Development Agreement shall control.

3.06 Certain Agreements Regarding Services . Each of MSC and MPM expressly acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) without limiting each party’s obligations as set forth in this Agreement (including to provide Services hereunder as a Service Provider), (a) nothing in this Agreement shall restrict or prevent either party from engaging in any transaction in connection with the conduct of its respective business, whether in or outside the ordinary course (including divesting assets or business lines, rationalizing headcount, etc.), and (b) neither party shall be under any obligation to retain or maintain any particular resources (including personnel), (ii) in the provision of any Services hereunder, each party as a Service Provider shall provide the Services at a level consistent in all material respects with the level of service previously provided by such party and (iii) a Recipient shall remain solely responsible for the ultimate direction and control of its business (including the exercise of commercial judgment in connection therewith), including such Recipient’s decisions as to (a) which Services to maintain or to request under this Agreement and (b) how to review and manage its Service Provider’s performance of applicable Services under this Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES

4.01 Standards . Service Provider shall perform the Services in a commercially reasonable manner, using its commercially reasonable efforts to provide

 

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the Services in the same manner as if Service Provider was providing such Services for its own account. Actions taken by Service Provider in good faith consistent with the foregoing shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement unless such action materially violates an express provision of this Agreement.

4.02 Employees . Service Provider shall determine the fitness and qualifications of all employees performing the Services. Service Provider shall hire, supervise, direct the work of, and discharge all such employees. Service Provider shall determine the wages and conditions of employment of all such employees. All wages, bonuses, compensation, benefits, termination or severance expenses or liabilities, pension fund contribution obligations or liabilities, and other costs, benefits, expenses or liabilities and entitlements of or in connection with employees employed in connection with provision of the Services shall be Service Provider’s responsibility; provided , that such items shall be Functional Services Costs and will be taken into account as such for purposes of Article V .

4.03 Independent Contractors . Service Provider may hire consultants, independent contractors, or subcontractors, including Affiliates, to perform all or any part of a Service hereunder. Service Provider will remain fully responsible for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and Service Provider will be responsible for payments due to its independent contractors, which payments shall be included in the Actual Costs allocated pursuant to Section 5.01 .

4.04 No Joint Venture or Partnership . Service Provider shall perform all Services provided pursuant to this Agreement (including Raw Materials/Logistics Services) as an independent contractor to Recipient and not as an employee, stockholder, partner, joint venturer, landlord, agent or representative of Recipient. In no event shall Service Provider be deemed in breach of its obligations hereunder solely by reason of (i) the failure of the financial performance of the Recipient’s business to meet Recipient expectations or income projections or any operating budget or annual plans (including any budgets or plans in connection with or related to the emergence of MPM Holdings and MPM Inc. from reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), (ii) the acts of Recipient’s employees, (iii) the institution of litigation or the entry of judgments against Recipient or Recipient’s business, or (iv) any other acts or omissions not otherwise constituting a material breach of this Agreement, it being the intention and agreement of the parties that Service Provider’s sole obligation hereunder shall be to act in conformity with the standard set forth in Section 4.01 .

4.05 Affiliate Transactions . The fact that Service Provider or an Affiliate thereof, or a stockholder, director, officer, member, or employee of Service Provider or an Affiliate thereof, is employed by, or is directly or indirectly interested in or connected with, any Person which may be employed by Recipient to render or perform a service, or from which Service Provider may purchase any property, shall not prohibit Service Provider from employing such Person or otherwise dealing with such Person.

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facilitate each party’s performance of this Agreement. Recipient shall at its own expense cooperate fully with Service Provider by promptly providing reasonable assistance, resources and access (including the provision of access to its personnel, computer systems, data, equipment and other information) as is necessary to the performance by Service Provider of its obligations hereunder and as may be reasonably requested by Service Provider from time to time.

ARTICLE V

COST ALLOCATION

5.01 Allocation Formula; Capital Expenditures; Adjustments .

(a) Functional Services Costs shall be allocated as follows:

(i) To the extent 100% of such item is demonstrably attributable to or for the benefit of MSC or MPM, 100% of such item shall be allocated to MSC or MPM, as applicable; and

(ii) All other portions of any item that cannot be allocated pursuant to clause (i) above shall be allocated in accordance with the Allocation Percentage.

(b) Capital Expenditures . With respect to any Capital Expenditure made or to be made by a Service Provider, the Steering Committee shall determine whether the cost of such Capital Expenditure should be allocated between MSC and MPM based on the Allocation Percentage or otherwise (including whether any portion of such Capital Expenditure is to be currently billed to either party). Such determination shall be based on the Steering Committee’s reasonable, good faith estimate of the respective anticipated usage of the assets underlying such Capital Expenditure, the parties’ relative costs of capital and respective hurdle rates and any other similar factors deemed relevant by the Steering Committee.

(c) Adjustments .

(i) Quarterly . As part of the Steering Committee’s review of each Quarterly Report and determination of the related Quarterly Reconciliation Payment as set forth in Sections 5.04 and 5.05 , the Steering Committee shall evaluate and determine whether significant changes have occurred with respect to either MSC or MPM within such quarter that would require adjustment to the existing Allocation Percentage on a prospective basis for the remainder of the current year in order for the Periodic Reconciliation Payment not to be material. For greater certainty, this quarterly review is not intended to duplicate the annual review, or result in ordinary course changes of the type contemplated in the annual review described in Section 5.06 below.

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(1) MSC representative and one (1) MPM representative (the “ Required Approval ”)), the Steering Committee shall evaluate and determine whether the Allocation Percentage then in use accurately reflects the use of Services by MSC and MPM, and shall make a determination as to the appropriate Allocation Percentage to reflect anticipated relative usage of the Services during the coming fiscal year.

(iii) Each determination set forth above shall be based on the allocation principles contained in the attached Exhibit H , using such usage or volumetric metrics as the Steering Committee shall determine by the Required Approval (such metrics, as approved, the “ Approved Metrics ”), and shall not be based on MSC’s and MPM’s respective historic cost structures or how such cost structures have or may have changed since the Effective Date (and shall not be at all based on any changes in cost structures resulting from the transactions and arrangements contemplated hereby). Each of MSC and MPM shall cooperate with the Steering Committee in the aforementioned process, including making appropriate personnel and materials available to the Steering Committee. Upon the Steering Committee’s determination of the appropriate Allocation Percentage for the period under review (and upon the verification by the Audit Firm in accordance with Section 5.06(b) that the Approved Metrics are consistent with good industry practice for shared services agreements of this kind; provided , that the parties acknowledge that the present (i.e., 2014) seven-step Steering Committee approach using the allocation principles contained in the attached Exhibit H satisfies such standards and, accordingly, will be applied by the Audit Firm for the current year and each subsequent year if this approach is used by the Steering Committee), the Steering Committee shall have the authority to and shall direct that the adjusted Allocation Percentage shall instead apply, and upon any such determination, the Allocation Percentage set forth herein shall be deemed amended accordingly. Any dispute regarding the applicable Approved Metrics and the Allocation Percentage that cannot be resolved by the Steering Committee shall be settled pursuant to Article XII .

5.02 Non-Cash Cost Allocation . Any non-cash costs or expenses caused by, incurred or otherwise arising from or relating to the Services shall be allocated to MSC and MPM for financial statement purposes only, without any corresponding cash reimbursement required, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, based on the Allocation Percentage principles described in Section 5.01 hereof.

5.03 Monthly Estimate Statements . Prior to the first day of each quarter during the Term, the Steering Committee, with such assistance from MSC and MPM as the Steering Committee shall request, shall (i) estimate (or calculate, as applicable) the (x) Actual Cost of each Service Provider in respect of Services to be provided by it for each month during such quarter, and (y) cost shares of each of the parties as calculated pursuant to this Article V and the estimated net cost share payment, if any, that will be owed by either MSC or MPM, as applicable, to the other party (the “ Estimated Monthly Allocation Payment ”) for each month during such quarter and (ii) direct the applicable Service Provider to prepare and issue invoices for each Estimated Monthly Allocation Payment to be paid by the other party, which invoices shall be delivered on the first day of each month during such quarter (or as promptly as practicable thereafter). Within ten (10) days of delivery of an invoice for the Estimated Monthly Allocation Payment, the

 

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applicable Recipient shall promptly make payment of the Estimated Monthly Allocation Payment. MSC and MPM, as applicable, may elect to cause all or a portion of the Estimated Monthly Allocation Payment to be satisfied by one or more of their subsidiaries, including, in the case of MSC, those subsidiaries listed on Exhibit C and, in the case of MPM, those subsidiaries listed on Exhibit D , which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include settlement in non-U.S. jurisdictions in currency other than U.S. dollars converted at the Exchange Rate for the applicable Recipient.

5.04 Quarterly Statements . Within thirty (30) days following the end of each quarter during the Term, each Service Provider shall furnish the Steering Committee with a written statement with respect to the Actual Cost of such Service Provider in respect of Services provided by it during such quarter, setting forth (i) the cost allocation determined pursuant to Section 5.01(a) , (ii) the cost allocation determined pursuant to Section 5.02 , and (iii) the amounts paid pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, together with such other data and information necessary to complete the items described in Section 5.05 hereof (hereinafter referred to as the “ Quarterly Report ”).

5.05 Quarterly Determination and Payment .

(a) Within twenty (20) days of the submission of the Quarterly Report, the Steering Committee shall (i) determine the cost share of each of the parties as calculated pursuant to this Article V for such quarter, the amount of the Estimated Monthly Allocation Payments made by each of the parties to the other during such quarter and the resultant net cost share payment, if any, owed by either MSC or MPM, as applicable, to the other party for such quarter (the “ Quarterly Reconciliation Payment ”); and (ii) direct the applicable Service Provider to prepare and issue an invoice for such Quarterly Reconciliation Payment to the other party. Any dispute among members of the Steering Committee that cannot be settled by majority vote shall be settled pursuant to Article XII . If the Steering Committee reasonably believes that a Periodic Reconciliation Payment will become owing and payable pursuant to Section 5.06(a) , the Steering Committee may direct that an allocable portion of such anticipated Periodic Reconciliation Payment be combined with the amount(s) owing and payable pursuant to each Quarterly Reconciliation Payment, in order to lessen the size of the anticipated Periodic Reconciliation Payment.

(b) Within fifteen (15) days of the determination by the Steering Committee of the Quarterly Reconciliation Payment, either MSC or MPM may dispute such determination by giving written notice specifying in reasonable detail the nature of such dispute. Any such dispute shall be settled pursuant to Article XII .

(c) Within fifteen (15) days of delivery of the invoice for the Quarterly Reconciliation Payment, if a valid dispute notice has not been delivered in accordance with Section 5.05(b) , the applicable Recipient shall promptly make payment of the Quarterly Reconciliation Payment. MSC and MPM, as applicable, may elect to cause all or a portion of the Quarterly Reconciliation Payment to be satisfied by one or more of their subsidiaries, including, in the case of MSC, those subsidiaries listed on Exhibit C and, in the case of MPM, those subsidiaries listed on Exhibit D , which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include settlement in non-U.S. jurisdictions in currency other than U.S. dollars converted at the Exchange Rate for MSC or MPM, as applicable.

 

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5.06 Retrospective True-Up; Independent Verification; Payment .

(a) Retrospective True-Up . Annually, as part of MPM’s and MSC’s annual budgeting process (or more frequently as determined by the Required Approval of the Steering Committee), the Steering Committee shall review and assess the accuracy throughout the year that is the subject of such audit (i.e., the fiscal year prior to the year that is the subject of the then-ongoing annual budgeting process) (the “ Past Period ”) of (A) the actual billings of Functional Services Costs and Capital Expenditures (i.e., whether the actual billings were consistent with this Agreement and whether the Allocation Percentage was properly applied to all eligible costs and expenses) and (B) whether the Allocation Percentage to be applied to the applicable Past Period should be adjusted and retroactively applied to the Past Period to reflect actual relative usage of the Services by each of MPM and MSC throughout the Past Period (such process, the “ Periodic True-Up ”). Each of MSC and MPM shall cooperate with the Steering Committee in the aforementioned process, including making appropriate personnel and materials available to the Steering Committee. Upon the Steering Committee’s determination of the appropriate allocation of actual billings and the Allocation Percentage, the Steering Committee shall have the authority to and shall direct that necessary and appropriate steps are taken to effectuate any adjustments determined to be appropriate as part of the Periodic True-Up, including requiring MPM or MSC, as appropriate, to pay to the other party in cash the resultant net cost share payment (each a “ Periodic Reconciliation Payment ”); provided, however, that there shall be no such retroactive true-up as set forth in this Section 5.06(a) with respect to any periods prior to fiscal year 2015. Any dispute regarding the applicable Approved Metrics and the Allocation Percentage that cannot be resolved by the Steering Committee shall be settled pursuant to Article XII .

(b) Independent Verification .

(i) Annually, as part of MPM’s and MSC’s annual budgeting process (or more frequently as determined by the Required Approval of the Steering Committee), the Steering Committee shall engage an independent, nationally recognized firm or consultant with appropriate experience and expertise (the “ Audit Firm ”) to undertake an audit as set forth herein. The Audit Firm shall be selected by the Steering Committee; provided , that, in the case of the first Past Period subject to this independent verification only (i.e., the review of fiscal year 2015), the Audit Firm shall be selected from among those firms listed on Exhibit G . Selection of the Audit Firm for subsequent Past Period reviews shall be made (A) by the Required Approval of the Steering Committee, and (B) if necessary, in accordance with Article XII . Fees and expenses of the Audit Firm in connection with such engagement shall be borne by MSC and MPM in accordance with their respective Allocation Percentage as may be adjusted following the results of such audit.

 

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(ii) The Audit Firm shall be given the mandate to review and assess the accuracy of the (1) Allocation Percentage determined in accordance with Section 5.01(c) for prospective application and (2) true-up of the Allocation Percentage (and the application thereof) and the determination of the Reconciliation Payments in accordance with Section 5.06(a) . In determining its assessment, the Audit Firm shall evaluate the Services received or expected to be received by MSC and MPM, respectively, utilizing the Approved Metrics and, in the course of the Audit Firm’s review of the Approved Metrics themselves (but subject to the proviso in Section 5.01(c)(iii) ), information maintained by or available to the Audit Firm regarding relevant good industry practice for shared services agreements of this kind. In connection with its engagement, MSC and MPM shall cause to be provided to the Audit Firm (1) the Allocation Percentage for all periods being reviewed, and a reasonably detailed description of the process and methodology by which such Allocation Percentage was determined, including backup and supporting materials, (2) all invoices for Estimated Monthly Allocation Payments, Quarterly Reports and invoices for Reconciliation Payments, and related supporting documentation, in each case for all periods being reviewed, (3) detail related to the Approved Metrics necessary to evaluate the Services used by MSC and MPM, and (4) such other financial and operating data as is reasonably requested by the Audit Firm in connection with its mandate set forth in this Section 5.06(b) and the applicable engagement letter. Each of MSC and MPM may provide information to the Audit Firm on a confidential basis, with the information so provided not subject to express inclusion in the report described below. Each of MSC and MPM shall make appropriate members of its management reasonably available to, and shall cause to cooperate with, the Audit Firm throughout its engagement. Each of MSC and MPM shall act in good faith to enable the Audit Firm to complete its written report within 60 days following the date the Audit Firm is engaged and by no later than April 30 th of the fiscal year that is being budgeted in the applicable review process.

(iii) Upon completion of its analysis as set forth in this Section 5.06(b) , the Audit Firm shall provide to the Steering Committee (which shall provide copies to the MSC and MPM boards of directors) a written report summarizing the Audit Firm’s findings, including the accuracy of any adjustments or true-ups (or lack thereof) determined by the Steering Committee in accordance with Section 5.01(c) and Section 5.06(a) . In the event the Audit Firm report identifies incorrect or otherwise deficient results in the Steering Committee’s determinations, the Steering Committee shall work in good faith with the Audit Firm in an effort to resolve and eliminate any discrepancies between the Steering Committee’s final determinations and the Audit Firm’s evaluation of those Steering Committee determinations.

(iv) Prior to the Audit Firm’s delivery of the audit report described herein to the Steering Committee, the Audit Firm shall provide each of MSC and MPM executive management with at least one opportunity of at least one week to review and to provide complete comments on the Audit Firm’s proposed findings; provided that while the Audit Firm shall be obligated to consider MPM and MSC comments in good faith, the Audit Firm shall retain full discretion in conducting its review, reaching its findings, and formulating and presenting its findings.

 

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(c) Payment of Reconciliation Payment . Within fifteen (15) days of delivery of the invoice for the applicable Reconciliation Payment, if a written notice specifying in reasonable detail the nature of a dispute related thereto has not been delivered by such party, MSC or MPM, as applicable, shall promptly pay the applicable Reconciliation Payment to the other in cash. MSC and MPM, as applicable, may elect to cause all or a portion of the applicable Reconciliation Payment to be satisfied by one or more of their subsidiaries, including, in the case of MSC, those subsidiaries listed on Exhibit C and, in the case of MPM, those subsidiaries listed on Exhibit D , which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include settlement in non-U.S. jurisdictions in currency other than U.S. Dollars converted at the Exchange Rate for MSC or MPM, as applicable.

5.07 Taxes .

(a) Recipient is responsible for and will pay all Taxes applicable to the Services provided to Recipient; provided , that such payments by Recipient to Service Provider will be made in a manner that is the most tax-efficient and that does not otherwise negatively impact Service Provider; and provided , further , that Service Provider will not be subject to any liability for Taxes applicable to the Services as a result of such payment by Recipient. Service Provider will collect such Tax from Recipient in the same manner it collects such Taxes from other customers in the ordinary course of Service Provider’s business, but in no event prior to the time it invoices Recipient for the Services with respect to which such Taxes are levied. Recipient may provide Service Provider with a certificate evidencing its exemption from payment of or liability for such Taxes.

(b) Service Provider will promptly reimburse Recipient for any Taxes collected from Recipient and refunded to Service Provider. In the event a Tax is assessed against Service Provider that is solely the responsibility of Recipient and Recipient desires to protest such assessment, Recipient will submit to Service Provider a statement of the issues and arguments requesting that Service Provider grant Recipient the authority to prosecute the protest in Service Provider’s name. Service Provider’s authorization will not be unreasonably withheld. Recipient will finance, manage, control and determine the strategy for such protest while keeping Service Provider reasonably informed of the proceedings. However, the authorization will be periodically reviewed by Service Provider to determine any adverse impact on Service Provider, and Service Provider will have the right to reasonably withdraw such authority at any time. Upon notice by Service Provider that it is so withdrawing such authority, Recipient will expeditiously terminate all proceedings. Any adverse consequences suffered by Recipient as a result of the withdrawal will be submitted to arbitration pursuant to Article XII . Any contest for Taxes brought by Recipient may not result in any lien attaching to any property or rights of Service Provider or otherwise jeopardize Service Provider’s interests or rights in any of its property. Recipient agrees to indemnify Service Provider for all costs and expenses, losses, damages, claims, causes of action and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and expenses of litigation) that Service Provider incurs as a result of any such contest by Recipient.

(c) The provisions of this Section 5.07 will govern the treatment of all Taxes arising as a result of or in connection with this Agreement, notwithstanding any other Article of this Agreement to the contrary.

 

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ARTICLE VI

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

Each of MSC and MPM agrees to comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any federal, state, county, city, local, supranational (including those of the European Communities) or foreign governmental, administrative or regulatory authority, agency or body in any jurisdiction in which such party conducts business in relation to the Services provided and matters that are the subject of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

7.01 Representations and Warranties of MSC .

(a) MSC represents and warrants that it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, that MSC has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the officer of MSC who executed this Agreement on behalf of MSC is in fact an officer of MSC and has been duly authorized by MSC to execute this Agreement on its behalf.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by MSC of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of MSC and no further action or approval is required in order to constitute this Agreement as the valid and binding obligations of MSC, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

7.02 Representations and Warranties of MPM .

(a) MPM represents and warrants that it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, that MPM has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the officer of MPM who executed this Agreement on behalf of MPM is in fact an officer of MPM and has been duly authorized by MPM to execute this Agreement on its behalf.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by MPM of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MPM and no further action or approval is required in order to constitute this Agreement as the valid and binding obligations of MPM, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNITY; LIABILITY

8.01 Indemnity by Service Provider . Service Provider shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Recipient Indemnitee from and against any and all costs and expenses, losses, damages, claims, causes of action and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and expenses of litigation) to the extent arising from, relating to, or connected with (in each case except to the extent directly or indirectly caused by the gross negligence, willful misconduct or material breach of or by Recipient) the gross negligence, willful misconduct or material breach of or by Service Provider or any employee, contractor or agent of Service Provider.

8.02 Indemnity by Recipient . Recipient shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Service Provider Indemnitee from and against any and all costs and expenses, losses, damages, claims, causes of action and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and expenses of litigation) to the extent arising from, relating to, or connected with (in each case except to the extent directly or indirectly caused by the gross negligence, willful misconduct or material breach of or by Service Provider) the provision by Service Provider of Services hereunder.

8.03 Procedure . The party claiming indemnity shall promptly provide the other party with written notice of any claim, action or demand for which indemnity is claimed. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to control the defense of any action; provided , that the indemnified party may participate in any such action with counsel of its choice at its own expense; and provided , further , that the indemnifying party shall not settle any claim, action or demand without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The indemnified party shall reasonably cooperate in the defense as the indemnifying party may request and at the indemnifying party’s expense.

8.04 Limitation on Liability . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall any party, its Affiliates and/or its or their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents be liable for any (i) indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential or punitive damages or (ii) damages for, measured by or based on lost profits, diminution in value, multiple of earnings or other similar measure; provided, however that the limitation of liability set forth in this Section 8.04 shall not apply with respect to claims for damages or indemnification made by Service Provider under Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 , as applicable, regarding either any fines, penalties, judgments, awards and other similar orders to pay imposed by a governmental authority or in favor of a third-party with respect to Recipient’s business or any obligation to perform environmental cleanup or remediation pursuant to applicable law or regulatory requirements, in each case except to the extent such fine, penalty, judgment, award or other similar order to pay or such obligations result from Service Provider’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or material breach of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE IX

DEFAULT

9.01 Definition . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events which is not cured within the time permitted shall constitute a default under this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as an “ Event of Default ”) as to the party failing in the performance or effecting the breaching act.

9.02 Service Provider’s Default . An Event of Default shall exist with respect to Service Provider if Service Provider shall fail to perform or comply with, in any material respect, any of the covenants, agreements, terms or conditions contained in this Agreement applicable to Service Provider and such failure shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from Recipient to Service Provider specifying in reasonable detail the nature of such failure, or, in the case such failure is of a nature that it cannot, with due diligence and good faith, be cured within thirty (30) days, if Service Provider fails to proceed promptly and with all due diligence and in good faith to cure the same and thereafter to prosecute the curing of such failure to completion with all due diligence within ninety (90) days after the initial delivery of written notice from the Recipient with respect to such failure.

9.03 Recipient’s Default . An Event of Default shall exist with respect to Recipient if Recipient shall:

(a) unless subject to a good faith dispute hereunder, fail to make any monetary payment required under this Agreement on or before the due date recited herein and such failure continues for thirty (30) Business Days after written notice from Service Provider specifying such failure, or

(b) fail to perform or comply with, in any material respect, any of the other covenants, agreements, terms or conditions contained in this Agreement applicable to Recipient and such failure shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from Service Provider to Recipient specifying in reasonable detail the nature of such failure, or, in the case such failure is of a nature that it cannot, with due diligence and good faith, cure within thirty (30) days, if Recipient fails to proceed promptly and with all due diligence and in good faith to cure the same and thereafter to prosecute the curing of such failure to completion with all due diligence within ninety (90) days thereafter.

9.04 Bankruptcy . An Event of Default shall exist with respect to a party if such party, from and after the Emergence Date:

(a) applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee or liquidator of itself or any of its property;

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

(c) is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent; or

(d) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or a petition or an answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors, takes advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law, or admits the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceedings under any such law.

 

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9.05 Reorganization/Receiver . An Event of Default shall exist with respect to a party if, from and after the Emergence Date, an order, judgment or decree is entered by any court of competent jurisdiction approving a petition seeking reorganization of MSC or MPM, as the case may be, or appointing a receiver, trustee or liquidator of MSC or MPM, as the case may be, of all or a substantial part of any of the assets of MSC or MPM, as the case may be, and such order, judgment or decree continues unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of entry thereof.

9.06 Delays and Omissions . No delay or omission as to the exercise of any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair the non-defaulting party’s exercise of any right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default or acquiescence therein.

ARTICLE X

TERMINATION

10.01 Terminating Events . This Agreement shall terminate between MSC and MPM at the written election of the non-defaulting party, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under this Agreement when the time to cure has lapsed.

10.02 Termination for Convenience . Either MSC or MPM may terminate this Agreement for its convenience, without cause, by giving the other party written notice not less than thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such termination.

10.03 Effect of Termination . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 10.03 and Section 10.04 , and Article XIII (other than Section 13.08) shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Unless subject to a good faith dispute hereunder, within thirty (30) days after the termination of this Agreement, Recipient shall pay Service Provider all accrued and unpaid amounts due under this Agreement.

10.04 Transition Assistance .

(a) At the request of Recipient, upon a termination or non-renewal of this Agreement, Service Provider will provide reasonable assistance to Recipient necessary to transfer the applicable Services provided hereunder to Recipient or Recipient’s designated third-party provider, which shall, to the extent requested by Recipient, include the assistance set forth in Section 10.04(b) . During the Transition Period, Service Provider shall continue to provide Services to Recipient until such time as Recipient is ready to assume (or to have a third-party provider assume) responsibility for such Services, subject to clause (c) below. Costs and expenses for all of the following

 

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shall be allocated in accordance with the Allocation Percentage and shall not be subject to Section 5.01(a)(i): (i) the continuation of Services in the ordinary course, (ii) the provision of assistance in accordance with this Section 10.04 , (iii) severance costs of any shared services employees whose services are no longer required following termination of this Agreement and (iv) third party headhunter costs paid during the Transition Period for the recruitment of any new employees required by either Recipient or Service Provider as a consequence of the termination of this Agreement. All other start-up costs and expenses, including for services, infrastructure, consulting and other items reasonably expended as a consequence of the transition of Services (including any services, infrastructure, consulting or other items acquired by Recipient in order to continue performing the Services for itself after the transition of Services) are to be borne solely by Recipient. The division between MPM and MSC of shared and other assets shall be effected in accordance with the Transition Asset Separation Principles set forth on Exhibit I .

(b) Service Provider shall (i) cooperate with Recipient and its designees by granting access to personnel providing Services, and shall make reasonably available information about the resources used to provide the Services (e.g., information technology equipment, software licenses, subcontractors, etc.), (ii) transfer to Recipient all data and other information relating to Recipient’s business, (iii) support transition-related testing and parallel runs undertaken by Recipient during the Transition Period, and (iv) execute its obligations set forth in the Termination Assistance Project Plan in a manner to meet milestones required to transition Services in the manner and on the timeline agreed on a Service by Service basis by the Parties (subject in each case to Recipient’s option in its discretion to extend such termination assistance period for each Service to the end of the Transition Period). In furtherance of the foregoing, upon commencement of the Transition Period, Service Provider shall prepare an exit plan in accordance with the project methodology in the Termination Assistance Project Plan that sets forth specific milestones for Service Provider’s completion of the Termination Assistance Project Plan on the timeline agreed by the parties for each Service (as such timeline for each Service may be extended by Recipient in its discretion in accordance with this Section 10.04 ), which exit plan shall be subject to the review and approval of Recipient.

(c) Nothing herein to the contrary withstanding, in no event shall Service Provider be required to provide transition assistance for more than twelve (12) months from the date of termination or non-renewal, subject to one successive renewal for an additional sixty (60) day period at the election of Recipient (such transition period, subject to the foregoing limitations, the “ Transition Period ”).

ARTICLE XI

NOTICES

All notices provided for in this Agreement or related to this Agreement, which either party desires to serve on the other, shall be in writing and shall be considered delivered upon receipt. Any and all notices or other papers or instruments related to this Agreement shall be sent by:

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(b) (x) a facsimile transmission where written acknowledgment of receipt of such transmission is received and a copy of the transmission is mailed with postage prepaid or (y) electronic mail where return electronic mail acknowledgement of receipt of such transmission is received; or

(c) a nationally recognized overnight delivery service;

provided for receipted delivery, addressed as follows:

MSC:

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.

180 East Broad Street,

Columbus, OH 43215

Attention:   General Counsel
Facsimile:   (614) 225-2108

with a copy to:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Attention:   Brian P. Finnegan
Facsimile:   (212) 492-0079

bfinnegan@paulweiss.com

MPM:

Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

22 Corporate Woods Blvd.

Albany, NY 12211

Attention:   General Counsel
Facsimile:   (518) 533-4662

with a copy to:

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Matthew Feldman

Facsimile: (212) 728-8111

mfeldman@willkie.com

Either MSC or MPM may change the address or name of addressee applicable to subsequent notices (including copies of said notices as hereinafter provided)

 

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or instruments or other papers to be served upon or delivered to the other party, by giving notice to the other party as aforesaid; provided , that notice of such change shall not be effective until the fifth (5th) day after mailing or facsimile transmission.

ARTICLE XII

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

12.01 Resolution Procedure . Each of MSC and MPM agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to resolve disputes under this Agreement by a negotiated resolution between the parties or as provided for in this Article XII .

12.02 Exchange Of Written Statements . In the event of a dispute under this Agreement, either MSC or MPM, on the one hand, may give a notice to the other party requesting that the Steering Committee in good faith try to resolve (but without any obligation to resolve) such dispute. Not later than fifteen (15) days after said notice, each party shall submit to the other party a written statement setting forth such party’s description of the dispute and of the respective positions of the parties on such dispute and such party’s recommended resolution and the reasons why such party feels its recommended resolution is fair and equitable in light of the terms and spirit of this Agreement. Such statements represent part of a good-faith effort to resolve a dispute and as such, no statements prepared by a party pursuant to this Section 12.02 may be introduced as evidence or used as an admission against interest in any arbitral or judicial resolution of such dispute.

12.03 Good Faith Negotiations . If the dispute continues unresolved for a period of seven (7) days (or such longer period as the Steering Committee may otherwise agree upon) after the simultaneous exchange of such written statements, then the Steering Committee shall promptly commence good-faith negotiations to resolve such dispute but without any obligation to resolve it. Any such meeting may be conducted by teleconference.

12.04 Determination Of Steering Committee . Not later than thirty (30) days after the commencement of good-faith negotiations, if the Steering Committee renders an agreed resolution on the matter in dispute, then both MSC and MPM shall be bound thereby. If the Steering Committee has not resolved the matter in dispute within thirty (30) days after the commencement of good-faith negotiations, either MSC or MPM may submit the dispute to arbitration in accordance with Section 12.05 .

12.05 Disputes Submitted to Arbitration . Wherever any dispute arises between MSC and MPM, or among members of the Steering Committee, which is not otherwise resolved by the vote of a majority of the members of the Steering Committee or between the parties, the same shall be submitted to resolution by arbitration to be conducted in New York, New York, in accordance with the American Arbitration Association Rules then in force and the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 12.06 through 12.09 .

 

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12.06 Selection of Arbitrators . Either party shall have the right to submit such dispute to arbitration by delivery of written notice to the other party stating that the party delivering such notice desires to have the then unresolved controversy between MSC and MPM reviewed by a board of three (3) arbitrators. Said notice shall also set forth the identity of the person selected by the notifying party as its arbitrator, and shall detail the dispute between the parties and such party’s suggested resolution. Within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice, the other party shall designate a person to act as arbitrator and shall notify the party requesting arbitration of such designation, the name and address of the person so designated, and the suggested resolution of such dispute by such party. The two (2) arbitrators designated as aforesaid shall promptly select a third arbitrator, and if they are not able to agree on such third arbitrator, then either arbitrator, on five (5) days’ notice in writing to the other, or both arbitrators, shall apply to the local arbitration authority to designate and appoint such third arbitrator. The two arbitrators selected by the parties shall then notify MSC and MPM in writing promptly upon the selection of the third arbitrator. If the party upon whom such written request for arbitration is served shall fail to designate its arbitrator within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice, then the suggested resolution of the dispute as set forth in the written notice delivered by the party requesting such arbitration shall become the resolution thereof, and shall be binding on MSC and MPM hereunder.

12.07 Submission of Evidence . Within thirty (30) days following the date on which the parties shall have received notice of the appointment of the third arbitrator, the parties shall submit to the arbitrator so appointed a full statement of their respective positions and their reasons in support thereof, in writing, with copies delivered to the other party. Upon receipt of such written statement from the other party, the party receiving the same may file with the arbitrators a written rebuttal. Unless requested by the arbitrators, no hearing shall be required in connection with any such arbitration, and the arbitrators may elect to base their decisions on the written material submitted by the parties; provided , however , that the parties shall submit to hearings, and be prepared to provide testimony, by themselves or by witnesses called on their behalf, if so requested by the arbitrators.

12.08 Decisions of Arbitrators . Following receipt of the written materials from each party, and not later than 60 days from the final hearing held in connection with such arbitration, the arbitrators shall render their decision, which decision shall adopt either the position of MSC or MPM as previously submitted to the arbitrators, in full, without revision or alteration thereof, and without compromise. If more than one issue shall be submitted to the same arbitrators for resolution, each such issue shall be deemed a separate arbitration for all purposes hereof, such issues to be identified separately by the parties in their submission to arbitration, and each such issue shall be subject to a separate decision by the arbitrators.

12.09 Arbitration is Binding . The decision of a majority of the arbitrators shall be binding upon MSC and MPM and shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such decision and award may allocate the costs of such arbitration to one of the parties, equally or disproportionately between the parties.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

13.01 Assignment . Neither MSC nor MPM shall assign this Agreement or any interest therein without the express prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, MSC or MPM may assign or transfer this Agreement to any Affiliate of such party; provided , that a counterpart original of such assignment is delivered to the other parties on or before the effective date of such assignment; and provided , further , that such Affiliate expressly assumes and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, each provision hereof shall extend to and shall, as the case may require, bind and inure to the benefit of the parties’ permitted successors and assigns and legal representatives.

13.02 Construction . The language in all parts of this Agreement shall be in all cases construed simply according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against MSC or MPM. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party causing the same to be drafted.

13.03 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its choice of law provisions.

13.04 Severability . Should any portion of this Agreement be declared invalid or unenforceable, then such portion shall be deemed to be severed from this Agreement and shall not affect the remainder thereof.

13.05 Attorneys’ Fees . Should either party institute an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions hereof or for other relief due to an alleged breach of any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to receive from the other party all costs of the action or proceeding and reasonable attorneys’ fees.

13.06 Entire Agreement . This Agreement covers in full each and every agreement of every kind or nature whatsoever between the parties hereto concerning this Agreement, and all preliminary negotiations and agreements, whether verbal or written, of whatsoever kind or nature are merged herein. No oral agreement or implied covenant shall be held to vary the provisions hereof, any statute, law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

13.07 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts and shall be deemed to have become effective when and only when all parties hereto have executed this Agreement, although it shall not be necessary that any single counterpart be signed by or on behalf of each of the parties hereto, and all such counterparts shall be deemed to constitute but one and the same instrument.

13.08 Force Majeure . Whenever this Agreement requires an act to be performed within a specified time period or to be completed diligently, such periods are subject to Unavoidable Delays. “ Unavoidable Delays ” are delays beyond the reasonable

 

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control of the party asserting the delay, and include delays caused by acts of God, acts of war, terrorist attack, civil commotions, riots, strikes, lockouts, acts of government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, perturbation in telecommunications transmissions, inability to obtain suitable labor or materials, accident, fire, water damages, flood, earthquake, or other natural catastrophes. In the event of an Unavoidable Delay, the Recipient may either (i) perform any Services that Service Provider is unable to perform or (ii) contract with a third party to provide any such affected Service.

13.09 No Warranties . Service Provider shall use its best efforts to render the services contemplated by this Agreement in good faith to Recipient, but hereby explicitly disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, except to the extent expressly provided herein.

13.10 Headings . Headings or captions have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed or considered to be a part hereof and shall not in any way modify, restrict or amend any of the terms or provisions hereof.

13.11 Waiver . The waiver by one party of any default or breach of any of the provisions, covenants or conditions hereof of the part of the other party to be kept and performed shall not be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or any other provisions, covenants or conditions contained herein.

13.12 Consent to Jurisdiction . The parties hereto agree that, other than an arbitration proceeding arising pursuant to Article XII , any legal action or proceeding with respect to or arising out of this Agreement may be brought in or removed to the courts of the State of New York located in the borough of Manhattan or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto accept, for themselves and in respect of their property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto irrevocably consent to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any manner permitted by law. The parties hereto hereby waive any right to stay or dismiss any action or proceeding under or in connection with this Agreement brought before the foregoing courts on the basis of forum non-conveniens.

13.13 Waiver of Jury Trial . THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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13.14 Third Party Beneficiaries . None of the obligations hereunder of either party shall run to or be enforceable by any party other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

13.15 Amendments . This Agreement may be changed or modified only by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto, and no oral understandings shall be binding as between the parties. For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.03 of the Top Holdco Charter, the negotiation and agreement upon any amendment of this Agreement by MPM (x) shall be directed by the management of MPM and (y) shall constitute an “Affiliate Transaction” relating to Apollo requiring the approval of a majority of the Disinterested Directors of MPM.

13.16 Confidentiality; Data Security and Privacy .

(a) Each party hereto will maintain in strict confidence all Confidential Information received from the other party. Each party agrees that it will not use, disclose to any third Person or grant use of such Confidential Information except to the extent required to receive or provide the Services or as otherwise authorized in advance by the other party in writing. Each party agrees to use at least the same standard of care as it uses to protect its own confidential information of a similar nature to ensure that its employees do not disclose or make any unauthorized use of such Confidential Information, but in no case less than a reasonable standard of care. Each party will disclose the other party’s Confidential Information only to those of such party’s employees, consultants and contractors who need to know such information to assist the party in receiving or performing the Services. Each party will promptly notify the other party upon discovery of any unauthorized use or disclosure of such party’s Confidential Information.

(b) Each party will maintain industry standard data backup and recovery procedures in connection with all of their systems used in performing the Services. Each Party will maintain and enforce physical, technical and logical security procedures with respect to the access and maintenance of any Confidential Information of the other Party that is in its possession in performing the Services, which procedures shall: (a) be at least equal to industry standards; (b) comply with applicable law; and (c) provide reasonably appropriate physical, technical and organizational safeguards against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, theft or misuse. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party will take reasonable measures to secure and defend its locations and equipment against “hackers” and others who may seek, without authorization, to modify or access its systems, or the information found therein.

(c) The provisions of this Section 13.16 shall be without limitation or modification of any provision set forth in the Joint Development Agreement.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything in Section 13.16(a) to the contrary, Service Provider agrees to keep Recipient Personal Data confidential, and agrees to not disclose Recipient Personal Data to third parties without having first received express written approval from Recipient and, if required by applicable law, the applicable Data Subject. Service Provider and Service Provider’s personnel will Process Recipient Personal Data only on a need-to-know basis in connection with the performance of the Services.

(e) Service Provider will implement and maintain technical and organizational measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of Recipient Personal Data in order to prevent, among other things: (i) accidental, unauthorized or unlawful destruction, alteration, modification or loss of Recipient Personal Data, (ii) accidental, unauthorized or unlawful disclosure or access to Recipient Personal Data, and (iii) unlawful forms of processing Recipient Personal Data. The security measures taken will be in compliance with applicable data protection Laws.

(f) Service Provider will comply with all applicable laws pertaining to Personal Data protection and the Processing of Personal Data, and process employment-related data consistent with Recipient’s policies.

(g) Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, Service Provider will stop any Processing of Recipient Personal Data and will return to Recipient all copies of Recipient Personal Data along with all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda, copies, extracts, reproductions or other documents that contain such Recipient Personal Data.

(h) Service Provider will immediately inform Recipient of any event involving an actual, potential or threatened compromise of the security, confidentiality or integrity of Recipient Personal Data (a “ Security Breach ”) and take action immediately, at its own expense, to investigate the same and to identify, prevent and mitigate the effects thereof. The content of any filings, communications, notices, press releases, or reports related to a Security Breach must be approved by Recipient prior to any publication or communication thereof to any third party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

MOMENTIVE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC.
By:    

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:       Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS WORLDWIDE INC.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS USA INC.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS I LLC
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person


JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS II LLC
By:    

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:       Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS III LLC
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
JUNIPER BOND HOLDINGS IV LLC
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS QUARTZ, INC.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MPM SILICONES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SOUTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHINA SPV INC.
By:    

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:       Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INDUSTRIA DE SILICONES LTDA
By:  

/s/ Eduardo Sarli

  Name:   Eduardo Sarli
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMACE MATERIALS (SHANGHAI) CO LTD
By:  

/s/ Xu Guoqing

  Name:   Xu Guoqing
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (NANTONG) CO LTD
By:  

/s/ Xu Guoqing

  Name:   Xu Guoqing
  Title:   Authorized Person


WUXI MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CO LTD
By:    

/s/ Hui Qunyi

  Name:       Hui Qunyi
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS HONG KONG LTD
By:  

/s/ A. Mertens

  Name:   A. Mertens
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
By:  

/s/ Akira Sakurai

  Name:   Akira Sakurai
  Title:   Authorized Person
OHTA KAKO LLC
By:  

/s/ Hideaki Takaoka

  Name:   Hideaki Takaoka
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS KOREA CO LTD
By:  

/s/ Dong Min Shin

  Name:   Dong Min Shin
  Title:   Authorized Person


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS PTE LTD
By:    

/s/ Osman Nebioglu

  Name:       Osman Nebioglu
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE SERVICES S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LTD.
By:  

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS COMMERCIAL SERVICES GMBH
By:  

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS RUS LLC
By:   /s/ Robert Gnann       /s/ Matthias Sven Steiner
  Name:   Robert Gnann     Matthias Sven Steiner
  Title:   Authorized Person     General Manager


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

By:  

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:       Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (PTY) LTD.

By:

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (SHANGHAI) MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

By:

 

/s/ Takayuki Imaizumi

  Name:   Takayuki Imaizumi
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (SHANGHAI) TRADING CO., LTD.

By:

 

/s/ Takayuki Imaizumi

  Name:   Takayuki Imaizumi
  Title:   Authorized Person
TA HOLDING PTE LTD

By:

 

/s/ Osman Nebioglu

  Name:   Osman Nebioglu
  Title:   Authorized Person


NAUTILUS PACIFIC TWO PTE LTD

By:  

 

/s/ Osman Nebioglu

  Name:       Osman Nebioglu
  Title:   Authorized Person
NAUTILUS PACIFIC FOUR PTE LTD

By:

 

/s/ Osman Nebioglu

  Name:       Osman Nebioglu
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD

By:

 

/s/ Osman Nebioglu

  Name:       Osman Nebioglu
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (THAILAND) LTD

By:

 

/s/ Yoke Ping Lim

  Name:       Yoke Ping Lim
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS BENELUX BVBA

By:

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:       Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS FRANCE SARL

By:  

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:       Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GMBH

By:

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS QUARTZ GMBH

By:

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

By:

  /s/ Robert Gnann   /s/   V. P. Nalian
  Name:   Robert Gnann     V.P. Nalian
  Title:   Authorized Person     Managing Director
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS ITALY SRL

By:

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person


MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SPECIALTIES SRL

By:  

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:       Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SILICONES BV

By:

 

/s/ Robert Gnann

  Name:   Robert Gnann
  Title:   Authorized Person
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SUISSE SARL

By:

  /s/ Robert Gnann   /s/   A. Mertens
  Name:   Robert Gnann     A. Mertens
  Title:   Authorized Person     General Manager
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS NOVA SCOTIA ULC

By:

 

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person


MPM AR LLC

By:  

 

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:       Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MPM ESCROW

By:

 

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person
MPM FINANCE ESCROW LLC

By:

 

/s/ Douglas A. Johns

  Name:   Douglas A. Johns
  Title:   Authorized Person